Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
San Diego Hospital Association
Penalty:
$6,200,000
Year:
2003
Date:
March 6, 2003
Offense Group:
government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense:
False Claims Act and related
Violation Description:
The San Diego Hospital Association and one of its facilities, Sharp Memorial Hospital, agreed to pay the United States $6.2 million to settle allegations that Sharp submitted false claims by fraudulently misstating organ acquisition costs on the hospital's Medicare reports for 1991 through 1999.
Level of Government:
federal
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
Facility State:
California
Facility City:
San Diego
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
