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Company: WellPoint Health Networks
Current Parent Company: Elevance Health
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Penalty: $9,250,000
Year: 2002
Date: July 29, 2002
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: fraud
Violation Description: Blue Cross of California (BCC) and its parent company WellPoint Health Networks agreed to pay the United States $9,250,000 to resolve allegations that BCC, which had a contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to process Medicare claims in California, knowingly falsified data regarding its performance of cost report audits.
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: Indiana
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: insurance; managed care
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.