tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 28

Hospitals: TENET OUTLIERS FACE MORE SCRUTINY

Federal agencies gang up on hospital giant. Yet another federal agency is looking into beleaguered Tenet Healthcare Corp.'s billing practices connected with Medicare outlier payments -but the Tenet probe could be just the tip of the iceberg for stepped-up enforcement at hospitals across the country. The Santa Barbara, CA-based chain said July 9 that the Securities and Exchange Commission has begun a formal investigation of the company and has subpoenaed outlier-related documents dating back to 1997. The HHS Office of Inspector General began looking into Tenet's practices last year, and the Department of Justice jumped on board Jan...

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