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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: New York-Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Current Parent Company: NewYork-Presbyterian
Penalty: $17,300,000
Year: 2024
Date: March 12, 2024
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Violation Description: New York-Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital agreed to pay $17.3 million to resolve allegations that it paid unlawful kickbacks to physicians at the hospital's chemotherapy infusion center.  The payments were made pursuant to a contractual arrangement that linked the compensation physicians received to the number of referrals the physicians made for services at the Center.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Eastern District of New York
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New York
Facility City: Brooklyn
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: non-profit
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: hospitals
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