Of Cory Nelson. RE: His record as it stands, specific to his responsibilities in South Dakota immediately prior to hired in by ADHS in August, 2011, he being the one person most responsible for the current crisis at The Arizona State Hospital. (As in, You don't say!?!)

Date line May, 2010-2011, Yankton, South Dakota:

"Lawmakers to review state hospital in Yankton." By Megan Luther, May 10, 2011, Argus Leader.com.

"Human Services Administrator Cory Nelson did not return calls for comment this week."

BACKGROUND:

        1) In the years 2008-2010, while employed as a high ranking administrator in the South Dakota public health care system, the current Deputy Director of Arizona's Behavioral Services system,  Cory Nelson, did willfully engage in misconduct specific to his responsibilities at that time and location, as illustrated in a number of reports published in that South Dakota's media. It was in the heat of this controversy and related developments that Nelson applied for and was granted employment in the Arizona public health care system, indicative of graphic disloyalty and gross dereliction of duty, epitomized by his choice to leave his home state of South Dakota in the dust, for purely selfish reasons. (See: "HSC Pay Raise Sparks Questions: Administrator Receives $10,000 Pay Increase." By Nathan Johnson. Yankton Press & Dakotan, Wednesday, July 7, 2010; also: SEE BELOW).

      2) In August, 2011, the Arizona Department of Health/Behavioral Health Services hired Nelson into the position of Supervisor at The Arizona State Hospital. As proven in this blog, and related Phoenix area news reports that emerged as early as 8 weeks into his start at ASH, Nelson immediately fell into a pattern of misrepresenting the truth (lying) anytime well grounded/good faith data emerged about the substandard care and practices at the Arizona State Hospital in those first months of his position there. He did so in oral/published as well as  filmed/aired interviews formally provided to the public in three separate Phoenix media sources. In newspaper headlines and prime time television newscasts, that is. (See: "Victim's family question why man was free." By JJ Hensley. Arizona Republic. September 28, 2011).

       3) In late 2012, ADHS Director Will Humble promoted Nelson from his position as supervisor of ASH to Deputy Director of the entire Arizona Behavioral Health Services system,despite the fact that Nelson had only been employed in this contracted position at ASH for approximately one year, during which time the conditions at greatly deteriorated as a direct result of this former prison officials blatant ineptitude and lack of qualifications as a health care administrator, to the severe detriment of ASH's seriously mentally ill patients, and staff alike.  . 

       4) Since last spring, 2013, as a direct consequence of my own work (in this blog), as well as that of Phoenix area media (in a series of investigative news reports), a extensive body of additional evidence has emerged in Phoenix area media that irrefutably establishes the fact that Nelson's willingness to ignore all/any applicable laws specific to the operation of ASH has directly caused a crisis now being addressed by the federal government, at least one Arizona lawmaker, and who can predict the extent of other like consequences may amount to now that 2014 is upon us. This crisis is the fault of any ADHS/BHS representatives involved in the management of the ASH operation in all/any sense. (See: ALL BELOW).

HAPPY NEW YEARS TO YOU, RAT BASTARDS,

ONE AND ALL. NEED I REMIND YOU: NO BETTER TIME THAN THE PRESENT TO KNOCK IT OFF ONCE AND FOR ALL, AND DO THE RIGHT THING.

AS ANY READER OF THIS BLOG KNOWS, THE ONE TIME/SHORT TERM SUPERVISOR OF THE ARIZONA STATE HOSPITAL, CORY NELSON HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN MYRIAD RECENT MEDIA REPORTS AS HAVING ENGAGED IN ONGOING DECEIT SPECIFIC TO THE SUBSTANDARD MEDICAL/MENTAL HEALTH CARE PRACTICES AND GENERAL CONDITIONS AT THE ARIZONA STATE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE DID ACT AS SUPERVISOR FOR ONE FULL YEAR, 2011-12. AS THIS SCANDAL HAS EVOLVED IN RECENT MONTHS, IN RELATION TO THAT PERIOD OF TIME WHEN NELSON, WAS IN THAT POSITION, THE ASH FACILITY IS ON THE VERGE OF DEEPLY SERIOUS INVESTIGATION BY STATE AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, AS INITIATED BY SAID MEDIA REPORTS (WHICH WERE IN TURN INSPIRED SOMEWHAT BY THIS BLOG, STARTED BY ME IN APRIL, 2012), WITH ASSOCIATED RESPONSIVE SUPPORT FROM AT LEAST ONE ARIZONA LAWMAKER, AS WELL AS THREATS TO VERY CRITICAL FEDERAL FUNDING THAT HAVE ARISEN DUE TO THIS DATA AS IT HAS EVOLVED. ALL ELEMENTS OF THIS CRISIS HAVE ARISEN DUE TO NELSON'S GROSSLY INEPT ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS, IN COMPLICITY WITH HIS IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR'S IN ADHS- INCLUDING ADHS DIRECTOR WILL HUMBLE, ASSISTANT ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL JOEL RUDD, AND A HOST OF OTHER LIKE STATE REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE CLEARLY ENGAGING IN THIS MISCONDUCT IN UTTER DEFIANCE OF THE PUBLIC TRUST.

WITH THESE CURRENT ISSUES IN MIND, I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR ARIZONA'S CITIZENS TO LEARN JUST THAT MUCH MORE ABOUT CORY NELSON'S VERY REAL HISTORY AS A MAN ENTRUSTED BY THE CITIZENS OF ANOTHER STATE ALTOGETHER, WHEREIN LIES AN IRREFUTABLE PATTERN OF SIMILAR INEPTITUDE AND RELATED SCANDAL, AS FOLLOWS:       

"Lawmakers to review state hospital in Yankton" By Megan Luther, May 10, 2011, Argus Leader.com.

State lawmakers will review the South Dakota Human Services Center in Yankton this summer to include the facility in a process that would have been skipped with the center's recent move to a different department.

Gov. Dennis Daugaard transferred the inpatient psychiatric and chemical dependency hospital from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Social Services in April.

Legislators said there wasn't a particular issue that triggered the review. Appointed members will look at how the center operates, how people are committed and whether treatments are adequate during the on-site review, said Rep. Larry Lucas, D-Mission, who introduced a motion to the legislative executive board earlier this week.

Similar annual reviews of the center have not been conducted by the Department of Human Services, spokeswoman Velda Bartel said.

Human Services Center Administrator Cory Nelson did not return calls for comment this week.

The legislative review will be in conjunction with the Department of Human Services audit. The legislature has reviewed at least one agency annually since the early 2000s.

"They look at an agency from top to bottom," said Jim Fry, director of the Legislative Research Council.

The review typically takes five days throughout the year and includes an evaluation of operations, challenges, programs and budgets. Legislators also will look at where to go next and might propose legislation.

"There definitely can be bills that come out of it that are sponsored by the committee," Fry said.

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ONLY IN ARIZONA PERSONIFIED.

Along these lines, we now know that Cory Nelson did as a matter of fact leave his former position in South Dakota under a deep shadow of suspicion. He saw due oversight and accountability on his immediate horizon, so he got the hell out of dodge and relocated his sorry ass to Arizona. He came to Arizona and spent less than 14 months utterly throwing The Arizona State Hospital further into turmoil at the direct expense of Arizona taxpayers, and to the deep detriment of ASH's patient community and staff alike.

 And then what happened?

Will "Yea, Team!" Humble freaking promoted him, that's what! And Nelson is far from the the only state employee associated with the substandard conditions at at ASH, as they have stood for years upon years. Indeed, Dr. Steven Dingle, Donna Noriega, Dr. Laxman Patel, were all similarly advanced about these issues in the immediate months following the initial hiring of Cory Nelson. They are all in it, in other words. 

And as I see it, one key question remains:

    Will Cory Nelson once again ditch the situation now that he is again in hot water? He is clearly familiar with the process as it stands, for he has been centrally involved in this sort of crap in the recent past, so what might the citizens of Arizona expect from this man?

Nothing. Zip. Nil. 

The best way to address the heart of these issues clearly begins at the top of the given food chain, from Will Humble, Joel Rudd, and on down the line it must go in terms of the ladder of authority which has failed to meet the most fundamental obligations specific to the public trust in this context, as it applies to the provisions of congressional enactments such as the Americans With Disability Act, and countless state and federal laws underlying the required  operational standards of any/all public entities granted the privilege of attending to the needs of disabled Americans across the board. Again, as I have reiterated time and time again over the entire history of this blog (founded in April, 2012), ASH has been operating in graphic violation of myriad state and federal laws that do in fact have direct bearing of the situation as it stands today. I spent 13 full months at ASH, from Jan. 11, 2011 to Feb. 21, 2012, and while there, I did witness and experience first hand countless exhibitions of patient abuse and related clinical and administrative incompetence that I knew to be 100% in contradiction to any/all ASH patients' most fundamental rights, in direct relation to not only state-federal law and commonly established health care standards, but also is terms of such persons' human rights as applicable to international law and policy. Ergo, I did initiate thorough documentation of my experiences at ASH within 6 weeks of my arrival there, for I had learned the hard way by then that even my own primary care physician and related in-patient treatment team were willing to condone these realities, in spite of my good faith reporting of such issues when they immediately arose after my Jan. 2011 admission to ASH; and as soon as I was able following my Feb. 2012 discharge, I began sharing this documentation in my blog. It has been a long road in all senses, but as I have made clear in the past- somebody had to do it. There is far more to do, as I see it, but as the matter stands today, I will leave it at this:

Lawmaker promises "deeper look", possible hearings after ABC15 investigation of AZ mental hospital." By David Biscobing, August 16, 2013, ABC Ch. 15, Phoenix, AZ. 

Read more: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/local_news/investigations/Lawmaker-promises-deeper-look-possible-hearings-after-ABC15-investigation-of-AZ-mental-hospital#ixzz2pGkOvgCX

"Arizona mental hospital threatened with loss of certification and Medicare, Medicaid reimbursements"By David Biscobing, November 19, 2013, ABC Ch. 15, Phoenix, AZ. 

Read more: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/local_news/investigations/arizona-state-hospital-threatened-with-loss-of-certification-and-medicaremedicaid-reimbursements#ixzz2pGo33wHq

"State hospital could lose Medicare/Medicaid certification." By Howard Fischer, November 21, 2013, Capitol Media Services.

"Lawmaker demands overdue audit of Arizona state hospital after ABC15 investigation exposes problems." By David Biscobing, December 21, 2013, ABC Ch. 15, Phoenix.

Read more: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/local_news/investigations/Lawmaker-demands-overdue-audit-of-Arizona-state-hospital-after-ABC15-investigation-exposes-problems

IN CLOSING: There are no two ways about it- Those persons most responsible for the longstanding wrongdoing at The Arizona State Hospital are due direct oversight and accountability at this time. And as the record of Cory Nelson illustrates, extending well back into his former life as an public health care administrator in South Dakota, the persons responsible for his actual hiring did engage in grossly contributing to issues that I began exposing even before Cory "meathead" Nelson appeared in Arizona. Persons like ADHS director Will Humble, for example, and senior level clinical staff at ASH, such as then (2010-2011) ASH Chief Medical Officer Dr. Steven Dingle; longtime ASH administrators such as current ASH supervisor Donna "you are soooo busted!" Noriega; and the Hospital's chief legal counsel, Joel "the mortician" Rudd, who has served in that position for decades, turning a blind eye to the undeniably illegal practices no matter how critical the significance in terms of directly applicable law and policy in all senses. And on the list goes in terms of other like Rat Bastards currently entrusted to oversee the affairs of Arizona's most seriously mentally ill and disabled citizens. Each of these individuals, paid by Arizona's taxpaying civilian community, were fully aware of the substandard care and practices at ASH well before opening their arms to a South Dakota based bureaucrat with a record so shoddy that only persons seeking to further this crisis are capable possessing of the unethical willingness to welcome a man like Cory Nelson into their given mix. It is that simple, it that bad. 

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