Richard M. Scrushy‚ the former CEO of HealthSouth Corporation which owns a chain of hospitals and clinics‚ benefitted from some of the most well known celebrities that were associated with HealthSouth organization. The former CEO used the celebrities’ fame and reputation in order to gain more people and customers to enter the facilities and to seek their services. In addition to using such an unethical method to advertise and market their business‚ HealthSouth also used to list on their website some
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During the 1990s‚ Richard Scrushy‚ the former CEO of HealthSouth Corporation‚ plotted many acquisitions of rehabilitation clinics‚ nursing homes‚ outpatient surgical care operators‚ and other health care companies. Early 2003‚ the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused the company and Scrushy of boosting earnings to of $1.4 billion since 1999. In November 2003‚ a federal grand jury indicted Scrushy on 85 counts including conspiracy‚ securities fraud‚ money laundering and charges related
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The HealthSouth Debacle: A Legal and Ethical Perspective Jay Buntemeyer Regis University Abstract HealthSouth Corporation is the largest operator of rehabilitation hospitals in the United States. Since the company’s inception in 1984‚ HealthSouth has garnered the attention of Wall Street and millions of investors. However‚ the attention was because the iconic HealthSouth was involved in one of the largest accounting fraud scandals in United States history. HealthSouth’s founder and CEO‚ Richard
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COMSATS INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATE GOVERNANCE : ACCOUNTING SCANDAL SUBMITTED To : Sir. Javaid Zafar Submitted by : Sana Munir MBO - II CORPORATE GOVERNANCE TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 COMPANY INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY................................... ...3 2 CORPORATE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES..............................................6 2.1 Rehabilitation Hospitals.................................................................6 2.2 Outpatient Therapy Services.....
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HealthSouth Accounting Scandal HealthSouth is the one of the largest providers of inpatient rehabilitative healthcare services in the U.S. HealthSouth is fully operational in 26 states across the United States and also in Puerto Rico. HealthSouth serves patients in various settings such as; inpatient rehabilitation hospitals‚ long-term acute care hospitals‚ outpatient rehabilitation satellite clinics and home health agencies. HealthSouth’s hospitals are able to provide an advanced care to patients
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HealthSouth Fraud Case Review Michelle F. White June 6‚ 2012 HPA 726 Intro to HealthSouth Fraud Case Review In 2003‚ HealthSouth was accused of one the largest accounting fraud cases in healthcare history and those involved are still being tried today‚ nine years later. HealthSouth was founded in Birmingham‚ Alabama in the year 1984 by a respiratory therapist name Richard
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HealthSouth Fraud Investigation Table of Contents Table of Contents i Introduction and Background 1 Analysis 1 Why it occurred 2 Fraud Triangle 2 How it occurred 3 Red Flags of the Fraud 5 Why the Fraud Continued Undetected 6 The Auditors Roles and Responsibilities 7 Fate of Parties Involved 8 Effect of Fraud on HealthSouth 9 Conclusion 10 Appendix A 11 Appendix B 12 Appendix C 13 Appendix D 14 Appendix E 15 Appendix F 16 Works Cited 17 Introduction and
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The Accounting Scandal of HealthSouth HealthSouth Corporation is based in Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ it is the largest provider of rehabilitative health care services. It operates in 26 states in the United States of America and in Puerto Rico. HealthSouth provides rehabilitation hospitals‚ long term heightened care hospitals‚ outpatient rehabilitation satellite clinics and home health agencies. HealthSouth was found by Richard Scrushy in the year 1984 and was called
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Anna James Case Study: HealthSouth Corporation Scandal Week3 Forensic Accounting: Ethics and Legal Environment Professor Erskine Hawkins HealthSouth Corporation is a large‚ public healthcare company that operates 93 inpatient rehabilitation hospital‚ 49 outpatient rehabilitation satellites‚ six long-term acute care hospitals‚ and 25 home health agencies. According to the company websites‚ it is “one of the nation’s largest healthcare providers specializing in rehabilitation”.5 The company
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Stakeholders A stakeholder is a person‚ group or organization that has interest or concern in an organization. Stakeholders can affect or be affected by the organization’s actions‚ objectives and policies. There is two different types of stake holders‚ these are internal and external. Internal stakeholders are people who are on the inside of the business that already serve the organisation‚ these include staff‚ managers‚ board members etc. external stakeholders are from outside of the company but
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