Echo Real Estate Capital, Inc., a Chicago based real estate investment firm, has acquired two medical office properties in Forest Acres neighborhood of Columbia, SC.
Medicare losses due to fraud, errors, and abuse cost taxpayers about $60 billion every year. Providers might double bill Medicare for a single treatment, charge for things like a back brace you didn’t get (or need); a company might offer you a...
The South Carolina Research Authority announced funding available to technology startups focused on improving rural health access. The program, Tech Catalyst Fund, is one of five initiatives within South Carolina's Rural Health Transformation...
Governor Henry McMaster named Dr. Brannon Traxler as the acting director of the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH). Traxler currently serves as deputy director of Health Promotion and Services & Chief Medical Officer for DPH and...
South Carolina Atty. Gen. Alan Wilson announced May 1, 2026, that a $7.4 billion settlement reached with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, has become legally effective, capping nearly a decade of work by attorneys general from...
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson sent a letter to the head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking for it to add the dangerous new drug cychlorphine to the list of controlled substances. In a letter to FDA Commissioner...
The Duke Endowment and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have launched an initiative to strengthen maternal and infant health outcomes across the Carolinas by expanding MUSC’s H.E.A.R. (Healing, Equity, Advocacy and Respect) 4 Mamas...
The South Carolina Pediatric Alliance (SCPA) is excited to announce a new initiative, The Turtle Twilight Pediatric Clinic, to make it easier and more convenient for families across the Midlands to have greater access to high-quality pediatric...
From modern new hospitals and freestanding ERs to massive medical office buildings and major renovations, health systems throughout South Carolina are embarking on expansion projects that will change the health care landscape for years to...
By Gregory Hardy University Communications The University of South Carolina marked a major milestone in providing South Carolinians with specialized cognitive care at a ribbon cutting for its Brain Health Center on...
Prisma Health announced a major expansion of its partnership with Minerra Health to advance a system-wide comprehensive obesity care platform supporting patients across the full continuum of care — lifestyle, medical, pharmacy, and surgical...
Hidden Wounds, a South Carolina-based nonprofit providing immediate mental-health stabilization and long-term support for veterans, today announced a $50,000 donation from Philip Morris International's U.S. businesses (PMI U.S.). The funding...
At a special meeting of the Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA) Board of Trustees held March 2, the board voted unanimously to have MUHA, part of MUSC Health, purchase all membership interests in Palmetto Primary Care Physicians (PPCP),...
Today, Encompass Health, the nation's largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, announced the opening of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Irmo. The 49-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital is now accepting...
At a special meeting of the Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA) board of trustees held March 2, the board voted unanimously to have MUHA, part of MUSC Health, purchase all membership interests in Palmetto Primary Care Physicians (PPCP),...
What began more than 50 years ago as an over-the-counter medication startup has blossomed into a multi-million-dollar Greenville, South Carolina, business that produces almost a third of all the liquid prescription medicines sold in the U.S.
Avive Solutions, Inc. announced its partnership with the city of North Augusta, South Carolina, as part of Avive's 4 Minute Community Program. North Augusta joins numerous other communities across the country in its adoption of the 4...
Prisma Health and Atlas Healthcare Partners have announced a new joint venture to expand access to outpatient surgical care through a growing network of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) across South Carolina, southeastern Tennessee, and...
The University of South Carolina is building momentum on becoming the state’s premier hub for neurological patient care and research. Sarah Kirby, USC’s associate vice president for clinical affairs, briefed the Board of Trustees on Feb. 20 on...
Sight Savers America has been awarded a second $80,000 grant from Power:Ed, the philanthropy of SC Student Loan Corporation, to assist 30 middle and high school-age youth in SC living with severe visual impairment and blindness by providing...