Relevant Contact Points in South Carolina

Contact numbers for the Bureau of Healthcare Quality within the South Carolina Department of Public Health, for business-hours and after-hours calls.

Handles CRCF licensing applications for the South Carolina Department of Public Health.

The complaints hotline for South Carolina health facilities, also used for CNA abuse, neglect and misappropriation complaints and as the HHA hotline.

Handles abuse, neglect, exploitation and quality-of-care complaints for nursing homes, assisted living facilities and community residential care facilities.

South Carolina's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; investigates and prosecutes Medicaid-provider fraud and abuse, neglect or exploitation of residents of long-term care facilities and other vulnerable adults.

The state's lead consumer-protection regulator, administering the Consumer Protection Code, including its debt-collection unconscionability provision, the Discount Medical Plan Organization Registration Act, and the Continuing Care Retirement Community Act; accepts complaints online or by mail.

Enforces the South Carolina Unfair Trade Practices Act by filing and managing lawsuits, including over deceptive billing practices; does not handle individual consumer complaints, which go to the Department of Consumer Affairs instead.

The department's directory of division contacts, covering Licensing & Consumer Services, Actuarial & Market Services for Life, Accident and Health rate/rule/form filings, and the Pharmacy Benefits Manager and Pharmacy Services Administrative Organization unit. Each division also has a direct email link, not given in the description.

Handles Independent Review Organization applications and questions as part of the External Review program.

Provides free counseling on Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Part D and Medigap, and takes reports of suspected Medicare fraud through the Senior Medicare Patrol. Also reachable through your local Area Agency on Aging.

Handles Health Maintenance Organization certificate-of-authority applications, using the NAIC Uniform Certificate of Authority Application.

A high-risk health insurance pool administered by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina under contract with SCDOI.

This is the contact listing for LLR's Board of Medical Examiners, giving its email and phone number.

The complaint and contact intake for insurance issues, including medical-malpractice liability insurance and the SC Medical Malpractice Association (Joint Underwriting Association).