Environmental Scan

An Environmental Scan is available to South Carolina hospitals and health care safety net providers for Healthy Outcomes Plan planning purposes only.

This data is for exclusive use in the Medicaid Accountability and Quality Improvement Initiative Proviso provider planning, and made available by the University of South Carolina, Institute for Families in Society, Division of Policy and Research on Medicaid and Medicare.

Environmental Scan Interactive Geospatial PDF Instructions, version 1 (July 2013)
Environmental Scan Interactive Geospatial PDF Instructions, version 2 (February 2016)
Instructions and tutorial on how to navigate the geographic layers and supporting data.

Environmental Scan State Analysis, version 1 (July 2013)
Environmental Scan State Analysis, version 2 (February 2016)
One of two files providing detailed information at multiple geographic levels to assist health care planning, coordination and collaboration efforts aimed at improved access to care and better health outcomes for uninsured South Carolinians, as directed by the Medicaid Accountability and Improvement Proviso.

Environmental Scan Catchment Analysis
One of two files providing detailed information at multiple geographic levels to assist health care planning, coordination and collaboration efforts aimed at improved access to care and better health outcomes for uninsured South Carolinians, as directed by Proviso 33.34.

If you have any questions, please email innovations@scdhhs.gov with the subject, Environmental Scan.