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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Provista Health, LLC et al.
Penalty: $26,341,951
Year: 2024
Date: July 25, 2024
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: In its complaint, filed on July 18, 2023, the United States alleged that Provista Health LLC and affiliated entities sought to profit from the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic by offering COVID-19 tests to nursing homes as a way to bill Medicare for a wide array of medically unnecessary respiratory pathogen panel (RPP) tests. The complaint alleged that these RPP tests were not medically necessary because the beneficiaries had no symptoms of a respiratory illness and because the tests were for uncommon respiratory pathogens.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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