Tag: Lynn Barrett
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Broward Health scandal flares again with guilty plea by former purchasing executive
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Five years after tax-supported Broward Health was rocked by a costly kickback scandal and news the FBI was investigating alleged corruption in the hospital network’s purchasing department, the government has gotten its first guilt plea in the case.
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Florida IG’s report on Broward Health: five years late, questioning its own value
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Five years after promising a sweeping review of scandal-plagued Broward Health’s contracts, Florida’s Chief Inspector General has released a scaled-back report that recounts the district’s seamy past while failing to mention its most politically explosive contract.
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Grand jury witness fired by Broward Health sues claiming whistleblower retaliation
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org A former Broward Health executive secretary has filed a whistleblower suit against the hospital district, alleging she was fired after testifying before the grand jury that indicted her boss, President/Chief Executive Officer Beverly Capasso.
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Taxpayers’ tab for Broward Health’s lawyers (not counting defense of indicted leaders)
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Broward Health expects to pay outside law firms nearly $1 million more this year than in 2017, with its annual legal expenses now budgeted at more than $6.1 million. Those expenses don’t include any additional legal costs to indemnify at taxpayer expense five current and former Broward Health officials under indictment…
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Broward Health looks to give fat bonuses to leadership, including two under indictment
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org With its top leadership under indictment and its top doctors openly warning that mismanagement is affecting healthcare, Broward Health is poised to award $7.2 million in bonuses to its highest executives and managers.
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As Broward Health bleeds, doctors warn mismanagement is affecting health care
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Broward Health’s top doctors have warned the district’s leadership that the medical staff’s ability to function “is being compromised to the detriment of Broward Health as a viable health care system.”