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Archive >  ORX Highlights 2011

Keep Embezzlement From Happening to You

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

Gina Espenschied, RN, BSN, CNOR, survived an embezzlement nightmare that shook the surgical facility she used to manage to its knees, nearly knocking it out of business and rattling the confidence of surgeons and staff alike. While the business manager who slowly siphoned away nearly $300,000 still sits behind bars, Ms. Espenschied was at OR Excellence sharing the warning signs she wished she knew to look for a few years ago when he robbed her blind.

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