Business
Ex-HealthSouth executives cleared
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted June 13, 2005
A federal jury acquitted two former HealthSouth executives of charges that they participated in a bribery and kickback scheme involving a hospital in Saudi Arabia.
The verdict was handed down in the case against Robert E. Thompson and James C. Reilly. Two other former HealthSouth officials had previously pleaded guilty.
Thompson, a former division president, and Reilly, a former group vice president, were accused of scheming to bribe an executive of a Saudi Arabian foundation to help HealthSouth secure a contract to provide staffing and management services for a hospital. The contract, which was eventually executed, said HealthSouth would get $10 million a year for five years.
Former HealthSouth executives Vincent Nico and Thomas Carman pleaded guilty last year to criminal charges for their roles in the Saudi Arabian operation.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2005/06/13/bibf0613.htm.