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Civil Division Press Releases for 2000

December 27 Michigan Physician to Pay U.S. $2 Million for Overcharging Medicare & Medicaid Health Care Programs
December 15 Tennessee-based National Healthcare Corporation Settles Medicare Fraud Case for $27 Million.
December 14 HCA - The Health Care Company & Subsidiaries to Pay $840 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Damages Penalties
December 8 Adventist Health System & Affiliated Hospitals Pay Nearly $9 Million for Overbilling Medicare
December 4 Justice Department Intervenes in Suit Against KPMG Peat Marwick for Preparing Fraudulent Medicare & Medicaid Cost Reports
November 21 Settlement Reached with Ohio Firm that Armor Plated Military Hummer Four-Wheel Drive Vehicles
November 9 NASA Space Shuttle Contractors Settle Fraud Allegations
Boeing, Space Alliance to Pay Fine
November 6

High-Tech Firms Pay $4.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Overbilling the Air Force

November 2 Justice Recovers Record $1.5 Billion in Fraud Payments Hightes Ever for One Year Period
October 31 Gateway Computer Pays $9 Million to Settle Claims of Overcharging United States
October 27 Quorum Health Group & Subsidiary Agree to Pay $18 Million to Settle Allegations of Defrauding Medicare - Former Employee Agrees To Plead Guilty To Related Income Tax Charge
October 26 KERR-MCGEE to Pay $13 Million to Resolve Oil Royalty Claims. More Than $275 Million Paid to Date by 10 Companies
October 13 Toshiba Pays U.S. $23 Million to Settle Defective Computers Case
October 2 U.S. Reaches Tentative Settlement with Quorom Health Group Over Allegations of Submitting False Medicare Claims
September 28 Shell Oil to Pay United States $56 Million for Underpayment of Gas Royalties
September 27 Unite States Settles with Texaco for Underpayment of Royalties
September 22 United States Settles Ruby Ridge Case Filed by Kevin Harris
September 19 Bayer Agrees to Settle Allegations that it Caused Providers to Submit Fraudulent Claims to 47 State Medicaid Programs
September 8 Oncology Radiation Centers Agree to Pay Unites States Nearly $10 Million for Defrauding Medicare, TRICARE
September 5 Emergency Physician Groups to Pay U.S. and States $2.6 Million for Health Care Billing Fraud
September 5 National Home Health Care Services Firm Pays $1.4 Million for Medicare Fraud
August 23 Pennsylvania Hospital to Pay United States $3.2 Million to Settle Medicare Billing Allegations
August 18 Nation's Former Largest Privately-Owned Psychiatric Chain Reaches Bankruptcy Settlement with United States
August 16 Justice Department Announces Settlement Agreement with Dynamics Corporation of America
August 14 Eye Surgery Center Pays U.S. and West Virginia for Filing False Federal Health Care Claims
August 7 Indictment in Internet Sale of Prescription Drugs
August 3 Military Contractor Pays $800,000 to Settle False Claims for Foreign Military Financing Funds
August 3 Boeing to Pay U.S. for Selling Army Defective Helicopters
August 2 W.R. Grace And Baker & Taylor Pay $15.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Overcharging for Books
July 26 Compaq Computer to Pay $4.5 Million for Overcharging Defense Department
July 21 U. S. Settles with Union Pacific Resources for Underpayment of Oil Royalties
July 13 Gambro Healthcare Inc. Agrees to Pay $53 Million for Overcharging Medicare, Medicaid, & Tricare
July 7 Judge Rules in Favor of United Stated in Winstar Case
July 7

Dietary Supplement Maker Fined for Misbranding - Company Owner Sentenced to 21 Months in Jail

June 23 Past and Present Federal Government Employees to Reveive Over $230 Million for Cost-of-Living Allowance Adjustment
June 19 California Company Agrees to Stop Manufacturing In-Vitro Diagnostics Test Kits
June 15 Pipe Manufacturer Will Pay U.S. $500,000 for Selling Untested Polyvinyl Chloride Pipe to Federal Agencies
June 12 Government Announces Settlement Over Nixon Presidential Papers
June 6 United States Settles with Oil Companies for Underpayment of Royalties
May 9 Tennessee-based Hospital Chain Pays $31 Million to Settle Allegations of Overcharging Federal Health Programs
May 9 $1.65 Billion Agreement Approved to Resolve Arizona Project Lawsuit
April 25 Cardiac Surgery Group Will Pay $500,000 to Resolve Claims of Falsely Billing Medicare for Additional Surgeons
April 11 BP Amoco Agrees to Pay $32 Million to Resolve Claims of Underpayment of Oil Royalties
March 31 Justice Department Files Suit to Recover Federal Expenditures in Treating Injuries of Silicon Breast Implant Claimants
March 31 Justice Department Intervenes in Lawsuits Against Oil & Gas Companies in Royalty Suit
March 27 Concoco Agrees to Pay $26 Million to Resolve Claims of Underpayment of Oil Royalties
March 27 Justice Department Files Suit Against Japanese Company Over Air Pollution at U.S. Navy Base Near Tokyo
March 13 Northroup Grumman Agrees to Pay $750,000 to Settle Civil Fraud Claims
March 7 Nevada Defense Contractor Will Pay $320,000 for Selling Untested Electronics Parts to Military
February 25 Government Responds to Motions in Tobacco Case
February 24 Justice Department Recovers Over $3 Billion in Whistelblowers False Claims Act Awards and Settlements
February 18 Texas Aircraft Maintenance Firm Pays U.S. Nearly $1.4 Million to Settle Civil Dispute
February 15 Justice Department Intervenes in Suit Against Nation's Largest Health Care Services Provider
January 13 Chevron Agrees to Pay $95 Million to Resolve Claims of Underpayment of Oil Royalties
January 12 Justice Department Files Civil Suit Against Boeing North America, United Space Alliance, Rockwell International for Fraud

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