Facility profile South Carolina
Palmetto Summerville Behavioral Health
Palmetto Summerville Behavioral Health is a program in Summerville, South Carolina, operated by Universal Health Services (UHS).
Federal funding
Federal money this program received, as government records, congressional reports and news coverage show it.
Medicaid and federal child welfare funds
- 2022-2024: Named in the U.S. Senate Finance Committee's June 2024 staff report "Warehouses of Neglect" (pp. 42, 50, 104), which covers youth residential treatment placements "funded through the Medicaid program and the Social Security Act's child welfare provisions" (p. 3). The report says Medicaid was 39 percent of Universal Health Services' behavioral health revenue in 2023 (pp. 28-29). source
Incidents on record
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September 2011 Runaway
Repeated escapes (four Washington teens in April 2011, two in June, one in August) led to a 12-foot security fence.source
Documents
Research that mentions this program
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