Home Health

Effective July 1, 2015, the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) will no longer require incontinence supply providers to obtain a Medicaid Certificate of Medical Necessity (MCMN) (Form DME001) for gloves provided to Healthy Connections Medicaid members enrolled in the Community Support Waiver, Head and Spinal Cord Injury Waiver and Intellectual Disabilities/Related Disabilities Waiver. Incontinence supply providers are responsible for obtaining the Physician Certification of Incontinence, SCDHHS Form 168IS, prior to delivering incontinence supplies.

Effective for services provided on or after July 1, 2014, the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) will allow for coverage of inpatient psychiatric care for beneficiaries of Medicare and Medicaid who are 65 or older.

Face-to-Face Requirements for State Plan Home Health benefit:

Effective October 1, 2013, as mandated by section 6407 (d) of the Affordable Care Act, prior to certifying a beneficiary’s eligibility for the home health benefit, the certifying physician must document that he or she, or an allowed non-physician practitioner (NPP) has had a face-to-face encounter with the beneficiary. The state plan Home Health benefit includes skilled nursing, home health aide and therapeutic services such as physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy.

The following revisions to the Preferred Drug List (PDL) are effective with dates of service on or after July 22, 2013. 

South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) will be making important changes to the South Carolina State-approved Nurse Aide Training Program (NATP) requirements. These changes will be effective as of July 1, 2013.

In §6407 of the Affordable Care Act (Pub.L. 111-148) Congress added some conditions on the coverage of Durable Medical Equipment (DME).  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed implementing changes to the DME regulations which also clarify the federal agency’s position as to the availability of incontinence and other supplies and equipment under the Medicaid State Plan Home Health benefit.  See 76 FR 41032–41039 (July 12, 2011).