COLUMBIA (AP) South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster removed $16 million for healthcare from the state budget, saying July 6 he wanted to make sure no taxpayer money goes to abortion providers. The Republican governor said he was keeping a promise he ...

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U.S. v. Chikvashvili (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-129-17, 17 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 16-4393, June 9, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Bredar, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit affirms defendant’s conviction of healthcare fraud resulting in death in violation of ...

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Vowing to achieve universal health care, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders released a sweeping proposal to create a new single-payer health care system in the United States paid for with a variety of widespread tax increases. Sanders’ ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — A Cordova man has been sentenced for his role in a fraud case involving BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina policy numbers. U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles says 46-year-old R. L. Robinson-Taylor was sentenced Monday to more than two ...

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Inc. v. Carilion Clinic A Virginia healthcare company is a “customer” of the financial services companies it hired to structure its municipal bond offering, and it is entitled to FINRA arbitration of its claims that it was fraudulently induced to issue over $234 million in auction-rate municipal bonds; the 4th Circuit upholds the order allowing arbitration to go forward.

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Hein-Muniz v. Aiken Regional Medical Centers While the plaintiff obstetrician was already on 100 percent case review status, she delivered a stillborn baby. Defendants’ multi-step review of plaintiff’s actions and judgment – culminating in the revocation of her hospital privileges -- complied with the Health Care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA).

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