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Company: Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati
Penalty: $108,000,000
Year: 2010
Date: May 21, 2010
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Mega-Scandal: Healthcare Kickbacks
Violation Description: The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati and one of its former member hospitals, The Christ Hospital, agreed to pay the United States $108 million to settle claims that they violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act by paying unlawful remuneration to doctors in exchange for referring cardiac patients to The Christ Hospital in a pay-to-play scheme.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Ohio
Facility City: Mount Auburn
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