Later, as Olam moved up the value chain, Verghese set up his own processing plants in India, Vietnam and Brazil, ultimately taking the full cycle of cashew production back to Nigeria as well.
But this latest gridlock had the AMA on high alert, because t he federal government had already said it would not hold claims and Medicare carriers were expected today to begin processing payments for physicians services after Dec. 31 under the typical 14-day cycle required by law.