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California Hospital is Probed for Unnecessary Procedures

NPR | By Scott Horsley
Published November 5, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Tenet Healthcare Corp. has hired a consultant to review practices at one of its California hospitals. Two doctors are being investigated for possibly performing unnecessary heart procedures. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

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Scott Horsley
Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent.
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