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Company: United Therapeutics Corporation
Current Parent Company:
United Therapeutics
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:
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Penalty: $210,000,000
Year: 2017
Date: December 20, 2017
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal:
Healthcare Billing Abuses
Violation Description: Pharmaceutical company United Therapeutics Corporation agreed to pay $210 million to resolve claims that it used a foundation as a conduit to pay the copays of Medicare patients taking its pulmonary arterial hypertension drugs, in violation of the False Claims Act.
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: Maryland
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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