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Company: Amerigroup Corporation
Current Parent Company:
Elevance Health
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:
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Penalty: $225,000,000
Year: 2008
Date: August 14, 2008
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: fraud
Mega-Scandal:
Healthcare Billing Abuses
Violation Description: Amerigroup agreed to pay $225 million to settle allegations that it systematically avoided enrolling pregnant women and unhealthy patients in the Medicaid managed care program it was paid to operate in Illinois.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Indiana
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: insurance; managed care
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