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M ARCH / A PRIL 2 0 1 3 V OL . 3 4 N O . 2 SOUTH CAROLINA’S MEDICAID DEBATE Transformation of the Biomedical Industry Senior Care Stresses on the Workplace MUSC Children’s Hospital Make it Happen Is your Health Information Protected? Health care is changing. And it’s for the better. By collaborating with your doctors, we’re providing a path toward healthy living for all South Carolinians. A patient-centered medical home is a new way of practicing medicine that will remind you of the old ways of health care: You finally get to spend time with your doctor again. We’re connecting physicians, nutritionists, care coordinators and even your pharmacists - so you’re Collaborative Care provided with outstanding preventive care and a full understanding of your medications. It matters how you’re treated. And we’re working to make health care better for you and everyone else in the state. See what your physician has to say about the future of our health care by visiting Electronic Records aHealthySC.tv Personalized Treatment Because it matters how you’re treated. Copyright © 2012, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina. All rights reserved. BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. bcbs_006506_8.5x11_00.indd 1 10/17/12 4:43 PM TRANSFORMING ® THE HEALTHCARE LANDSCAPE LISTEN. DIAGNOSE. TREAT. It works for your patients. It works for our clients. Our statewide team of healthcare attorneys helps large hospital systems, nursing homes, diagnostic testing centers, and physicians find practical solutions to complex problems. WWW.HSBLAWFIRM.COM CHARLESTON COLUMBIA FLORENCE GREENVILLE MYRTLE BEACH WASHINGTON, DC Matthew P. Utecht, Healthcare Group Leader, ONE North Main, 2nd Floor, Greenville SC 29601 864.840.3200 [email protected] March/April 2013 contentsFEATURES Volume 34, Number 2 SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA’S MEDICAID DEBATE ................................12 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1301 GERVAIS STREET, SUITE 1100 12 by Thornton Kirby and Anthony Keck COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA 29201 800.799.4601 MUSC CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL WWW.sccHAMBER.NET MAKE IT HAPPEN.....................................................................14 M by Jean Cecil Frick PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OTIS RAWL PROTECTING THE PRIVACY AND SECURITY VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC POLICY OF HEALTH INFORMATION ......................................................18 & COMMUNICATIONS by Jeanne Born DARRELL SCOTT MEMBER SPOTLIGHT ASSocIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS SELECT HEALTH OF SOUTH CAROLINA ...................................20 JULIE SCOTT by Susan Hill Smith MULTIMEDIA MANAGER JEAN CECIL FRICK 14 I AM S.C. BUSINEss ..........................................................................28 M ECONOMIC DRIVERS SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS 18 MAGAZINE Businesses can transform education • Steve Burry ............................. 6 EDITOR The Affordable Care Act implementations in 2013 • Robby Kerr ....... 8 JEAN CECIL FRICK ART DIRECTION & DESIGN Do your employees feel like a sandwich? • Tim Timmons ................... 9 TIM MCKEEVER / TMCA INC. Greenville event marks transformation of biomedical industry PRODUCTION & PRINT CooRDINATION TMCA INC. • Wayne Roper ................................................................................. 10 ADVERTISING SALES LEGISLATIVE SPOTLIGHT CONVERGING MEDIA LLC Senator Thomas Alexander • Thomas Mullikin .................................... 8 DEIDRE MACKLEN 20 803.318.3923 DEPARTMENTS Message from the President ............ 3 Member News ................................. 25 Otis Rawl Welcome, New Members ............... 26 After the Event Legislative priorities discussed at Business Speaks ......................... 22 Advertiser Index .............................. 26 Marie Sitter, SPHR, named 2013 HR Professional of the Year ................. 24 STATE CHAMBER with Distinction Copyright © 2013 by Converging Media LLC and the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce. All foreign and U.S. rights reserved. Contents of this publication, including images, may not be reproduced without writ- The opinions and views expressed by the contributors to this publication do not necessarily reflect the opinions and ten consent from the publisher. Published for the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce by Converging Media views of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, its staff or members. LLC. 803.256.3010 2 | S OUTH C AROLINA B U S INE ss The looming health care debate and your tax dollars ike many states, the health care debate continues Virginia’s bold to hang over South Carolina. One critical area is infrastructure investment will the decision to expand Medicaid. Governor Nikki also benefit its port to help Haley has said that under her leadership, South handle the post-Panamax Carolina will not expand Medicaid or participate in ships that will be entering any health exchanges. The South Carolina Hospital the East Coast. The Port of FROM THE PRESIDENT Association and others urge expansion, pointing Charleston will be in direct out that approximately 250,000 uninsured South competition with this port for Carolinians would gain health care coverage under a state handling cargo. Yet, Virginia Lexpansion of Medicaid. Some members of the General Assembly - often deemed one of the have also offered proposals. most business friendly states Medicaid expansion is a complicated issue with many facets, in the nation - has taken a but rest assured the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce is strong first step in ensuring it focused on the impacts to employers and employees. We are is the top port of call on the studying and examining the issue from all angles. In fact, we have East Coast. In other words, gathered some of the brightest minds in business and health care states that South Carolina to fully examine Medicaid expansion. This comprehensive group is directly competes with for looking at all of the positives and negatives to employers and will jobs and capital investment report back their findings. are addressing their While we examine issues like Medicaid expansion and ensuring infrastructure needs now. South Carolina taxpayers get the best return on their investments, The link between sound we cannot overlook infrastructure. South Carolina’s roads and and reliable roads and bridges bridges have not seen a dedicated funding increase since 1987, and economic development a time when there were one million fewer residents on roadways. cannot be underestimated. It Today, nearly one-third of our primary and interstate highways and is time for the South Carolina half of secondary roads are in poor or mediocre condition. One out General Assembly to make of every five bridges in the state is considered deficient. infrastructure financing a top priority. Otis Rawl is president and With South Carolina’s business community leading the In this health care focused edition of South Carolina Business, chief executive officer of charge, the issue has reached a boiling point and now it’s up to we take a closer look at the Medicaid expansion debate and the the South Carolina policymakers to exert bold leadership. South Carolina’s business latest changes for employers as a result of the federal health care Chamber of Commerce. community has released a Road Map to the Future, a detailed plan law. We also introduce you to care at the Medical University of for the General Assembly to begin addressing funding of the state’s South Carolina Children’s Hospital that is the only location for infrastructure. After all, financing infrastructure is a core function pediatric bone marrow transplants in the state. This edition also of government. Fourteen associations have come together to takes a look at the growing life sciences industry. support the Road Map, which addresses three major improvement As the General Assembly addresses issues key to South areas: Interstate Expansion ($2.8 billion), Bridges ($2 billion) and Carolina’s competitiveness this legislative session, whether it be Resurfacing ($1.2 billion). health care costs or infrastructure, I encourage you to continue to I invite you to review the Road Map to the Future at www. make your voice heard at the State House. After all, businesses are scchamber.net. taxpayers too. The $6 billion plan begins to address critical avenues for economic development and takes a statewide approach to statewide responsibilities. In the Road Map, we have included Review the Road Map to the Future several viable funding options that do not increase taxes or fees, at scchamber.net including dedicating a portion of new General Fund revenue, dedicating dollars from the Capital Reserve Fund and redirecting existing vehicle-related revenues. If the General Assembly follows this reasonable and common sense path, more than $250 million could be invested in roads this year alone. Several South Carolina policy leaders have introduced ideas that represent good first steps in investing in infrastructure. In late February, the commonwealth of Virginia passed its own transportation plan that includes a laundry list of funding options for infrastructure. As a result, over time, Virginia will have an additional $1 billion in transportation funding, substantial enough to meet increased transportation needs. scchamber.net | March/April 2013 | S OUTH C AROLINA B U S INE ss | 3 Agapé Senior investing over $8 million in downtown Columbia gapé Senior, one of the largest senior healthcare providers in South Carolina, Aplans to relocate its corporate headquarters and some of its retail
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