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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Staten Island University Hospital
Current Parent Company: Northwell Health
Penalty: $76,500,000
Year: 2005
Date: May 18, 2005
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Healthcare Billing Abuses
Violation Description: Staten Island University Hospital agreed to repay taxpayers $76.5 million to resolve allegations that the hospital fraudulently overbilled the Medicaid program for services provided at 21 clinics and that it also caused the state to pay a wrongly inflated reimbursement rate for patient visits at more than 500 clinics over a three-year period.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New York
Facility City: Staten Island
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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