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Archive > December, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 12

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Former HealthSouth Partner Tells All in Book

Former HealthSouth Partner Tells All in Book
ENT Doc Details Fall of the HealthSouth Empire and Rise of Corporate Message Boards
William Cast, MD, knew nothing of Richard Scrushy until 1998, when his freestanding Fort Wayne, Ind., surgical center suddenly became a HealthSouth partner. "The news seemed good, or so I thought at the time," says the 68-year-old ENT surgeon.

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