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Stark & FCA:

Tuomey Troubles Make Former CEO Personally Liable for &1 Million

Published on Thu Oct 13, 2016

Heads up, health care executives: Stark just got personal. Ralph J. Cox III, former chief executive office of Tuomey Healthcare System in Sumter, SC, has agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations involving his role in false claims the hospital submitted to Medicare and Medicaid, the Department of Justice announced (https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-chief-executive-south-carolina-hospital-pays-1-million-and-agrees-exclusion-settle) Sept. 27. The settlement excludes Cox from federal [...]
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