Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. (CHS) is a for-profit medical management services provider that contracts with the United States federal government. It was founded in 1975, and is now a subsidiary of

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Comprehensive Health Services is located in

Cape Canaveral, Florida Cape Canaveral is a city in Brevard County, Florida. It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne– Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,912 at the 2020 US census. History After the establishment of a lighthouse in 184 ...

and provides health and medical services to government agencies and commercial entities. It was founded in 1975 and is a for-profit company. In 2016, CHS expanded its services in

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. CHS was awarded a

government contract Government procurement or public procurement is the purchase of goods, works (construction) or services by the state, such as by a government agency or a state-owned enterprise. In 2019, public procurement accounted for approximately 12% of Gross ...

with the

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(CBP) agency in 2014. The contract was worth $97 million and was for CHS to provide medical exam services. President Trump appointed John Kelly to DHS and he subsequently initiated child separation policy. Kelly is now on the board of directors that operates the Homeland Detention Center. In 2017, CHS paid the federal government a settlement of $3.818 million in a

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lawsuit for knowingly double charging and mischarging the government for medical services.

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