Signs of Trouble at Redding

The rate of heart surgeries at California's Redding Medical Center soared above the state average in the 1990s. Doctors at Redding allegedly ordered unnecessary diagnostic tests and operated on healthy patients.

Regulators found problems during a 1999 inspection, but no action was taken by Medicare. The regulators returned in 2002 and found that little had changed.

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