South Carolina Rate Updates for HCBS and State Plan Services
Rate Updates for Home and Community-based Services and State Plan Services
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Effective for dates of service on and after July 1, 2024, the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) is increasing reimbursement rates for private duty nursing services and the home and community-based services (HCBS) provided through the state’s 1915(c) waiver programs that are listed in this bulletin. The reimbursement rates, procedure codes and any billing modifiers will be updated in the HCBS Waiver Fee Schedule available on SCDHHS’ website by July 1, 2024.
South Carolina Veterans Services Offered by the Columbia Regional Office
“VA’s Columbia Regional Office (RO) administers a variety of benefits and services, including Compensation, Education, Insurance, Loan Guaranty, Pension, and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment for Veterans, Servicemembers, their families and survivors in South Carolina. We offer the following additional services:
Counseling about eligibility for VA benefits and how to apply
Information about VA health care and memorial benefits
Outreach to Veterans, including those who are homeless or at risk for homelessness and older, minority, and women Veterans
6th Annual South Carolina State Transition Conference
~~“Join us for South Carolina’s premier interagency transition conference. Local school districts, adult service agency representatives, families and other professionals will attend this 2 day event in beautiful downtown Greenville. Early Registration ends 10/18/2019
Lunch on both Tuesday and Wednesday is included with all exhibitor and sponsor registrations. This year’s conference will once again include vendor breaks, breakout sessions and facilitated team planning time. Make plans to stay over Wednesday night and join your colleagues from across the state for an evening Networking Social.”
South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department
“For Individuals (Getting Started with VR)
At some point, everyone needs help. Fortunately, the process for getting help is easy. Simply contact your local VR office and schedule an appointment with a Counselor. Your Counselor will work with you to complete your application and request information from your current care providers which will be reviewed to determine if you are eligible for services. Based on this review, your Counselor will then help you identify your job-related strengths and abilities and outline the steps needed to obtain or maintain employment. At VR, there is no “one size fits all” approach. Every individual receives a customized plan, based on their interests and abilities, designed to help them enter or re-enter the workforce.”
~~“Project E3 will provide South Carolina’s state Vocational Rehabilitation agencies and their partners with the skills and competencies needed to effectively and efficiently address barriers to competitive integrated employment and community integration encountered by persons with disabilities in these regions. We will leverage promising practices, knowledge, and experience gained from this project to expand employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities from underserved and economically disadvantaged populations throughout South Carolina and across the United States. Our specific goals for this project are to: • By the end of the first year, 25 individuals from each region will apply or return to vocational rehabilitation services. • By the end of the second year, approximately 18 individuals from each region will be found eligible for services. • By the end of the second year, the number of people who complete an Individualized plan for employment will increase by 50%. Of those, there will be an increase in the cases closed in competitive, integrated employment by 25%. • The project will develop a community consortium to direct, develop, and sustain services during the project and into the coming years.”
South Carolina BHDD Transition Services for Young Adults
“The South Carolina Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (BHDD) Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities places a high priority on competitive, integrated employment, community involvement and creating a meaningful life for young adults as they begin adulthood. BHDD-OIDD also understands that many young adults and their families may have questions. BHDD-OIDD would love to support you on this journey and connect you to some resources that are available. There are several agencies, organizations, and resources that are here to support you on this journey whether you are looking for, employment, college programs, day programs, or social opportunities, all of which, we believe, lead to the most independent, rewarding life.”
~~“SCServes offers service members, veterans and their families access to a class-leading continuum of providers that runs the gamut from superior legal, housing and emergency service providers to employment, recreation and fitness, financial capabilities and more – all designed to provide those who serve, have served, and their families, with the most comprehensive service delivery experience available anywhere in the nation.”
“The Client Assistance Program (CAP) for South Carolina helps people with disabilities get vocational rehabilitation services and supports for independent living. CAP is a program at Disability Rights South Carolina. It helps people who are getting services or trying to get services from the South Carolina Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (SCVRD), the South Carolina Commission for the Blind (SCCB), or Centers for Independent Living (CILs). CAP helps you understand your legal rights, get the services you need to work, live on your own, and take part in your community.”
South Carolina Waiver Case Management Standards (2022)
This document has information on how staff and providers are to operate when working with the Community Supports Waiver, Head and Spinal Cord Injury Waiver, and Intellectual Disability/Related Disabilities Waiver.
South Carolina Rehabilitative Behavioral Health Services (RBHS) Provider Manual
“The South Carolina (South Carolina or State) State Medicaid Plan allows an array of behavioral health services under the Rehabilitative Services Option, 42 CFR 440.130(d).Rehabilitative Services are medical or remedial services that have been recommended by a Physician or other Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts(LPHA) within the scope of their practice under South Carolina State Law and as further determined by the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS)for maximum reduction of physical or mental disability and restoration of a beneficiary to their best possible functional level. This section describes these services, legal authorities and the characteristics of the Providers of services.”
