Reply #51: Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) ENDS investigations by DoJ and US Attorneys [View All]

[L. Coyote]

Tenet enters corporate integrity agreement
Dallas Business Journal - September 28, 2006
http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany/othercities/dallas/stories/2006/09/25/daily34.html?b=1159156800%5E1352780


Tenet Healthcare Corp. has entered into a corporate integrity agreement as part of its settlement in June with the Department of Justice.

The five-year agreement, made with the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, establishes yearly training requirements and compliance reviews by independent organizations in certain areas.

The $725 million Justice Department settlement also required Dallas-based Tenet (NYSE: THC) to sell 11 hospitals and waive $175 million in Medicare payments for past services. The settlement ended federal investigations by the Department of Justice and U.S. attorneys into issues regarding Tenet's Medicare billing and physician arrangements.

The corporate integrity agreement requires: ...............