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Company: University of Colorado Health dba UCHealth
Current Parent Company: UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital
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Penalty: $23,000,000
Year: 2024
Date: November 12, 2024
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: University of Colorado Health, known as UCHealth and headquartered in Aurora, Colorado, agreed to pay $23 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in seeking and receiving payment from federal health care programs for visits to its emergency departments, by falsely coding certain Evaluation & Management (E&M) claims submitted to the Medicare and TRICARE programs.
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: Colorado
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: non-profit
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: hospitals
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