EXECUTIVE RECRUITER SAYS BAKER KNEW OF FISCAL WOE.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. The headhunter headhunter A popular term for a person–or employment agency who recruits physicians, upper echelon executives or other professionals, matching potential employees with employers who recruited David Baker David Baker may refer to:
Baker said in a scathing resignation letter that he didn't get an accurate picture of the county's financial and organizational problems before beginning work Nov. 22. ``It's beyond comprehension. The guy is bright. He did his homework. We did our homework. It's all just a mystery,'' said Norman Roberts of the Los Angeles executive search firm DMG-Maximus. Baker never should have resigned without first talking over his concerns with supervisors, and it was naive of him to think his resignation letter would be kept from the public as a personnel matter, Roberts said. ``All I can do is shake my head,'' he said. Baker left the $157,000-a-year job saying the county was nearing ``financial chaos.'' The county's problems include funding and organization issues in the Behavioral Health Department and a lack of money for parks, county buildings and other facilities. The county agreed in August to pay $15.3 million to settle Medicare fraud Medicare fraud Medifraud Medical practice Any unlawful act which results in the inappropriate billing of Medicare for services by a health care provider–eg, physicians, hospitals and affiliated providers. See Medicare. allegations. Officials also are forsaking $4.1 million in expected Medicare and Medi-Cal reimbursements for mental health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract provided between November and June. Those costs alone are expected to leave the budget in the red through the 2000-2001 year. |
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