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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: HCA-The Healthcare Company
Current Parent Company: HCA Healthcare
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $13,600,000
Year: 2000
Date: December 14, 2000
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: HCA agreed to pay $13.6 million to settle multistate litigation alleging it engaged in unlawful billing practices in dealing with state Medicaid programs. This was part of a larger $840 million civil and criminal settlement involving the federal government; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here)
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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)
Source of Data: (click here)
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.