A former Tenet Healthcare Corp. VP is the first executive of the Dallas-based hospital chain to be charged for an alleged role in defrauding Medicaid through a $400 million kickback scheme.
John Holland, 60, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a Miami federal court to four counts of fraud.
Holland was senior vice president of operations for Tenet’s southern states between 2006 and 2013, when federal prosecutors say Tenet paid $12 million in kickbacks to Clinica de la Mama.