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D’Egidio has led the effort to reduce the firm’s U.S. auditing deficiencies.

DSS spokesperson Jason Montiel said the appeals remain under review, but that facility staff at The Terraces “has been compliant and has corrected the deficiency.”

His absence figured to make it hard for the Lakers to incorporate the slew of fresh faces they’d brought in to address the defensive deficiencies that had short-circuited their playoff run a season ago.

"This distinction helps us when working in areas with extremely low biomass and nutrient deficiency," he notes.

More than a dozen of Blackstone’s senior communities were cited by regulators for deficiencies in resident care, according to state records.