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S.C. Medicaid Hospice Services Provider Manual § 1
Program Overview
A hospice is a public agency or private organization or a subdivision of either of these that is
primarily engaged in providing care and services to terminally ill individuals, meets the Medicare
conditions of participation for hospices and has a valid provider contract. Hospice coverage for
South Carolina Medicaid beneficiaries is available for an unspecified number of days, subdivided
into election periods as follows: two periods of 90 days each, and an unlimited number of
subsequent periods of 60 days each. Benefit periods can be used consecutively or at different times
during the beneficiary’s life span. At the beginning of each period, the beneficiary must be certified
by a physician as terminally ill with a life expectancy of six months or less.
NOTE: References to supporting documents and information are included throughout the manual.
This information is found at the following locations:
• Provider Administrative and Billing Manual
• Forms
• Section 4 - Procedure Codes
Provenance
- Source
- provider.scdhhs.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-01
- Edition
- hsm-2025-01-01
- Content hash
cc25e0d7859e077ba3706d27ea1832d8b04af0b74b591a8341bbf95ce1823609
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