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The government awards contracts to companies with histories of misconduct such as contract fraud and environmental, ethics, and labor violations. In the absence of a centralized federal database listing instances of misconduct, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is providing such data. We believe that it will lead to improved contracting decisions and public access to information about how the government spends hundreds of billions of taxpayer money each year on goods and services. Report an instance of misconduct »
Ranking: 97
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private university founded in 1890 by oil magnate John D. Rockefeller. It is widely regarded as one of the world's foremost research institutions, noted for influential academic movements in economics, sociology, and legal analysis. The University of Chicago operates a number of off-campus scientific research facilities, including the Argonne National Laboratory and Fermilab, both part of the U.S. Department of Energy's national laboratory system.
Federal Contract $: $ 733.1m
Total Number of Instances: 5
Total Misconduct dollar amount: $ 29.7m
Instances of Misconduct
1. Licensing Violations in Neonatal Care Unit
The University of Chicago Medical Center settled a whistleblower lawsuit that accused the hospital of overcrowding babies in its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit from 1997 to 2005 in violation of state regulations and seeking reimbursement from Illinois Medicaid for care provided on days when the unit was not in compliance with those regulations. Without admitting liability or wrongdoing, the Medical Center agreed to pay $7 million.... more»
2. Birth Injury
A jury in Cook County, Ill. awarded $11.7 million to a woman whose son suffered severe brain damage following his birth in 1988 at a University of Chicago hospital. The mother blamed the injury on the hospital's delay in performing an emergency C-section. The verdict was affirmed on appeal.... more»
3. False Claims Relating to Transplant Services
The University of Chicago Hospitals paid a fine of $115,000 to settle a whistleblower suit alleging the hospital improperly manipulated diagnoses to allow patients to become eligible for liver transplants and enable the hospital to receive federal and state reimbursement for the service.... more»
4. Americans With Disabilities Act Violations
The University of Chicago entered a settlement agreement with the Department of Justice after it was determined that aspects of the campus were in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The university agreed to make the changes needed to make the campus more accessible to individuals with disabilities.... more»
5. Medicare and Medicaid Overbilling
In 2000, the University of Chicago agreed to pay the federal government $10.9 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the university of purposely overbilling Medicare and Medicaid claims for outpatient services between 1991 and 1998. The lawsuit accused the university of defrauding the government by engaging in a practice known as "upcoding," in which a hospital submits claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs for more expensive treatments and procedures than it provided.... more»
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