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2015.12.22; **DAB**2671; Texas Tech Physician Associates *2015.12.16; **App. Dkt. No.** A-15-95; Recommended Decision - Richard Lee Carlson2015.12.16; **DAB**2670; Gulf Coast Community Action Agency, Inc.2015.12.11; **RUL**2016-1; Teaching and Mentoring Communities, Inc., Ruling on Motion for Clarification Or, In The Alternative, Reconsideration2015.12.11; **DAB**2669; Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare *2015.12.10; **DAB**2668; TOH, Inc. d/b/a Ridgeville Service Center2015.11.30; **App. Dkt. No.** A-15-104; Recommended Decision - Michelle Valent2015.11.18; **DAB**2667; Baldwin Ihenacho2015.11.06; **DAB**2666; Janet R. Constantino2015.10.30; **DAB**2665; Igor Mitreski, M.D.2015.10.28; **DAB**2664; Arkansas Department of Human Services2015.10.27; **DAB**2663; Douglas Bradley, M.D.2015.10.14; **DAB**2662; University of California2015.10.08; **DAB**2661; Deann Worthington, NP2015.10.08; **App. Dkt. No.** A-15-99; Recommended Decision - Gregory F. Antone2015.10.07; **DAB**2660; Retail LLC d/b/a Super Buy Rite2015.09.30; **DAB**2659; Dr. Arenia C. Mallory Community Health Center, Inc.2015.09.28; **DAB**2658; Proteam Healthcare, Inc.2015.09.25; **DAB**2657; E Center2015.09.23; **DAB**2656; Nenice Marie Andrews2015.09.08; **DAB**2655; Mark S. Blankenship2015.09.03; **DAB**2654; The Peaks Care Center2015.09.02; **DAB**2653; Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare *2015.09.01; **DAB**2652; West Texas LTC Partners, Inc., d/b/a Cedar Manor2015.08.26; **DAB**2651; Carla Elaine Schick2015.08.11; **DAB**2650; Stanley Beekman, D.P.M.2015.08.07; **DAB**2649; George John Schulte2015.07.15; **DAB**2648; Shaikh M. Hasan, M.D.2015.07.21; RUL2015-2; Delta Health Alliance, Inc.; Ruling on Reconsideration for Decision No. 26242015.06.30; **DAB**2647; William Smith, Sr. Tri-County Child Development Council, Inc.2015.06.30; **DAB**2646; Marcia M. Snodgrass, APRN2015.06.30; **DAB**2645; St. George Health Care Center2015.06.22; **DAB**2644; Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation2015.06.17; **DAB**2643; Ohio Department of Job and Family Services2015.06.11; **DAB**2642; Penobscot Nursing Home2015.06.10; **DAB**2641; Erick Antoine Falconer, M.D.2015.06.05; **DAB**2640; Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing2015.06.03; **App. Dkt. No.**A-15-62; Recommended Decision - Anita Kennedy2015.05.29; **DAB**2639; Kearney Regional Medical Center, L.L.C. *2015.05.26; **DAB**2638; Richard E. Bohner *2015.05.19; **DAB**2637; New York State Department of Health2015.05.12; **DAB**2636; Teaching and Mentoring Communities, Inc.2015.05.12; **DAB**2635; Eugene Goldman, M.D., a/k/a Yevgeniy Goldman, M.D.2015.05.01; **DAB**2634; Better Living/Better Health LLC2015.04.17; **DAB**2633; Grace Living Center – Northwest OKC2015.04.16; **DAB**2632; UpturnCare Co., d/b/a Accessible Home Health Care2015.04.13; **DAB**2631; Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare *2015.03.30; **DAB**2630; Earl Braunlin, M.D.2015.03.30; **DAB**2629; Ronald Paul Belin, DPM2015.03.27; **DAB**2628; Owens Valley Career Development Center2015.03.24; **DAB**2627; River City Care Center *2015.03.19; **DAB**2626; Brian K. Ellefsen, DO2015.03.16; **DAB**2625; Central Alabama Comprehensive Health, Inc.2015.03.12; **DAB**2624; Delta Health Alliance, Inc.2015.03.10; **DAB**2623; Bright Beginnings for Kittitas County2015.03.03; **DAB**2622; Sonoma Prosthetic Eyes *2015.02.24; **DAB**2621; Samir F. Zaky, DPM2015.02.24; **App. Dkt. No.** A-15-42; Recommended Decision - Leigh-Davis Glass2015.02.23; **DAB**2620; BGI Retirement, LLC, d/b/a2015.02.20; **DAB**2619; Brenham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center *2015.02.18; **DAB**2618; Borger I Enterprises, LLC, d/b/a2015.01.21; **DAB**2617; Baylor County Hospital District d/b/a Seymour Hospital *2015.01.16; **DAB**2616; Arnold Roth2015.01.15; **DAB**2615; Dr. S.A. Brooks, DPM2015.01.12; **RUL**2015-1; Ridgeview Hospital, Ruling on Motion for Reconsideration of Decision No. 25932015.01.07; **DAB**2614; Robert Seung-Bok Lee

                    
  


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