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Doctors Care P.A., the largest urgent care provider network in South Carolina, and its management company, UCI Medical Affiliates of South Carolina Inc., will pay $22.5 million to settle false claims allegations, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina said April 8.
[1] Doctors Care and UCI allegedly falsely certified that some urgent care visits were performed by providers who were credentialed to bill Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE, which means the services weren’t performed by credentialed providers from 2013 to 2018, according to the complaint, the U.S. attorney’s office alleged. The case was set in motion by a whistleblower. Doctors Care and UCI didn’t admit liability in the settlement.
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On Monday, the community got a better idea of what will happen to the facility.
Munson Healthcare announced that Cadillac Hospital and Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital have entered into a joint operating agreement to bring state of the art rehabilitation services to Cadillac.
The agreement means Mary Free Bed will manage the outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapy services in Cadillac; however, local physical therapists you already know are keeping their jobs. The entire Cadillac-based rehab staff transitioned to Mary Free Bed, and it was an incredibly smooth and very positive experience,â said Peter Marinoff, Cadillac Hospital community president. âIn addition to our core rehab services, we will work with Mary Free Bed to develop the Pine Grove building into an outpatient facility with enhanced programs to support community health and wellness.â