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Company: GE Healthcare Inc
Current Parent Company: GE HealthCare Technologies
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Penalty: $30,000,000
Year: 2011
Date: December 29, 2011
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Healthcare Billing Abuses
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 Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: medical equipment and supplies
Specific Industry of Current Parent: medical technology
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