Tenet Says Hospitals Target of Criminal Probe Over Kickbacks
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Four Tenet Healthcare Corp. hospitals are the target of a federal criminal probe into allegations executives paid kickbacks to obstetric clinics for patient referrals, the company said in securities filings.
The investigation arose from a 2009 whistle-blower lawsuit accusing Tenet’s hospitals of paying local clinics to send pregnant, undocumented Hispanic women to their facilities for deliveries covered by Medicaid, officials of the Dallas-based hospital chain said in a May 4 filing.