Hospitals Sued Over Higher Charges for Uninsured
Three more South Carolina hospitals face class action suits over higher charges for uninsured patients. The actions target Greenville Hospital Systems and two Charleston facilities Roper St Frances and East Cooper Regional Medical Center, with firms seeking nationwide status. Patients allege uniform overcharging despite payer type and charity care claims.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Greenville Hospital Systems
Charleston
Roper St. Frances Healthcare
East Cooper Regional Medical Center
English McCutchen
Dubose
Tuomey
Andrea Wozniak
East Cooper Hospital
East Cooper
Campbell
Roper
Bon Secours St. Francis
Bates Middle School student data exposed on Sumter site
Officials in Sumter District 17 announced confidential student information was accidentally posted as an unprotected link on a district site in May. The link was removed after a parent discovered it. district spokeswoman Shelly Galloway said steps are being taken to prevent access. This marks a second incident this year following a 17 year old Hanna High student disk leak and juvenile stunt.
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Bates Middle School
Sumter District 17
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Shelly Galloway
Galloway
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Father on trial for daughter's murder in Arkansas case
Billy Wayne Cope testifies he confessed to killing his daughter Amanda Cope only after police said he failed a polygraph and he made three alternate versions to get into a mental health facility. Cope, charged with murder, rape and conspiracy with James Sanders, disputes the lie detector results and recounts a fear driven confession.
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York
Billy Wayne Cope
Amanda Cope
Cope
Offi
Cers
Tommy Pope
Pope
Sanders
Fort Mill site of Heritage USA eyed for big development
Coulston Enterprises aims to develop 900 acres of the former Heritage USA property along the I-77 corridor. The plan includes hundreds of homes, a private school, commercial space, light industrial areas, a water park, a 500 room hotel, and a 21 story condo tower. Malaysia United Industries would sell the land, with zoning changes sought to permit the project.
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Fort Mill
Jim and
Tammy Faye Bakker
Praise the Lord Ministries
Coulston Enterprises
Heritage USA
Bakkers
Jim Bakker
York County
Mark Farris
Malaysian United Industries
Coulston
Sugar Creek
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Tuomey Healthcare System
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Aiken
Pine Log Rd
Farmer's Furniture
Anata
Ngraved
J.M. Greene Company
Fine Jewelers & Goldsmiths
Whiskey Road
Silver Bluff
Dougherty Rd
Nan
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Aikensteeplechase.com
Harvard
Regions Bank
Jacob's Creek
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