The Florida attorney general's office is investigating allegations that perhaps as many as half of the cardiac operations at some of Florida’s major hospitals are being performed needlessly.

The New York Times reported Monday that several internal reviews by the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) have revealed that cardiologists at some of the health care giant’s institutions were unable to justify many of the surgeries they performed between 2002 and 2010. In some cases, the doctors seem to have justified these procedures by recording misleading diagnoses in medical records.

Catch the full story Wednesday morning, exclusively at Sunshine State News.