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Company: HCA-The Healthcare Company
Current Parent Company: HCA Healthcare
Penalty: $840,000,000
Year: 2000
Date: December 14, 2000
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: fraud
Mega-Scandal: Healthcare Billing Abuses
Violation Description: HCA-The Healthcare Company (formerly known as Columbia-HCA), then the largest for-profit hospital chain in the United States, agreed to plead guilty to criminal conduct and pay more than $840 million in criminal fines, civil penalties and damages for alleged unlawful billing practices. The total included $95 million in criminal fines and a $745 million civil settlement.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil and criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Tennessee
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: hospitals (for-profit)
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