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Company: OPKO Health, Inc. and BioReference Health, LLC
Current Parent Company: OPKO Health
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Penalty: $10,000,000
Year: 2022
Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Secondary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: OPKO and BioReference agreed to pay $10 million in a settlement with the United States and the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut of alleged submitted claims to Medicare, MassHealth and Connecticut Medicaid that violated state and federal anti-kickback and self-referral laws. The primary fraud allegation involved kickbacks disguised as rental payments to encourage referrals from high-volume physician groups. The settlement was also announced by the U.S. Justice Department (see separate entry).
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: Florida
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: healthcare diagnostics
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.