Tenet Healthcare Corporation

Tenet Healthcare Corporation has a documented pattern of systemic regulatory and legal violations spanning decades, indicating a corporate culture of non-compliance. In 2016, Tenet and two of its Atlanta-area subsidiaries paid over $513 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims related to a kickback scheme. The U.S. Department of Justice found that the company paid bribes to prenatal clinics to refer Medicaid patients to its hospitals for lucrative services, defrauding federal and state healthcare programs. This settlement included a Non-Prosecution Agreement and a corporate integrity agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services.

This 2016 resolution is part of a long history of significant legal penalties. In 2007, Tenet paid $10 million to settle SEC charges for investor protection violations. In the late 1990s, the company paid approximately $100 million to settle lawsuits from former patients alleging illegal conduct with affiliated doctors. ViolationTracker documents this pattern of misconduct, with penalties across multiple domains including fraud, investor protection, and patient harm. The repeated nature of these major settlements—despite previous corporate integrity agreements—demonstrates a systemic disregard for regulatory compliance.