March 04, 2008
The federal government has decided to join a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that Tuomey regional hospital of Sumter, South Carolina, submitted false health care claims to Medicare and Medicaid.
The surgeon who brought the False Claims Act suit alleged that Tuomey bribed doctors to go into business with the hospital and then gave them kickbacks, according to a February 28, 2008 article in The State.