“In the case of the plaintiff, she had to get money out of her retirement account to make payroll, purchase medications for patients and pay operating expenses because they were unable to get claims either pre-authorized, or if they were submitted, they weren’t able to get them paid,” Thomas A. Zimmerman, Jr., a Chicago-based attorney […]

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“I worry that our decision to go beyond the board’s recommended sanction, while necessary to protect the public, gives the impression that we are using this disciplinary proceeding to mete out the punishment Goodman should have received through the criminal process,” Justice Michael P. Donnelly wrote in a separate, concurring opinion.