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The Ensign Group Agreed to Pay $18,000 for Allegedly Violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law by Employing an Excluded Individual

On September 26, 2018, The Ensign Group (Ensign), Avenues Healthcare, Inc. d/b/a City Creek Post-Acute (City Creek), and Cardiff Healthcare, Inc. d/b/a Paramount Health and Rehabilitation (Paramount), entered into an $18,525.89 settlement with OIG. Ensign made a disclosure submission concerning its subsidiaries City Creek and Paramount pursuant to its CIA. The settlement agreement resolves allegations that Ensign, through City Creek and Paramount, employed an individual that it knew or should have known was excluded from participation in Federal health care programs.

Action Details

  • Date:September 26, 2018
  • Enforcement Types:
    • CIA Reportable Events