Head of the Class Charged $2 Million Falsely
Wednesday Herald-Citizen The Daily Newspaper of the Upper Cumberland 114th Year — No. 226 Cookeville, Tennessee, September 21, 2016 16 Pages — 2 Sections • 50¢ Weather UCHRA finally makes HR director hire Tonight Tomorrow By TRACEY HACKETT Parker, who is currently the HR manager “A lot of really strong candidates applied Randy Porter, Putnam County Executive. HERALD-CITIZEN Staff for Fruit of the Loom in Vidalia, La., was for the position,” said Danny Rader, Porter was one of five board members the second pick to fill the UCHRA open- UCHRA attorney. who voted against hiring Parker. The Upper Cumberland Human Re- ing. Cindy Smale, HR director at Liv- One board member expressed a desire to Before the vote was taken, Porter told the source Agency hired a new human re- ingston Regional Hospital, turned it down fill the position by hiring someone from Parker his choice was not a personal slight 66º 86º sources director Tuesday to fill a in August after being offered a $71,500 within the agency’s 14-county service toward the candidate, simply a desire to year-long vacancy. starting salary that would have been raised area. hire locally. Complete forecast, Page 2 In a meeting called specifically for that to $75,000 with a favorable job perform- “It’s hard for me to imagine that we None of the other board members of- purpose, the executive committee voted to ance at the end of a six-month probation- couldn’t have hired a good, qualified can- hire Joseph W. Parker Jr. ary period. didate from one of those counties,” said See HIRE, Page 2 Sports Nursing home Head of the class charged $2 million falsely Focused Mabry Healthcare & Rehab Upperman Bees face Center in Gainesboro included Cannon County Friday /B1 more than $2 million of non- allowable expenses on its an- nual Medicaid cost reports, which were used to calculate Living the nursing facility’s reim- bursement rates, according to findings of an audit by the state Comptroller’s office.
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