This edition of the soap opera known as Tenet Healthcare Corporation is over, or at least has gone to commercial break. The DOJ settlement is for $725m in cash and another $175m in billing to Medicare it won’t collect. How much of that will come from the execs who sold stock before the news got out in 2002? Not much I guess.

If previous history is a guide, expect a name change and another scandal in 5–10 years.