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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Quest Diagnostics Inc.
Current Parent Company: Quest Diagnostics
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Penalty: $13,100,000
Year: 2001
Date: January 3, 2001
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: The settlement resolved allegations that certain clinical laboratories operated by Nichols Institute (owned by Quest) defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, the Defense Department's health care program, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) by routinely billing for laboratory tests that were not medically necessary.
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: New Jersey
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: diagnostic testing
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.