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AnMed is using $126.7 million in South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority (JEDA) bonds to expand its services in Anderson and Pickens counties. (Photo/Provided)
Jan 10, 2024

Funding fuels $127M AnMed expansion in Anderson, Pickens counties

AnMed, Anderson County's largest employer, will add 100 new jobs with the projects.

Jan 3, 2024

UnitedHealthcare-Prisma Health impasse leaves patients out of network

A standoff between the state’s largest health care network and an insurance company means UHC patients will pay more ...

Dec 27, 2023

South Carolina Agriculture Department to take over some food safety responsibilities

Long the purview of DHEC, the responsibility for some of South Carolina’s food safety programs will shift from the health department to the state Department of Agriculture at the start of the new fiscal year …

The University of South Carolina is making necessary investments to its physical campus to ensure a world-class academic experience with one of those key pieces being a new School of Medicine Columbia and research building planned for the BullStreet district. (Rendering/Provided)
Dec 21, 2023

Design approved for new USC School of Medicine in Columbia, part of $300M project

The 300,000-square-foot building will be the heart of the new $300 million campus and will feature innovative active-learning classrooms, extensive medical simulation spaces, a health science library, numerous labs for interdisciplinary research and a café.

Honorees in 12 categories were recognized during an event in Columbia, as SC Biz News expanded its Health Care Heroes program this year to include honorees from across the state. (Photos/Josh Pugh, Studio 601)
Dec 7, 2023

Meet SC Biz News’ 2023 Health Care Heroes (PHOTOS)

Honorees in 12 categories were recognized during an event in Columbia, as SC Biz News expanded its Health Care Heroes program this year to include honorees from across the state.

Nov 22, 2023

Prisma Health in Greenville opens one of 9 new urgent care centers

Prisma Health opens urgent care center on Woodruff Road in Greenville and another on N. Main Street in Anderson. Seven more centers are coming to the Upstate and Midlands over the next several months …

The 2023 class of Health Care Heroes represents diverse talent, expertise and a commitment to excellence in their endless pursuit to help others.
Nov 16, 2023

ANNOUNCING: Meet the 2023 Health Care Heroes honorees

The 2023 class of Health Care Heroes, which will be honored at a recognition event Dec. 6 in Columbia, represents diverse talent, expertise and a commitment to excellence.

Nov 15, 2023

South Carolina health care provider names new CEO

The new leader has served in various executive roles, include chief operating officer of Caregiver Inc., senior vice president of operations at Seniorlink, president of Harden Healthcare's MBS Rehab, and more.

Oct 24, 2023

AnMed breaks ground on $35M plan to bring health care closer to Powdersville

AnMed Piedmont is under construction to bring emergency services and more to the fast-growing Piedmont area where the northeast corner of Anderson County meets Greenville and Pickens counties. People and businesses in the area often have a Piedmont address but consider themselves planted in Powdersville, Pelzer or Williamston. [...]

Oct 3, 2023

Orangeburg physician to pay $585K settlement for illegal kickbacks

The settlement resolves allegations that the practice received kickbacks in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute in return for laboratory referrals and caused the submission of false or fraudulent claims to Medicare and TRICARE.

Sep 18, 2023

Barbecue restaurants help launch Prisma’s $6M pediatric cancer project

The Prisma Health Children’s Hospital-Upstate in Greenville on Sept. 14 launched a fundraising campaign to raise $6 million for a new pediatric cancer and blood disorders unit.

Sep 14, 2023

Chapin-based startup offers remote monitoring for lung disease patients

Amanda Clark became a respiratory therapist after being impacted from personal loss due to chronic lung diseases including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, also known as COPD. Years of work in the field gave Clark pe