Tag: South Carolina
SC court rules against sales tax exemption
July 29, 2024HME News Staff
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled the sales and use tax exemption for DME is unconstitutional. In Orthofix vs. S.C. Department of Revenue and KCI USA vs. S.C. Department of Revenue, the court found that certain language within the exemption discriminates against interstate commerce, which is prohibited under the dormant Commerce Clause. The state’s Department of Revenue has posted SC Information Letter #24-10 notifying DME providers that they are required to...
South Carolina spares some products from cuts
June 27, 2019HME News Staff
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Medicaid officials in South Carolina announced this week that the state would exempt certain product categories from reimbursement cuts when it adjusts rates to mirror Medicare's non-rural rates, according to AAHomecare. Those categories are: oxygen, PAP and supplies, ventilators, nebulizers, enteral, hospital beds, wheelchairs and certain wheelchair accessories. Medicaid officials, the South Carolina Medical Equipment Services Association and AAHomecare have worked together in recent...