California State Senate President Pro Tempore John Burton, D-San Francisco, asked the Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee on Wednesday to investigate allegations by a nurses' union that Tenet Healthcare Corp. over-billed for services on workers' compensation cases. Tenet is already under investigation by an Assembly committee for its business practices.Tenet is the nation's second-largest hospital chain owning or operating 113 hospitals and related businesses in 16 states. The company has been hammered recently as it has come under investigation for Medicare fraud and performing pr...
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