A WellStar press release said Dr. Lopes had resigned. But, in a letter to Mr. Budzinski, Dr. Lopes says, “I can only conclude that my termination was designed to prevent me from either reporting or making public the issues regarding the […] billing and revenue improprieties.”
In a response to Dr. Lopes, WellStar attorney Sharon P. Morgan denied his suggested cause of termination and said WellStar encourages reporting of billing and revenue discrepancies.
Read the Marietta Daily Journal report on Dr. Richard Lopes.
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