Medicare is a federal health insurance program for people age 65 and older and for individuals with disabilities. Medicare provides four types of coverage.

1. Hospital Insurance - Part A helps pay for inpatient hospital care, inpatient care in a skilled nursing facility and certain home health care services.
2. Medical Insurance - Part B helps pay for doctor's services and other medical services and supplies not covered by Medicare Hospital Insurance Part A.
3. Medicare Advantage - Part C (Medicare's managed care option)
4. Prescription Drug Coverage - Part D helps pay for prescription drugs not covered by Medicare Hospital Insurance Part A.

WHAT IS MEDICAID?

Medicaid is a State and Federal Government program that pays for certain health services and nursing home care for older or disabled people with low incomes and limited assets. In most states, Medicaid also pays for some long-term care services at home and in the community. Who is eligible and what services are covered vary from state to state. Most often, eligibility is based on your income and personal resources.

For more information on Medicaid in South Carolina please visit http://www.dhhs.state.sc.us.

Under "Search DHHS" in the upper left corner of the page:
1. Type "Nursing Home & Community Services Overview" in the search block and click "Go".
2. Open the page titled "Nursing Home & Community Services Overview". This page provides a summary on qualifying for Nursing Home care under Medicaid.

Our Medical Staff

Our Medical Staff consists of several physicians and we will be more than happy to help you find one during your stay with us:

Our Hospital Network

At NHC HealthCare, North Augusta we have a large acute care provider network. We routinely receive referrals from the following hospitals:

University HealthCare System - universityhealth.org

Walton Rehabilitation Health System - wrh.org

Trinity Hospital of Augusta - trinityofaugusta.com

MCG Health System - mcg.edu

Doctors Hospital - doctors-hospital.net

Select Specialty Hospital - selectmedicalcorp.com

Aiken Regional Medical Center - aikenregional.com