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Company: Universal Health Services, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Universal Health Services Inc.
Penalty: $122,000,000
Year: 2020
Date: July 10, 2020
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Mega-Scandal: Healthcare Kickbacks
Violation Description: Universal Health Services, Inc., UHS of Delaware, Inc., and Turning Point Care Center, LLC, a UHS facility located in Moultrie, Georgia, agreed to pay a combined total of $122 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act for billing for medically unnecessary inpatient behavioral health services, failing to provide adequate and appropriate services, and paying illegal inducements to federal healthcare beneficiaries.
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: Pennsylvania
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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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.