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Docs, Ala. system accused in $522M kickback case
By Joe Carlson | July 09, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Cardiologists and the Infirmary Health System in Mobile, Ala., are accused of needlessly exposing patients to radiation in a nine-year-running kickback scheme tainting an estimated $522 million in Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare reimbursements since 2004.
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S.C. governor's veto of CON program faces challenge
By Ashok Selvam | July 03, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Health officials in South Carolina are turning straight to the state's Supreme Court to determine if Republican Gov. Nikki Haley had legal grounds to suspend the state's certificate-of-need program. She used her veto power last week to cut the $1.7 million in funding needed to run the program.
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Reform Update: Medicaid expansion could occur in red states in coming weeks
By Jonathan Block | June 11, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The coming weeks are shaping up to be a big deal for states still on the fence regarding Medicaid expansion.
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S.C. Senate defeats effort to expand Medicaid
By Associated Press | May 22, 2013
South Carolina senators defeated another attempt by Democrats to extend Medicaid coverage under the federal healthcare law.
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Reform Update: Proponents of Medicaid expansion weigh next moves
By Rich Daly | May 21, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
As many state legislative sessions have finished or are nearing completion, advocates of expanding Medicaid eligibility are looking at their next steps.
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'High-stakes' decision | Tuomey's adverse verdict may have lingering effects
May 11, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
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.
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Reform Update: Ore. study could impact national Medicaid debate
By Rich Daly | May 07, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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.
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S.C. telemedicine bill moves to full Senate
By The Greenville (S.C.) News | April 22, 2013
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.
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Survey finds industry lagging on move to ICD-10
By Joseph Conn | April 12, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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.
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Over 7,400 veterans notified of laptop theft
By Rachel Landen | April 08, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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.
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