South Carolina news and information

The government's ongoing probe of hospitals and physicians overbilling Medicare for the breast-cancer drug Herceptin found errors in more than three-quarters of all claims that it audited.
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WellCare Health Plans, Tampa, Fla., has completed its acquisition of Easy Choice Health Plan, a Long Beach, Calif., Medicare Advantage insurer.
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WellCare Health Plans, a Tampa, Fla.-based Medicaid and Medicare insurance company, said it agreed to acquire UnitedHealth Group's South Carolina Medicaid business.
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Altec Medical, Easley, S.C., will pay a fine of $2 million and forfeit another $1 million after the corporation pleaded guilty to buying pharmaceuticals from a gray-market supplier and then reintroducing them into the U.S. drug market for sale at retail pharmacies.
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Coastal Carolina Hospital, Hardeeville, S.C., has named Bradley Talbert as CEO.
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The Georgia Hospital Association's longtime president and CEO, Joseph Parker, plans to retire next year, effective June 30. Parker, 66, has served at the helm of the association since 1986. A subcommittee of its board of trustees will begin the search for a replacement during the next few...
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Darcy Craven has been tapped to succeed Jim O'Loughlin as CEO of Carolinas Hospital System.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina has partnered with Bon Secours Medical Group to set up patient-centered medical homes for members who have diabetes, hypertension or congestive heart failure.
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During her work as a fundraiser for a hospital foundation, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley wasn’t asked to try to influence state health department officials who had turned down a request to certify a new open-heart surgery center, the hospital’s president and chief executive testified...
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CareCore National, Bluffton, S.C., a specialty benefit management company offering an online platform for accountable care organizations and providers of specialty care, named John Arlotta CEO.
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