Tenet chair leaving amid Medicare probe

1. Posted on Wed, Apr. 09, 2003
   Philadelphia Inquirer
   
   Jeffrey C. Barbakow will remain chief executive. The board eventually will comprise outsid-ers
   only.
   Associated Press
   SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Tenet Healthcare Corp.'s chief executive officer, Jeffrey C. Barbakow, will step down as chairman and as a member of the board of the hospital chain while remaining CEO, company officials said yesterday.
   The announcement came as a shareholder committee issued a report saying the company could face up to $6 billion in legal liability growing out of its practices for billing the Medicare program.
   "As long as Tenet's board fails to act independently, as long as existing senior management re-mains in place, the value of the company remains questionable," chairman M. Lee Pearce of the Tenet Shareholder Committee said in a statement.
   
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   Apr 26, '03

   "Tenet chair leaving amid Medicare probe"
   
   Gee, I hope they give the poor guy an adequate separation package, so he'll have enough to eat.
4. 
   Apr 26, '03

   Same story with Tenet just a different state. Having worked for a Tenet hospital in the past I can say I would never do so again.
5. 
   Apr 26, '03

   A whole lot on Tenet:
   http://www.calnurse.org/cna/watch/tenet/
6. 
   Apr 26, '03

   A little more:
   http://cna.igc.org/outliers/
7. 
   Apr 28, '03

   Another article regarding Tenet:
   http://www.healthleaders.com/magazin...ontentid=44368

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