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By Peter Henderson NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A doctor and two nurses at a New Orleans hospital were charged with murder for giving lethal injections to four patients during evacuations after Hurricane Katrina, the state attorney general said on Tuesday. Dr. Anna Pou and nurses Lori Budo and Cheri Landry each face four counts of second-degree murder in the September 1 deaths, Attorney General Charles Foti said in a statement. "While I am aware of the horrendous conditions that existed...
By Peter Henderson NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A doctor and two nurses at a New Orleans hospital have been charged with murder in the investigation of possible "mercy killings" of patients after Hurricane Katrina, a state spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Tenet Healthcare Corp., which owns Memorial Medical Center, said the attorney general alleged the three people may have administered pain medication to quicken the deaths of patients in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Attorney...
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A doctor and two nurses at a New Orleans hospital have been arrested and charged with murder in a series of hospital deaths after Hurricane Katrina, a local television station said on Tuesday. State Attorney General Charles Foti said he would announce later in the day the results of his investigation into allegations that some patients were killed at Memorial Hospital in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. WWL television said on its Web site that...
By Kim Dixon CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tenet Healthcare Corp. said on Thursday it reached a $900 million deal with the federal government to settle allegations it bilked Medicare, the U.S. health insurance program for the elderly, lifting shares as much as 9 percent. The second largest U.S. hospital chain said it will pay $725 million over four years and to waive its right to pursue $175 million in Medicare payments for past services. less than many analysts had expected. The deal concludes...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tenet Healthcare Corp. said on Thursday it will pay $725 million over four years to settle allegations it overbilled Medicare, the U.S. health insurance program for the elderly.The Dallas hospital chain also agreed to waive its right to pursue the receipt of $175 million in certain Medicare payments for past services, the company said.The settlement will conclude investigations by the U.S. Justice Department into Tenet's receipt of Medicare outlier payments before 2003,...
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,...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hospital chain Tenet Healthcare Corp. on Thursday said it struck a deal to settle class-action lawsuits by shareholders for $215 million, pushing its stock up as much as 5 percent. The deal, which awaits court approval, would settle lawsuits pending in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles and California Superior Court in Santa Barbara, the Dallas-based company said. Of the $215 million payout, insurance will cover $75 million. The lawsuits arose amid chaos at the...
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Louisiana prosecutors, probing allegations of patient neglect and mercy killing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, have issued subpoenas for 73 employees of a single New Orleans hospital, a spokeswoman for the state attorney general's office said on Thursday. Kris Wartelle, a spokeswoman for Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti, said the subpoenas were issued on Tuesday in a bid to compel doctors, nurses and others at Memorial Medical Center to speak to...
Corrects name in 10th paragraph. By Michael Peltier BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Reuters) - The Louisiana attorney general is investigating whether staff at a New Orleans hospital may have euthanized frail patients in the days after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city and conditions in the facility deteriorated. The agency is focusing on the actions of physicians and administrators at Memorial Medical Center but is also looking at 13 nursing homes and five other hospitals as part of a...
By Michael Peltier BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Reuters) - The Louisiana attorney general is investigating whether staff at a New Orleans hospital may have euthanized frail patients in the days after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city and conditions in the facility deteriorated. The agency is focusing on the actions of physicians and administrators at Memorial Medical Center but is also looking at 13 nursing homes and five other hospitals as part of a larger probe, a spokeswoman for...
