The next time whistle-blower attorney Joel Androphy sits down for a settlement conference with hospital lawyers, he'll have a potent new tool in his arsenal: last week's $39 million Stark law jury verdict against Tuomey Healthcare System in Sumter, S.C. FULL STORY »
New Medicaid research that garnered widespread attention from national health policy experts has not yet affected the expansion debate at the state level, but it could bolster national policy changes in the program. FULL STORY »
South Carolina doctors are closer to being paid for long-distance consulting on cases. The state Senate Medical Affairs Committee unanimously approved a telemedicine bill Thursday and sent it to the full Senate. FULL STORY »
Even with a year's grace period, many providers, payers and health information technology vendors are still running behind schedule for the massive conversion next year to ICD-10 codes. FULL STORY »
Personal information belonging to more than 7,400 veterans in South Carolina may have been compromised when a laptop was stolen in February from the William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, S.C. FULL STORY »
The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, has named Dr. Patrick Cawley VP of clinical operations and executive director of the Medical University Hospital Authority, replacing CEO Stuart Smith, who recently retired. FULL STORY »
State lawmakers want to expand telemedicine because they see it as a potential fix for some of South Carolina's health problems. Telemedicine, they say, offers the chance to give specialized medical care to poor residents in rural areas—people who need it the most but don't have access to it. FULL STORY »
The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors that a compounding pharmacy is recalling dozens of lots of the Roche drug Avastin after receiving reports of eye infections among patients. FULL STORY »
By Abcnews4.com (Charleston, S.C.) | February 05, 2013
A Mount Pleasant, S.C., doctor says a controversial therapy reduces the effects of post traumatic stress disorder at a greater rate than traditional treatments. His therapy? A party drug called ecstasy. FULL STORY »
Insurer WellCare Health Plans, Tampa, Fla., closed on a previously announced deal to acquire the South Carolina Medicaid business of UnitedHealth Group for undisclosed terms. The South Carolina Department of Insurance valued the company at $27 million in approving the deal. FULL STORY »
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