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Company: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Fresenius Medical Care
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Penalty: $5,200,000
Year: 2019
Date: October 9, 2019
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: Fresenius agreed to pay $5.2 million to resolve allegations that the company tested dialysis patients for Hepatitis B surface antigen more frequently than medically necessary and then billed Medicare for the unnecessary tests.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-District of Massachusetts
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Germany
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: dialysis services
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.