Page 161 State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies A Comprehensive Scan of the 50 States and District of Columbia

Center for Connected Health Policy

STATE LAW/REGULATIONS MEDICAID PROGRAM

Source: SC Health and Human Svcs. Dept., Physicians Provider
Manual, p. 181 (Jan. 1, 2015).
Cross-State Licensing

No reference found. No reference found.
Private Payers
No reference found. No reference found.

Site/Transmission Fee

No reference found. The referring site is eligible to receive a facility fee.

Source: SC Health and Human Svcs. Dept., Physicians Provider
Manual, p. 184 (Jan. 1, 2015).
Miscellaneous

Comments: In 2011, a new state law, SCSB 588, established a statewide system of stroke care. It requires the
Department of Health and Environmental Control to distribute to emergency medical services
providers a list of primary stroke centers, telemedicine stroke centers, and other certified programs.

The Bureau of Long Term Care Services offers Telemonitoring. The objectives of the
Telemonitoring service are to maintain and promote the health status of Medicaid home and
community-based waiver participants through medical telemonitoring of body weight, blood pressure,
oxygen saturation, blood glucose levels, and basic heart rate information.

Source: SC Health and Human Svcs., Bureau of Long Term Care Services, <
https://www.scdhhs.gov/historic/insideDHHS/Bureaus/BureauofLongTermCareServices/doc/telemonitoring%20scop
e.pdf> Accessed Jul. 25, 2014.

Effective July 1, 2014 the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will implement
a project to leverage the use of teaching hospitals to provide rural physician coverage, expand the
use of telemedicine, and ensure targeted placement and support of adequate OB/GYN services.

Source: South Carolina Healthy Connections Medicaid, Provider Alert, https://www.scdhhs.gov/press-
release/obgyn-telemedicine-demonstration-project

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