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IRSalsoinvestigatingformerMetroHealth
executiveforpossiblecriminalwrongdoing

TheInternalRevenueServiceisalsoinvolvedinaninvestigationintoaformerMetroHealthSystem'sexecutive.
(MetroHealthSystem)

[http://connect.cleveland.com/staff/eheisig/index.html]ByEricHeisig,NortheastOhioMediaGroup
[http://connect.cleveland.com/staff/eheisig/posts.html]
FollowonTwitter[http://www.twitter.com/eheisig]
onSeptember30,2015at5:51PM,updatedOctober01,2015at1:12AM

CLEVELAND,OhioTheInternalRevenueServiceisalsoparticipatinginacriminalinvestigationintoaformerMetroHealth
System'sexecutive[http://www.cleveland.com/court
justice/index.ssf/2015/09/feds_raid_home_of_former_metro.html]andwhatthehospitalsayswere"possibleirregularities
intheDepartmentofOralHealthandDentistry."
IRSspokesmanCraigCasserlyconfirmedthatagentsfromhisofficewereoutwithFBIagentson"officialbusiness"onTuesday
astheysearchedtheAurorahomeofEdwardHillsandthreebusinessesaffiliatedwithhim.
Casserlydeclinedtodiscussthecasefurther,whichisongoing.
TheconfirmationcomesonedayafterMetroHealthsaidthatHills,whoservedasitschiefoperatingofficerfrom2010to2014,
wasthesubjectofaprobeafterthehospitalsystemreportedpotentialwrongdoingtofederalinvestigators.

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MetroHealthsaidinastatementTuesdaythatHillsleftinDecember2014aspartofan"organizationalrestructuring,"buthas
thusfardeclinedtocommentfurther.
TheNortheastOhioMediaGrouphasrequestedrecordsfromMetroHealthpertainingtotheinvestigation,aswellasHills'
departure.ThehospitalsystemhadnotfulfilledtherequestasofWednesdayevening.
Hills,54,couldnotbereachedforcomment.
HisprofileonastatedatabasesayshispracticeisonShakerBoulevardonthecity'sEastSide.However,arepresentativeofthe
officesaidshedidn'tknowwhetherHillsworkedthereandhungup.
HillsalsoservedontheOhioStateDentalBoardfornineyears.Hewasappointedin1999byRepublicanGov.BobTaftand
servedastheboard'spresidentbetween2001and2004.
Hewasalsothehospitalsystem'sinterimchiefexecutiveofficer
[http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/12/metrohealth_recommends_dr_edwa.html]forsixmonthsfollowing
MarkMoran'sdepartureandbeforethehiringofcurrentCEOAkramBoutros
[http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2013/05/metrohealth_system_names_new_y.html].
HealsopreviouslyservedasaclinicalinstructoratCaseWesternReserveUniversity.
HegraduatedfromMeharryMedicalCollegeinNashvillein1992andwaslicensedinOhioasadentistin1994.Thestatedental
boardsaidHillshasnodisciplinaryhistory.
ExecutivesatMetroHealthalsowerecaughtupinanearlierinvestigationofgovernmentcorruptioninCuyahogaCountythatled
todozensofconvictionsforelectedofficialsandpublicandprivateemployees.
ThomasGreco,MetroHealthMedicalCenter'sformerconstructionmanager,wasfoundguiltyin2010
[https://owa.plaind.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=Fv43GpzH1kOXovJLyUgOjFgpy7mTz9II6r7SFINv
2mfD_akG5rNeOiV9Aluz2hsiEoi8H88LW8.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fblog.cleveland.com%2fmetro%2f2010%2f06%2fex
metrohealth_official_thomas.html]ofacceptingbribesinexchangeforhelpingEastWestConstructionobtainbusinesswith
thecountyfundedhospital.Heisservingaprisonsentenceofmorethannineyears.
Hisboss,JohnCarroll,isalsoservingnineyearsforsimilarcrimes.
MetroHealthsaysitiscooperatingwiththelatestfederalinvestigation.

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