The United States v. Tuomey Healthcare System. The healthcare system is located in Sumter, South Carolina and is owned by Prisma Health now. They were hit with $237,000,000 worth of fines because of filing false claims to Medicare. I have heard of this happening, but I didn’t realize that it hits so close to home here in South Carolina. I also saw that attorneys warned them about their actions, and they just ignored them. I read that the best avenue for healthcare systems to go is to look for an in-group ancillary services healthcare system to partner with to avoid violating Stark Law violations (Eck and Shaw, 2019). Knowing what the Sumter area is like; do you feel like there are great options there for them to do that, or do you think it’s best that a larger system like Prisma Health come in and absorb multiple healthcare units and merge them all under one roof as they did? I know they are a major competitor for you, but do you think a merger like that is best for Sumter?
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