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HealthCare Under Duress Becoming Audiobook (Summer 2020)
At the time Renton resident Swannee Rivers was contacted by the FBI for help little did she know the role she would play in their case
Swannee Rivers is a mother, business owner, teacher, community showcase developer, motivational speaker, and author of Healthcare Under Duress-An Inside Look at the University of Washington Billing Scandal (2003,) Hidden Treasures: Small Businesses Doing Great Things in the Pacific Northwest (2007,) Cancer Journal for the Survivor in You (2003 edition I,) Parents Don’t Know Everything-A Teen Freedom of Expression Journal (2003,) and the updated Cancer Journal for the Survivor in You II (2009.) Healthcare Under Duress is recognized internationally for its symbolic stance against fraud in the healthcare industry, and continues to be used to train management at local insurance institutions, and colleges in the Pacific Northwest.
Swannee Rivers has been a contributing feature writer in The Renton Reporter, Seattle Times, Northwest Baby & Child, Campfire Girls National Campaign, as well as the Chicken Soup for the Soul Series where she also was actively involved in the selection of incoming story contributions for years. Her work has been featured on several online publications including Soap Opera Central, and Consumer Review.com. In 2008 she was a contributor for question development with New Play Media in their creation of an online Soap Opera Trivia Game. In 2018 she appeared in the documentary The Last Swing which was featured at the Seattle Film Festival and the Tacoma Film Festival. In 2018 she also was featured in the Oxygen channel's series Criminal Confessions.
In 2020 she released her first children's book Fuzzy Ears and the Grocery Store Adventure.
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GUESS WHAT? You asked for it, and now it is happening? After writing Healthcare Under Duress: An Inside Look at the University of Washington Billing Scandal I needed to pause. Time was needed to recover from much that had happened. Many people have asked me for a while to put out an audiobook, but the weight of years of grinding to finish the initial battle had taken its toll. Now, the time is right.
In recent months I have received numerous emails from readers asking me questions about my experience, some I have heard before, many of my responses I have never spoken about. So, I will finally answer some of those questions for the first time. I will feature responses from an interview with my friend, whistleblower, Mark Erickson on my site as well. Would I do it all over again? Let me take you on a journey. It will be happening because I am not finished, and with COVID 19 running rampant neither is healthcare fraud. COMING SUMMER 2020!