Foundation Drops Federal Medicare Contract in South Carolina
The South Carolina Medical Foundation will discontinue a $3.7 million federal Medicare contract after 16 months of reviewing hospital bills. Officials cite heavy administrative demands and aim to focus on quality care, resulting in 80 layoffs, mostly nurses, as the foundation exits the program.
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Attorney General Drops Appeal In Mistaken Release
The South Carolina attorney general’s office has dropped plans to appeal a ruling freeing Alvin Davis Jr. after a clerical error let the armed robber go. Davis, 34, avoided an eight year sentence. officials cited precedent concerns and Davis’s later arrest on separate charges.
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Alvin Davis
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State Supreme Court
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Ralph Anderson
Don Zelenka
South Carolina
Supreme Court
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Jail Escapee Sought From North Myrtle Beach Jail
Police hunt Herbert Mac White Jr 23 of Lexington NC after his 3 am Monday escape from the North Myrtle Beach Jail where trustees clean and wax city vehicles. White, serving a three year sentence for housebreaking, could be eligible for parole in December.
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North Carolina
Herbert Mac White Jr
Lexington
N.C
John Causey
Causey
White
State Department of Corrections
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