South Central Regional Medical Center was founded in 1952 and is currently a 285-bed, public not-for-profit hospital located in Laurel, Mississippi.

[2] In 2015, SCRMC settled a case with the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for nearly $319,000 regarding claims for emergency ambulance transportation to destinations such as nursing facilities and patient residences that should have been billed at the lower non-emergency rate.

[3] In 2016, SCRMC was one of three hospitals in Mississippi to have their payments cut all three years that Medicaid had issued penalties for patient injuries.

[4] In January 2022, after it self-disclosed conduct to the OIG, South Central Regional Medical Center (SCRMC), Mississippi, agreed to pay $92,793.81 for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law.

The OIG alleged that SCRMC employed an individual that it knew or should have known was excluded from participation in Federal health care programs.