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Company: Marion County Medical Center
Penalty: $3,750,000
Year: 2006
Date: July 18, 2006
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Violation Description: Marion County Medical Center in Marion County, SC agreed to pay the United States $3.75 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE, the U.S. military's health care program, by engaging in financial relationships with certain physicians that were prohibited under the Stark Law and/or the Anti-kickback Statute.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: South Carolina
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