Medicaid payments in Hardeeville for the Administrative, Miscellaneous and Investigational category climbed 372.8% in 2024, highlighting major shifts in service use and reimbursement.
Bluffton saw a 1.3% increase in Medicaid Evaluation and Management payments in 2024, underscoring shifting utilization patterns and reimbursement changes.
Beaufort Medicaid providers reported $1,387,401 in claims for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment services in 2024, reflecting a 2.3% rise from the prior year.
In 2024, Ridgeland Medicaid providers submitted $2,917,844 in claims for services under the National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies, reflecting a 9.7% rise compared to the previous year.
Medicaid payments for Medicine Services and Procedures in Hilton Head Island increased by 26.3% in 2024, reflecting shifts in both utilization and reimbursement trends.
In 2024, Medicaid payments linked to COVID-19-specific HCPCS codes in Hardeeville totaled at least $73,060, making up less than 0.1% of the town’s overall Medicaid expenditures for the year.
In 2024, Medicaid claims for COVID-19 services in Hilton Head Island totaled at least $40,474, representing less than 0.1% of all local Medicaid payments according to virus-specific HCPCS data.
In 2024, Medicaid providers in Beaufort billed at least $574,254 for services under HCPCS codes associated with COVID-19, with 26.2% of those billings occurring during the peak pandemic years of 2020 and 2021.
Deputies from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Bloodhound Tracking Team participated in a gathering at the South Carolina State House on March 4, 2026.
There was one company in a city associated with Beaufort County that received an FDA inspection in October, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.