Article: Psychiatric Hospital Chain Investigation Is Expanded.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Dec. 30--Charter Behavioral Health System, a psychiatric hospital chain controlled by Crescent Operating of Fort Worth, is the target of an expanded federal investigation.

The action was disclosed this week in a government filing by Magellan Health Services, which holds a 10 percent stake in Charter. Crescent holds the other 90 percent.

Charter, based in the suburban Atlanta area, operates 77 psychiatric hospitals in the United States, including one in Grapevine.

Magellan first disclosed the Justice Department investigation a year ago. The latest filing, part of its 1999 annual report, said the government is looking at Medicare and Medicaid cost ...

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