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Company: Western Emergency Physicians
Penalty: $87,000
Year: 2000
Date: September 5, 2000
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: Four emergency physician groups agreed to pay the United States and various states a total of more than $2.6 million to settle allegations that the groups received overpayments based on false claims submitted by their billing company.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Utah
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