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ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, announced today the publication of the Second Edition of Prosecuting and Defending Health Care Fraud Cases. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090529/DC24463LOGO) Prosecuting and Defending Health Care Fraud Cases is written by two experienced litigators who guide the practitioner through difficult, and often interrelated, medical, regulatory, and law...

By Kim Dixon CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tenet Healthcare Corp. said on Tuesday a federal judge in San Diego had declared a second mistrial in a criminal lawsuit by the government against it involving alleged kickbacks to doctors after the jury was unable to reach a verdict. U.S. District Judge James Lorenz declared the mistrial, the second time that a jury deadlocked in trying to reach a verdict in the case against the troubled hospital chain. Tenet, the second biggest U.S. hospital company,...