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Zerga filed a sealed civil complaint in Sacramento federal court alleging
fraud on the part of Tenet Heathcare Corporation, which owned RMC;
Dr. Moon; Dr. Fidel Realyvasquez, a cardiac surgeon at the hospital; and
Cardiology Associates of Northern California, a group that included Moon.
FBI investigation, which included interviews with hospital staff, revealed
that a substantial number of unnecessary surgeries had been charged to
Medicare; $54 million was recovered in the settlement with Tenet only, which
admitted no wrongdoing. Corapi and Zerga received 15% of the total recov-
ered, which amounted to $8.1 million.Tenet still faces more than 100 medical
malpractice suits on behalf ...