"We are cooperating fully with the DOJ" and the U.S. attorney's office in Detroit, said Waldmann, Tenet's senior vice president of public affairs. At issue is a settlement agreement Tenet signed with the Department of Justice tied to allegations at two Atlanta-area subsidiaries. In 2016, Tenet signed a nonprosecution agreement with the Department of Justice and paid a $514 million fine related to resolving criminal charges and civil claims over a scheme by those subsidiaries to pay kickbacks in exchange for patient referrals. The NPA runs through Feb. 1, 2020, and covers all Tenet's 74 hospitals, including DMC, and other holdings in the U.S. Tenet said in its 10K filing that the company could have "breached the terms of the (non-prosecution agreement) by failing to promptly report 'evidence or allegations of actual or potential violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute' to the DOJ as required by the non-prosecution agreement."