Barbara Alexander-Brown (R) in 2005, as a medical student at OHSU
A former Multnomah County compliance officer is alleging the county ignored improper medical billing by private healthcare providers that, she says, has cost local and federal taxpayers millions of dollars.
Barbara Alexander-Brown filed her whistleblower lawsuit Friday morning in Multnomah County Circuit Court.
READ – Complaint filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court (PDF, 1.4MB)
The former employee of the Department of County Human Services alleges her bosses repeatedly told her to overlook instances of providers unlawfully billing the county for services. When she refused to obey, she says, she faced scolding, retaliation and, ultimately, termination.
Alexander-Brown is seeking $985,000 in damages for loss of income and benefits as a result of her firing, plus emotional and mental distress…. Continue reading at OregonLive.com
Joan rice was in charge of quality management.
When I filed a complaint against the providers for false billing she had her protective service investigstor write a false report on me and create some false abuse charges.
Joan rice. Iris kern. Neil rottenman. Joanne fuller. Kathy tinkle.
Robert skull.
David hildalgo are a bunch of criminals who have not been arrested for their crimes.
Each and everyone of them were directly involved with abusing my son by writing false reports to withhold his services. Let me testify on behalf of this lovely whistle lower
Finally someone blowing the whistle.
The chair and commissioners are directly involved also.
The average person can not believe how corrupt these individuals really are.
Isnt it interesting that the attorney filing thelawsuit is deborah kafourys (county chairs) uncle.
How could this not be a conflict of interest??
They are at it again.
Joan rice counseling and provoking false sexual allegations in retaliation to her own fraud. When is Joan rice going to be held accountable for abusing the mentally disabled and their families.
She contacts all providers encouraging them to write false abuse allegations on me and my disabled adult son. We both say harassment and no one listens.
She intentionally writes false reports and withholds services to get my son recommitted to hospital! I have never witnessed a higher level of abuse than this woman is allowed.
When is she going to be arrested for criminal harassment and patient abuse.
Medicare fraud at the highest level causing extreme harm to patient.
Something is wrong with Joan rice.
Multnomah county mental health is lacking leadership and accountability.
The state of Oregon ignores all of her abuse!