UMDNJ chief to press for change

The Star Ledger ^ | Friday, March 10, 2006 | BY TED SHERMAN AND JOSH MARGOLIN

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In his first interview since becoming interim president of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Vladeck -- despite a calm, easygoing manner -- made it clear that more change is on the way.

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"The rules of the game in this place have changed, and they haven't been changed by us," he said. "Even though the state is our lifeblood, we cannot, as a matter now of law, engage in some of the kinds of behaviors that have existed in the past. Some of the kinds of things that have (been) reported -- that may have become standard operating procedure in the past -- we cannot do anymore."

The university is now operating under an unprecedented deferred prosecution agreement that was put in place in December, after the university was criminally charged with Medicaid fraud.

That agreement granted broad powers to a federal monitor, former federal Judge Herbert J. Stern, who now has oversight over the university's $1.6 billion budget and sweeping authority to open the university's books, recommend firing staff and make major reforms.

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Head of UMDNJ’s Camden Campus Suspended
June 14, 2007

A top official at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey’s Camden campus has been suspended.

The action comes amid a federal investigation into possible financial wrongdoing.

Anna Farneski, a UMDNJ spokeswoman, confirmed to The Star-Ledger of Newark that 59-year-old Paul Mehne, an associate dean for academic and student affairs at the university, was relieved of his duties last week.

But she declined further comment yesterday.

And Mehne won’t discuss the matter.

The office of the federal monitor overseeing the university has said there was an ongoing investigation into “alleged wrongdoing” at the Camden campus.

And Mehne is among several high-ranking UMDNJ officials whose actions have come under scrutiny.