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South Carolina’s Medicaid enrollment increased by about 30% from February 2020 to May 2023. ... While checking the eligibility status of Medicaid members annually is a regular process, it was ...
Joseph Bustos. September 16, 2024 at 1:51 PM. Joseph Bustos/jbustos@thestate.com. South Carolina’s Health and Human Services Director Robert Kerr is retiring from the job ending his second term ...
Overview. Prior authorization is a check run by some insurance companies or third-party payers in the United States before they will agree to cover certain prescribed medications or medical procedures. [1] There are a number of reasons that insurance providers require prior authorization, including age, medical necessity, the availability of a ...
Buprenorphine/naloxone, sold under the brand name Suboxone among others, is a fixed-dose combination medication that includes buprenorphine and naloxone. [3] It is used to treat opioid use disorder, and reduces the mortality of opioid use disorder by 50% (by reducing the risk of overdose on full-agonist opioids such as heroin or fentanyl).
southcarolinablues.com. BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina (BlueCross) is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. [1] BlueCross serves 21.5 million people through private business and government contracts. [2] BlueCross has several subsidiaries, two of which are affiliates licensed with the Blue Cross and Blue ...
Approximately 60% of children in South Carolina are covered by Medicaid. But there were 67,500 fewer enrolled in Medicaid in March 2024 than April 2023, a precipitous drop of 10.4%, according to ...
Medicaid is the largest source of funding for medical and health-related services for people with low income in the United States, providing free health insurance to 85 million low-income and disabled people as of 2022; [3] in 2019, the program paid for half of all U.S. births. [4]
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; Other short titles: Kassebaum–Kennedy Act, Kennedy–Kassebaum Act: Long title: An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, to promote the use ...