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Two new federal probes of Tenet hospitals launched

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, May 6th, 2004

Federal officials have launched 2 new, unrelated investigations into Southern California hospitals owned by Tenet Healthcare, the company said April 14, 2004.

The nation's second largest for-profit hospital chain said it received a request from the U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles for information related to 353 patient records at the Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs.

The request centers on coding and billing practices dating from 1993, Tenet said.

In a separate request, the Santa Barbara-based company said prosecutors have asked for documents relating to a relationship between...

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