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How many people have TB?

•     In the last five years in South Carolina, we have had an average of 85 tuberculosis disease cases.
•     Worldwide, TB is the second leading infectious killer after COVID-19.
•     A total of 1.3 million people worldwide died from TB in 2022.

How long has TB been around?

• TB has been around for a long time. It has been found in Egyptian mummies at least 5,400 years old.
• TB has been called consumption. In the early 1800s TB may have caused about 1/3 of all deaths.

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Funds Available

In collaboration with Eat Smart Move More South Carolina, the SC DPH Division of Healthy Aging is pleased to announce the availability of implementation funds to assist community based organizations with implementing and/or expanding exercise and disease management interventions for people with arthritis and other serious health conditions.

Background

Compared to active surveillance, cumulative antibiograms can offer a relatively feasible, easy, accurate and inexpensive method to collect and predict antimicrobial susceptibility rates in a given geographic region. Aggregate reporting of antibiograms may fail to identify the influence of surrounding communities and will not allow for patient- or case-specific data as is the case in active surveillance.

The  Promoting Interoperability Programs, formerly known as the Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs, and more commonly known as Meaningful Use, was implemented by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to encourage healthcare providers and organizations to implement and use health care information technology.

Meaningful Use includes public health reporting options. DHEC offers the following programs for eligible clinicians, hospitals, and critical access hospitals:

Part 488 Survey, Certification and Enforcement Procedures

• Part 488 Subpart E Section 488.332 Investigation of Complaints of Violations and Monitoring of Compliance
• Part 488 Subpart E Section 488.335 Action on Complaints of Resident Neglect and Abuse; and Misappropriation of Resident Property

Part 431 State, Organization and General Administration

Civil Money Penalties (CMPs) are monetary penalties imposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) against nursing homes that have failed to maintain compliance with federal requirements. A portion of CMPs collected from nursing homes are returned to the states in which the CMPs were imposed and may be reinvested or used for projects supporting activities that benefit nursing home residents and that protect and improve their quality of care or quality of life. CMP funds may be used for, but not limited to the following: