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<div class="hero"><div class="hero-inner"><span class="location-badge">Medicaid · South Carolina</span><h1>Medicaid ABA Therapy in South Carolina</h1><p>Covered by Healthy Connections, delivered at home. Achieving Stars Therapy checks your SC Medicaid benefits free and starts most families fast, BCBA-led throughout.</p></div></div><div class="quick-info"><div class="info-item"><div class="info-label">Setting</div><div class="info-value">Your Home</div></div><div class="info-item"><div class="info-label">Pays</div><div class="info-value">Healthy Connections</div></div><div class="info-item"><div class="info-label">Led By</div><div class="info-value">BCBAs</div></div><div class="info-item"><div class="info-label">Ages</div><div class="info-value">2-18</div></div></div><div class="content"><section><p>South Carolina Medicaid, known as Healthy Connections, covers ABA therapy for children with an autism diagnosis. Achieving Stars Therapy bills it directly and brings the sessions into the family's home, statewide.</p></section><section><h2>How Healthy Connections covers ABA</h2><p>Through the EPSDT benefit, medically necessary ABA is covered for children up to age 21. After a doctor documents the diagnosis, the Achieving Stars team confirms your plan and files the prior authorization before the first visit.</p><p>A BCBA writes and supervises the plan. A Registered Behavior Technician runs the sessions, records data each time, and adjusts as the child grows. The work is built around the child's interests, and parents are coached in every program.</p></section><section><h2>Starting across South Carolina</h2><p>Achieving Stars serves the entire state, from the Lowcountry to the Upstate, so location is not a barrier. The authorization step takes a little time, but there is no open-ended waitlist.</p><p>Choose your city through <a href="/location/states/aba-therapy-south-carolina">ABA therapy across South Carolina</a>.</p></section><div class="cta-section"><h2>Start Medicaid ABA in South Carolina</h2><p>Free benefits check. BCBA-led, in-home, no long waitlist.</p><a href="https://www.achievingstarstherapy.com/contact" class="cta-button">Get Your Free Benefits Check</a><div class="cta-grid"><div class="cta-item"><div class="cta-item-label">Call</div><div class="cta-item-value"><a href="tel:8336663115">(833) 666-3115</a></div></div><div class="cta-item"><div class="cta-item-label">Email</div><div class="cta-item-value"><a href="mailto:info@achievingstarstherapy.com">info@achievingstarstherapy.com</a></div></div><div class="cta-item"><div class="cta-item-label">Pays</div><div class="cta-item-value">Healthy Connections</div></div></div></div></div>
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