Охота на рыжего дьявола. Роман с микробиологами

«With the indictment of three executives of the Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, law enforcement officials are sending a powerful message to administrators and financial executives on the hospital industry: be very afraid. The executives are charged with falsifying cost reports that are used to determine billions of dollars of reimbursements from the Government annually. Over the years, cheating on a Federal cost report became viewed by some hospital administrators as something akin to jaywalking. While everyone knew it was illegal, lots of people did it… Over the years, hundreds of Columbia executives — and thousands of hospital administrators — signed papers certifying the accuracy of their cost reports. But only now are many of them learning that documents they approved are being reviewed by criminal investigators… At the top of every cost report, the Federal Government warns administrators that any misrepresentation in the document is a crime potentially punishable by imprisonment»[17].

Отступническим, лицемерным и консервативным (если принять за радикализм Урсиоли изначальное решение присоединиться к Колумбии) оказалось сообщение информационного листка РВГ от 8 августа 1997 года под названием: «RWMC continues to serve while examining options»:

With the legislative vote overriding Governor Almond’s veto of the Hospital Conversions Act behind us, RWMC continues to serve the community while President Robert A. Urcioli and the Board of Trustees examine the hospital’s options. «The way employees supported Roger Williams through the past months has been truly remarkable,» said President Urcioli. «Through the whole debate, I knew I had an entire team pulling for me and for Roger Willliams (Президент явно лукавит, НАМЕРЕННО НЕ УПОМИНАЯ убийственную статью в „The New York Times“. — Д. Ш.-П.). Now I’m going to have to ask my team to be patient, while the Board and I take a fresh look at our agreement with Columbia and explore other possibilities as well. That may take some time — but I promise we won’t settle for anything less we deserve. Stay tuned. Your managers and I will keep you up to date on our progress»[18].

И окончательным поворотом на 180 градусов является официальное Заявление президента Урсиоли: