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California released comprehensive data on cardiac bypass death rates at hospitals in the state. The report is from 2003, the last year that data is available. The best performers were St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles, St. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard and UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. Interestingly, the four worst performing hospitals were all once owned by Tenet healthcare, which has since sold three of the facilities in question. The state plans to release a …

More details emerged that suggest the Alvarado Medical Center trial in San Diego may be headed for an impasse. The Wall Street Journal reports that the jury in the case is bitterly divided and has remained in deliberations for much longer than is customary in criminal proceedings. Federal prosecutors charge that the Tenet-operated hospital violated Stark amendment rules regulating hospital behavior when it awarded relocation bonuses to doctors willing to move to the San Diego …

The jury in the federal racketeering trial of Tenet's Alvarado Medical Center in San Diego appears to be sharply divided and may be on the way to a deadlock. Last week, a juror wrote to Judge M. James Lorenz to complain about "personal biases" on the part of several other jury members. The jury has been in deliberations for 35 days. The first trial in the case last year ended in a mistrial. Federal prosecutors allege that the hospital violated anti-kickback laws when it offered referral …

Following an internal audit, the Dallas-based healthcare provider Tenet said on Thursday that it must restate earnings from 2000 to 2004. Investors were not deterred by the news, however. The company's shares are up again slightly this morning, as traders appear to be guessing that the news means that the company will finally be able to put its troubles behind it. Some analysts, including critics in a dissident shareholder group, had predicted that the audit would uncover far more serious …

In San Diego, the jury is out in a closely-watched case involving Tenet's Alvarado Medical Center. Federal prosecutors accuse the hospital of violating federal kickback statutes by paying relocation bonuses to out-of-state doctors. The hospital and former chief executive Barry Weinbaum both face charges in the case. Tenet continues to insist it did nothing wrong, and that the incentives were necessary to attract physicians to San Diego at a time when real estate prices in the area were …

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