I will be speaking at the upcoming South Carolina ASC Association Meeting on July 14th from Noon til 2pm in Columbia, SC. More information about the meeting can be found here. You can visit the SC ASC Association website at: http://www.scasca.org/events.html document.getElementById(“post-735-blankimage”).onload();
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Bart Walker to Speak at SC ASC Association Meeting – July 14 in Columbia, SC
Posted by Bart Walker in June 30th, 2009
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Posted in: ASC's, Events, News, Providers Tags: ambulatory surgery center, ASC's, South Carolina, walker
Tuomey Hospital False Claims Lawsuit
Posted by Bart Walker in April 4th, 2008
Posted in: Hospitals and Health Systems, Litigation, News, Physicians Tags: fraud and abuse, qui tam, South Carolina, Tuomey
A federal judge has recently given the go-ahead for a very high profile lawsuit in South Carolina which threatens a hospital with a False Claims Act suit brought by a physician on behalf of the United States government and now a federal investigation. The Hospital in question is Tuomey Regional Medical Center in Sumter, South [...]
Medicare Personal Health Records Pilot Program in S.C.
Posted by Bart Walker in December 7th, 2007
Posted in: Hospitals and Health Systems, News, Payors Tags: medical records, Medicare, South Carolina
This month, Medicare is launching a pilot program in South Carolina where it will offer personal health records to about 100,000 Medicare recipients. The goal of the project is to provide patients with their own comprehensive personal health records which include information gathered over a number of years from a variety of sources. The program [...]









