Tenet Healthcare
Firm pitches credit scoring for self-pay hospital patients
Increasingly, hospitals are treating patients with large CDHP-style deductibles in addition to their existing influx of uninsured patients. The thing is, few hospital collections departments have... Read more...
Tenet ex-counsel sued by Dept. of Justice
While Tenet Healthcare has agreed to a raft of very expensive legal settlements, the issues apparently live on for one of its former execs. The U.S. Department of Justice is now suing the former top... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Tenet loses CMO; CT medical malpractice premiums drop; and much more...
> Tenet's chief medical officer has announced that she's leaving to take a similar position at Partners Community Healthcare in Boston. Read more...
Hundreds of Katrina-related lawsuits progress
A new ruling from the Louisiana Supreme Court could open up the state's hospitals to hundreds of lawsuits accusing them of negligence for not having better evacuation plans. The court held that such... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Hospitals mount bigger bedsore fight; Chicago hospital gets $100M gift; and much more...
> Bracing themselves for new rules which will ban Medicare payments for preventable errors, many hospitals are beginning by upping the fight against bedsores. Read more...
Tenet fights bankruptcy rumors
Tenet has been through many troubles, but until recently, no one had publicly suggested the hospital giant was in danger of capsizing. Now, a stock analyst has raised concerns--which the company has... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Tenet offers more hospital ownership stakes; Sutter nurses consider strike; and much more...
> Tenet is continuing its program of offering ownership interests in its hospitals, this time at Houston Northwest Medical Center. Read more...
Tenet begins doctor-investment program
At least one of Tenet's Dallas-area hospitals has begun restructuring its relationship with its doctors, with the ultimate goal of getting physicians to invest in the facilities where they practice. ... Read more...
Tenet wins $1B federal lawsuit over outlier payments
Things were looking a bit ugly for Tenet, which was facing a huge potential liability over a suit claiming it deprived thousands of hospitals of their share of Medicare outlier payments. But, now... Read more...
Louisiana doctor targeted by state files lawsuit against AG
Dr. Anna Pou certainly has been through hard times since Hurricane Katrina hit, particularly when the state of Louisiana arrested her for allegedly euthanizing four patients during the storm. Now,... Read more...
