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Scottsdale,
Ariz. – Barry A. Cassidy, Ph.D., P.A.-C,
Arizona Medical Board Executive Director, has promoted
Barbara J. Kane as Assistant Director in charge of
the agency’s Investigations and Quality Assurance
Divisions.
Cassidy
sought Ms. Kane for this position based on her extensive
investigative experience and significant accomplishments,
as one of the Board’s senior medical investigators
and creator of the agency’s first ever Quality
Assurance Division. “She has the energy and
talent to take the agency’s investigative infrastructure
to another level,” said Cassidy. “Every
citizen who files a complaint against a physician
must be confident in the Board’s ability to
thoroughly and fairly investigate that complaint.
Ms. Kane is exactly the person I trust to build on
that level of confidence. She will serve as an excellent
counterpart to the current Assistant Director of Licensing
and Operations, Amanda Diehl,” said Cassidy.
As
Assistant Director, Kane is responsible for implementing
the agency’s new workflow process, training
and development of sound investigative techniques,
and coordinating the Staff Investigational Review
Committee. “This is a challenging opportunity
to utilize all of my career experiences,” said
Kane. “I look forward to building upon the agency’s
many impressive successes,” she added.
Kane
began her career with the Arizona Medical Board in
June 2000 as a Senior Medical Investigator and was
promoted to Assistant Director/Investigations &
Quality Assurance in 2003. She was the driving force
behind the Board’s first ever Quality Assurance
Division, an innovative program designed to enhance
the Board’s responsiveness to the public and
the quality of investigative procedures. Under her
leadership, the Quality Assurance Division implemented
a system to bring major case developments to the surface
quickly and make supplemental confirming evidence
available as a resource in the adjudicative process.
Prior
to joining the Arizona Medical Board, Kane was a disability
determinations manager and a medical malpractice investigator
for over 20 years in New York State. She holds a Bachelor
of Arts in Education from Hunter College in New York
City and is a licensed New York State teacher and
reading specialist, as well as a certified New York
State Public Adjuster.
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