10/25/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/25/2024 11:24
As part of South Carolina's recovery from Hurricane Helene, the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) requested temporary flexibilities from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to ensure continued access to care for Healthy Connections Medicaid members impacted by Hurricane Helene. These flexibilities were first announced in Medicaid Bulletin MB #24-056 with additional temporary flexibilities announced in Medicaid Bulletin MB #24-060.
Through this bulletin, SCDHHS is reminding Healthy Connections Medicaid providers that most of the temporary flexibilities announced via MB #24-056 and MB #24-060 will expire on Oct. 31, 2024. Exceptions to the Oct. 31, 2024, expiration for these temporary flexibilities are listed below.
Targeted Case Management (TCM)
Home and Community-based Services (HCBS) Waiver Program Flexibilities
The temporary flexibilities listed in this section apply to Healthy Connections Medicaid-enrolled providers who serve Healthy Connections Medicaid members who are enrolled in the state's HCBS waiver programs. This includes the Intellectual Disability and Related Disabilities (ID/RD), Community Supports (CS), Head and Spinal Cord Injury (HASCI), Medically Complex Children (MCC), Palmetto Coordinated System of Care (PCSC), Community Choices (CC), HIV-AIDS and Mechanical Ventilator Dependent (VENT) waivers. The temporary flexibilities described below will remain in effect statewide for dates of service between Sept. 25 and Dec. 31, 2024.
Providers should direct any questions related to this bulletin to the Provider Service Center (PSC) at (888) 289-0709 or to [email protected]. PSC representatives can be reached at (888) 289-0709 from 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday. Providers can also submit an online inquiry at https://www.scdhhs.gov/providers/contact-provider-representative.