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State Information > Medicaid Waivers > South Carolina

South Carolina Medicaid 1915(c) HCBS Waivers, 2005.

In 2005, there were 20,341 participants in the 6 waiver programs in South Carolina (Table 1) with expenditures totaling $270,432,815 (an average expenditure of $13,295 per participant) (Table 2).

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Table 1, South Carolina 1915(c) HCBS Waiver Participants, by Waiver and Waiver Target Group, 2005

Waiver Name by Waiver Target Group

Number of
South Carolina
Participants

 South Carolina Participants per 1,000 Population US Participants per 1,000 Population
Total MR/DDnote 4,951 1.17 1.47
     MR/DD  4,951  1.17
-
Total TBI/SCInote 489 0.12 0.04
     Head or Spinal Cord Injured  489  0.12
-
Total Aged/Disabled 13,626 3.2 1.41
     Elderly/disabled  13,485  3.17
-
     SC Choice  141  0.03
-
Total Disabled/Physically Disabled 46 0.01 0.2
     Mechanical Ventilator  46  0.01
-
Total HIV/AIDSnote 1,229 0.29 0.05
     HIV/AIDS  1,229  0.29
-
Total [6 waivers] 20,341 4.79 3.59


Table 2, South Carolina 1915(c) HCBS Waiver Expenditures, by Waiver and Waiver Target Group, 2005

Waiver Name by Waiver Target Group
South Carolina
Expenditures		 South Carolina Expenditures per Participant

US Expenditures per Participant
Total MR/DDnote $173,692,153 $35,082 $39,325
     MR/DD  $173,692,153  $35,082
-
Total TBI/SCInote $12,150,135 $24,847 $31,114
     Head or Spinal Cord Injured  $12,150,135  $24,847
-
Total Aged/Disabled $78,522,268 $5,763 $8,694
     Elderly/disabled  $77,993,185  $5,784
-
     SC Choice  $529,083  $3,752
-
Total Disabled/Physically Disabled $956,694 $20,798 $15,971
     Mechanical Ventilator  $956,694  $20,798
-
Total HIV/AIDSnote $5,111,565 $4,159 $4,081
     HIV/AIDS  $5,111,565  $4,159
-
Total [6 waivers] $270,432,815 $13,295 $21,681

This information is part of the Center for PAS report:

Harrington, C. & Ng, T. (March 2009). Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Data, 2005.

Source: Center for PAS analysis of CMS Form 372 waiver data.

Notes:

MR/DD: Mental Retardation/Developmentally Disabled

TBI/SCI: Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury

HIV/AIDS: Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

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