South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Medical Care Advisory Committee

Meeting Agenda

November 18, 2008 – 10:30am

1801 Main Street, Columbia, SC - 11th Floor Conference Room

I. Call to Order – Committee Chairman

II. Approval of Minutes from Prior Meeting – Committee Chairman

III. Director’s Report – Agency Director

IV. Current Fiscal Year Update – Deputy Director of Finance and Administration

V. Eligibility Update – Deputy Director of Eligibility

VI. Program Updates – Agency Director

A) Coordinated Care Update (Healthy Connections & Healthy Connections Kids)

VII. Committee Advisement Items –

A) CMS Medicaid Integrity Program Amendment

Presented by: Deirdra Singleton, General Counsel

B) Rate Adjustment State Plan Amendments

Presented by: William Wells, Deputy Director-Finance and Administration

· Hospital Reimbursement

· Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) Rates

C) Budget Reduction State Plan Amendments

Presented by: Felicity Myers, Deputy Director-Medical Services

· Fee Schedule (Physician, JCode, DME)

· Medication Supply

· Hospice Services and Room & Board Payments to Nursing Homes

· Medicaid Reimbursement for Private and School-Based Services

D) Eligibility Adjustment State Plan Amendments

Presented by: Alicia Jacobs, Deputy Director-Eligibility

· Transitional Medicaid Assistance (TMA)

· Cost of Living Adjustment

E) Community Long Term Care-Long Term Care Insurance

Presented by: Sam Waldrep, Bureau Chief-Long Term Care

F) Medically Complex Children’s Waiver (MCC Waiver)

Presented by: Sam Waldrep, Bureau Chief-Long Term Care

VIII. Closing Comments – Committee Chairman

IX. Adjournment – Committee Chairman