South Carolina Request Regarding HCBS Temporary Rate Increase

On January 19, 2022, the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) published this request regarding a temporary rate increase for home- and community-based services (HCBS). With this amendment, the State will raise temporarily payment rates for multiple waiver services, for Community Supports waiver, increase individual cost limits, and for Head/Spinal Cord Injury waiver, add the group option for employment services. The state will be submitting formal waiver amendments to implement the temporary rate increases on a permanent basis . . .