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SC Medicaid - SCDHHSMedicaid · Administrative · Provider Communication · SC · Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics +2 moreLow impact

Graduate Medical Education Physician Residency Incentive Program

Effective date
Aug 1, 2025
Identified
Jun 18, 2026

Summary

South Carolina DHHS launched a new Graduate Medical Education Physician Residency Incentive Program providing financial incentives to hospitals that expand residency training in high-need specialties. This is an administrative program for hospitals to apply for funding, not a change to billing procedures or reimbursement rates for patient services.

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What to do

Action · 2 steps
01No action required for billing teams.
02This policy establishes a hospital funding program for residency training and does not affect patient billing, coding, or reimbursement procedures.

Original notice

Graduate Medical Education Physician Residency Incentive Program
scdhhs.gov · Always check the source before changing claims.
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