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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: 
GE Healthcare Inc
Current Parent Company: 
General Electric
Penalty: 
$30,000,000
Year: 
2011
Date: 
December 29, 2011
Primary Offense: 
False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: 

GE Healthcare Inc. paid the United States $30 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that a company it acquired in 2004, Amersham Health Inc., had violated the False Claims Act by causing Medicare to overpay for Myoview, a radiopharmaceutical used in certain cardiac diagnostic imaging procedures.

Level of Government: 
federal
Action Type: 
agency action
Agency: 
Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: 
civil
HQ Country of Parent: 
USA
HQ State of Parent: 
Massachusetts
Ownership Structure of Parent: 
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent: 
diversified
Specific Industry of Parent: 
diversified
Source of Data: 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ge-healthcare-inc-pays-us-30-million-reso... (archived copy)

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Parent company note: 
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