Prisma Health Adolescent Eating Disorders Day Treatment
Partial (PHP), IOP · Adolescents (ages 12 to 18) · All genders
South Carolina
Eating disorder treatment in South Carolina
An estimated 447,547 South Carolinians will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime. Specialty care is located across three metros (Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville), and the state has no in-state residential or inpatient eating disorder care. Care ranges from adolescent day treatment and intensive outpatient through outpatient and virtual programs.(source)
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Medical stabilizationMedical management of malnutrition, refeeding, comorbidities.Inpatient hospitalizationAcute hospital care for medical instability and psychiatric crisis.Residential treatmentLive-in care with 24/7 clinical and nursing support, in a non-hospital setting.Partial hospitalization (PHP)Day treatment, structured clinical hours.Intensive outpatient (IOP)Several days per week, returning to work or family.OutpatientWeekly therapy and medical visits.Virtual / telehealth treatmentRemote care, from outpatient therapy to full virtual IOP and PHP.
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Greenville
Reedy River Counseling Associates
Outpatient · Adolescents and adults · All genders
Living Bread
Outpatient · Adolescents and adults · All genders
Columbia
Aloha Center
Outpatient · Adolescents and adults · All genders
New Hope Counseling and Wellness Center
Outpatient · Adolescents and adults · All genders
Charleston
MUSC Health Center for Eating Disorders
Outpatient · Ages 8 to 24 · All genders
Mount Pleasant
Lowcountry Behavioral Health
Outpatient · Children, adolescents, and adults · All genders
About eating disorder treatment in South Carolina
MUSC Health Center for Eating Disorders in Charleston treats people ages 8 to 24 with family-based treatment, and Lowcountry Behavioral Health offers outpatient care in Mount Pleasant. Columbia has the Aloha Center and New Hope Counseling and Wellness Center, both outpatient practices. Prisma Health Adolescent Eating Disorders Day Treatment in Greenville provides the highest in-state level of care, an adolescent day-treatment program. The Pee Dee region (Florence), the southern Lowcountry (Beaufort and Hilton Head), Spartanburg, Anderson, and Rock Hill have no in-person specialty programs, and adults needing day treatment, residential, or inpatient care travel out of state.
Paying for treatment in South Carolina
Most commercial health plans in South Carolina cover eating disorder treatment as a mental health benefit, subject to your plan's usual deductible, copays, and prior-authorization requirements for higher levels of care. In-network coverage depends on whether your specific plan contracts with the program you are considering.(source)
South Carolina Healthy Connections (SC Medicaid) covers eating disorder treatment as a mental health benefit, with prior authorization and medical-necessity review for higher levels of care. MUSC Health Center for Eating Disorders in Charleston describes itself as the only specialty eating disorder program in the state that accepts Medicaid, covering outpatient and family-based care for ages 8 to 24. Children may also qualify through Healthy Connections Kids.(source)
To start a benefits verification, call to be connected with a licensed eating disorder program.
See also: our insurance guides, how to verify your benefits, and how virtual eating disorder treatment works.
Common questions about eating disorder treatment in South Carolina
Where can I get residential eating disorder treatment in South Carolina?
South Carolina has no in-state residential program and no specialty adult inpatient eating disorder unit. The highest level of in-state care is Prisma Health's adolescent day-treatment program in Greenville (ages 12 to 18). People needing residential or specialty inpatient care travel out of state, where the receiving program verifies benefits and arranges admission.
Does South Carolina Medicaid cover eating disorder treatment?
Healthy Connections covers behavioral health for eligible children, adolescents, and qualifying adults. Because in-state specialty options are limited, Medicaid-covered families outside the Charleston area often rely on virtual programs licensed to treat South Carolina residents. Those programs reach the Pee Dee, the Lowcountry, the Upstate, and rural counties without requiring travel to a metro for outpatient care.
How do I find eating disorder treatment in the Pee Dee, Lowcountry, or rural South Carolina?
South Carolina's in-person specialty programs are all in the Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville metros. That leaves the Pee Dee region (Florence, Myrtle Beach), the southern Lowcountry (Hilton Head, Bluffton, Beaufort), the Upstate beyond Greenville (Spartanburg, Anderson), Rock Hill, and the rural counties between without an in-person specialty program. For residents in those areas, virtual outpatient and intensive outpatient programs licensed in South Carolina are the main option for care close to home.
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