National Corporate Healthcare Integrity and Investigative Firm Expands Staff

Chicago, IL, (August 28, 2006)— Corporate healthcare investigative and integrity services firm BlickenWolf LLC announced today the addition of manager Jim Vagenas, Compliance and Investigative Consultant, to assist in managing the firm’s growing business. The associate brings many years of healthcare and investigative experience to BlickenWolf’s team and will work in the areas of Accounts Receivable and Revenue Cycle Management; Fraud Awareness, Investigation, and Prevention; and Compliance Investigation and Analysis, including Conditions of Participation.

Carmen Wolf, principal and co-founder of BlickenWolf, said, “The addition to BlickenWolf of this talented professional broadens our capacity to assist clients in the areas of both corporate compliance and revenue cycle improvement. State and federal regulations are increasingly rigid. Reimbursement to healthcare providers continues to decline and is increasingly more difficult to collect timely. Healthcare organizations nationwide are in need of assistance in order to balance compliance requirements with efficient billing and collection processes – and BlickenWolf’s experts are capable of fulfilling those needs.”

Vagenas specializes in fraud investigations in the healthcare field and assists providers and other organizations with risk assessments that are part of the overall development and implementation of corporate compliance programs. His work includes providing fraud awareness and prevention training to clients.

BlickenWolf LLC has a national reputation as a high quality corporate integrity and investigative services firm. BlickenWolf serves hospital systems, physicians, and other providers as well as pharmaceutical and device manufacturing companies, claims payers, and law firms. The firm offers a unique understanding of how the government approaches issues combined with how healthcare delivery really works to assist clients in dealing with compliance related activities and in the prevention, detection, and correction of fraud and abuse. For more information, visit www.blickenwolf.com.