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Company: Chemed Corporation
Current Parent Company:
Chemed
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:
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Penalty: $75,000,000
Year: 2017
Date: October 30, 2017
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal:
Healthcare Billing Abuses
Violation Description: Chemed Corporation and various wholly-owned subsidiaries, including Vitas Hospice Services LLC and Vitas Healthcare Corporation, agreed to pay $75 million to resolve a government lawsuit alleging that defendants submitted false claims for hospice services to Medicare.
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: Ohio
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: hospice care; drain cleaning services
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