Tag Archives: Zachary Karmen

Sex, Doctors, “Mental Illness” and Medicaid

Posted on October 2, 2011 by annecwoodlen

“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something in your life.” Winston Churchill The underlined questions are things for which people searched my blog, followed by my answers. Why is sex on the beach bad? I dunno—pretty sandy? … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability, drugs, Fraud, Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Poverty, Sex | Tagged ARISE, CDPAP, consumer directed personal assistant program, CPEP, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, doctors, drugs, DSS, Enable, health care, Health Department, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medicare, Medicine, mental disorder, mental illness, NYS DOH, Office of Professional Medical Conduct, Onondaga County New York, OPMC, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, poverty, psychiatric disorders, relationships, Resource Center, sex, Social Security, Wayne Freeman, Welfare, Zachary Karmen | Leave a comment

Wayne Freeman’s At It Again

Posted on June 9, 2011 by annecwoodlen

All you faithful readers will remember that Wayne Freeman is co-owner of Medical Answering Service (MAS). MAS is a private company that has gotten contracts in several New York State counties to provide dispatch services for Medicaid transportation. Wayne Freeman … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness | Tagged CIA, Corporate Integrity Agreement, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, disability rights, DSS, fair hearing, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Service, Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, OMIG, Onondaga County, racism, Russell Maxwell, Wayne Freeman, Zachary Karmen | Leave a comment

Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part VII)

Posted on February 16, 2011 by annecwoodlen

The government is supposed to do only what cannot be done by the people individually, e.g., fight foreign wars, maintain the Thruway, and support a nursing home for the indigent. Otherwise, the government is supposed to leave the people alone. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Values | Tagged Ann Rooney, Chief Welfare Attorney, Civil Service, County Executive, David Sutkowy, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, Div. of Purchasing, DSS, Governance, Joanne Mahoney, John Mulroy, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud Unit, Medicaid transportation, Nick Pirro, Onondaga County, Onondaga County New York, Paula Engel, Post-Standard, poverty, power, Republican Party, Stephen A. Rogers, Stephen Rogers, The Syracuse Newspapers, values, Wayne Freeman, Zachary Karmen | Leave a comment

Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part VI)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by annecwoodlen

Continuation of letter to DSS Commissioner David Sutkowy regarding attorney Zachary Karmen’s surveillance of disabled people and home health aides working through Enable and ARISE: Now Mr. Karmen has taken another step toward criminalizing the most frighteningly poor people in our society: … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Values | Tagged ARISE, Barrie Gewanter, Chief Welfare Attorney, Civil Liberties Union, county legislator, David Sutkowy, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, disability rights, DSS, DSS Commissioner, Enable, Governance, home health aide, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud Unit, Medicaid transportation, Medify, NYCLU, Onondaga County New York, Thomas Buckel, Zachary Karmen | Leave a comment

Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part V)

Posted on February 13, 2011 by annecwoodlen

Excerpts of my letter were read at the Disabled In Action committee meeting with lawyers, county legislators, David Sutkowy and Zachary Karmen in attendance: Dear Commissioner Sutkowy, I am requesting that you immediately direct Chief Welfare Attorney Zachery Karmen to stop misusing … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Values | Tagged abuse of power, ARISE, CDPAP, Chief Welfare Attorney, Commissioner of Social Services, consumer directed personal assistant program, County Legislators, David Sutkowy, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, DSS, Enable, Governance, Long Term Care Resource Center, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud Unit, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Services, Medical Management Technology Group, Medify, MMTG, Monica Williams, Onondaga County New York, poverty, problem solving, Thomas Buckel, Zachary Karmen | Leave a comment

Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part IV)

Posted on February 12, 2011 by annecwoodlen

On December 22, 2009, Wayne Freeman and Russell Maxwell signed a Corporate Integrity Agreement with the NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General and were required to pay $80,000 back to the New York State taxpayers. The CIA was a 27-page … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Values | Tagged ARISE, Attorney Grievance Committee, Barrie Gewanter, CDPAP, Chief Welfare Attorney, CIA, Civil Liberties Union, consumer directed personal assistant program, Corporate Integrity Agreement, County Executive, County Legislators, County Legislature, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, DSS, Enable, Fifth Judicial District, Kathy Hart, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud Unit, Medicaid transportation, Medical Anwersing Services, Michael Schwartz, Monica Williams, NYCLU, Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, OMIG, Onondaga County New York, Russell Maxwell, S.U. Law School, Thomas Buckel, Wayne Freeman, Zachary Karmen | Leave a comment

Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part III)

Posted on February 11, 2011 by annecwoodlen

I am still being subjected to retaliation and retribution by the county, and I’m tired of it. OMIG says they can’t do anything about it, so I start talking to legislators. Sam Laguzza says he will have a hearing—or at least a … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Values | Tagged Ann Rooney, CIA, citizen, Corporate Integrity Agreement, County Comptroller, County Executive, disability rights, Governance, John Mariani, Kathy Hart, MAS, Maxwell School, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Service, Monroe County, Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, OMIG, Onondaga County New York, Post-Standard, retaliation, retribution, Robert Antonacci, Rochester, Sam Laguzza, Stan Linhorst, The Syracuse Newspapers, Wayne Freeman, whistleblower, Zachary Karmen | Leave a comment

Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part II)

Posted on February 10, 2011 by annecwoodlen

Then I get to remembering. In the 1980’s, a special prosecutor uncovered two corrupt schemes in Onondaga County government. In one, the county department heads were shaking down their employees twice a year for contributions to the Republican Party. In … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Values | Tagged Chief Welfare Attorney, citizens, Corruption, County Attorney, David Sutkowy, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, Div. of Purchasing, DSS, Kathy Hart, Legislature, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid Director, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Services, Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, OMIG, Onondaga County, Onondaga County New York, Republican Party, Russell Maxwell, Stephen Rogers, The Syracuse Newspapers, Wayne Freeman, witch-hunt, Zachary Karmen | Leave a comment

Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part I)

Posted on February 9, 2011 by annecwoodlen

In October 2005, I received a letter illegally kicking me off Medicaid transportation, signed by Zachary Karmen, Chief Welfare Attorney of the Onondaga County Dept. of Social Services. That was the first I’d ever heard of Mr. Karmen. Medicaid transportation was, … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Values | Tagged Chief Welfare Attorney, Commissioner of Social Services, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, disability rights, Div. of Purchasing, DSS, fair hearing, Governance, Kathy Hart, Legal Aid, Legislature, Medicaid, Medicaid Director, Medicaid transportation, NYS Dept. of Health, NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, NYS Office of the Welfare Inspector General, OMIG, Onondaga County, Onondaga County New York, OWIG, poverty, power, problem solving, Russell Maxwell, values, Wayne Freeman, Zachary Karmen | Leave a comment

Under Cover of Darkness: Retaliation and Retribution in Onondaga County Government (Part IV)

Posted on January 11, 2011 by annecwoodlen

If vendors complained about the way the Medicaid dispatch service was being run, they’d be threatened with losing their contract. Retaliation was the name of the game. If you did not work with Kathy Hart and Wayne Freeman, then you … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Values | Tagged Able Medical, bribery, confidentiality, Corruption, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, DSS Commissioner, Fair Trade Act, Frank Taddeo, Kathy Hart, MAS, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Services, Onondaga County, Post-Standard, retaliation, retribution, RICO, right to privacy, Syracuse Newspapers, taping phone calls, Wayne Freeman, Zachary Karmen | Leave a comment

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