A Tenet of Impunity - Tenet Settles Kickback Allegations for $514 Million, No Individual Suffers Any Negative Consequences

ConclusionsNearly every big US health care corporation now seems to now have a long history of bad behavior, sometimes criminal behavior, that has not stopped the revenues from flowing, and the top managers from becoming millionaires, or billionaires.  Is it any wonder that a few years ago, nearly a majority of US respondents to a Transparency International poll declared our health care system to tbecorrupt (lookhere)?Their dark musings may be partially due to their awareness thathealth care corruption is a taboo topic.  As we wrote about it in 2016 (lookhere)... Essentially, there is so much money to be made through pharmaceutical (and by implication, other health care corruption) that the corrupt have the money, power, and resources to protect their wealth accumulation by keeping it obscure.  In theTransparency International 2016 Report on health care corruption in the pharmaceutical industry,However, strong control over key processes combined with huge resources and big profits to be made make the pharmaceutical industry particularly vulnerable to corruption. Pharmaceutical companies have the opportunity touse their influence and resources to exploit weak governance structures and divert policy and institutions away from public health objectives and towards their own profit maximising interests.Keep in mind that the money made from corruption does not just go to innocent peoples ' retirement funds that are invested in pharmaceutical stocks.  It pre...
Source: Health Care Renewal - Category: Health Management Tags: anechoic effect corporate integrity agreement crime fraud health care corruption impunity kickbacks legal settlements Tenet Source Type: blogs