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Company: Covenant Healthcare System
Penalty: $69,000,000
Year: 2023
Date: March 29, 2023
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Mega-Scandal: Healthcare Kickbacks
Violation Description: Covenant Healthcare System, a regional hospital system based in the Saginaw, Michigan area, paid $69 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act of improper financial relationships with eight referring physicians and a physician-owned investment group, resulting in the submission of false claims to the Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and FECA programs.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Eastern District of Michigan
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Michigan
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