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July 22, 2015





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Summit Pointe Responds to Erv Brinker Arraignment

The Attorney General of Michigan yesterday charged Erv Brinker with three
felonies, including health care and Medicaid fraud, and embezzlement from
Summit Pointe, and he was arraigned today.
Over the past several months, Summit Pointe Board leadership, along with
outside counsel, has worked closely with a team of attorneys and investigators
from the Attorney Generals office after discovering inappropriate activity by
former CEO Erv Brinker. With that investigation complete and charges having
now been filed, the Board is relieved this chapter is over, and continues to move
Summit Pointe forward.
When our Board was informed of employee concerns about irregularities in
contracting and expenditures, we engaged Fraser Trebilcock as independent
counsel to conduct a careful, external investigation. What we found through that
process increasingly disappointed and alarmed us as a Board, and among a
series of other necessary actions, we contacted the appropriate authorities. We
are very appreciative of the efforts of the Attorney General, and the Department
of Health and Human Services, and we are relieved that this difficult chapter is
finally over, said Trae Allman, Summit Pointe Board Chair.
We would also like to thank the incredible team here at Summit Pointe. Their
efforts on our behalf were tireless, and they were always mindful of the families
of Calhoun County, who we serve, said Mr. Allman. We also appreciate the
patience and support of Summit Pointes customers, and the citizens of Calhoun
County, who allowed our Board to work on their behalf through this series of
challenges.
Summit Pointe is always about human care, and has a deserved statewide
reputation for providing excellent mental health services, said Jeannie
Goodrich, Interim CEO. Our staff is among the finest in the state, and they
deserve the high regard in which they are held. Each of my colleagues at Summit
Pointe remains focused, as always, on those who need our services. Im
confident that we will continue to provide superb services, and continue our
mission of Making Life Work."

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