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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Tenet Healthcare Corporation
Current Parent Company: Tenet Healthcare
Penalty: $1,410,000
Year: 2020
Date: February 11, 2020
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its affiliated hospital Desert Regional Medical Center (DRMC), a general medical and surgical hospital located in Palm Springs, California, agreed to pay $1.41 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly charging Medicare for implanting unnecessary cardiac monitors.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
Facility City: Palm Springs
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
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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