SOUTH CAROLINA · NATIONAL PHASE 1 PLAYER — State + 4 Regions + Tribal Sub-Chamber tee'd up for activation
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South Carolina Chamber of Health™

From the Blue Ridge to the Lowcountry. One state, four Regional Chambers, the Catawba Indian Nation + nine state-recognized tribes, 5.4M Carolinians building the healthiest South Carolina possible — together. Phase 1 activates Lexington County + the Capital Region as the proving ground for the full statewide system.

46
Counties
10
Tribal Nations
130+
Target Leaders
5.4M
Population

The Four Regional Chambers

Every Regional Chamber boots with a pre-populated Director's Table, pre-built outreach templates, a 90-day campaign calendar, and PHIT data feeds wired to its geography. Lexington County + Capital Region is the Phase 1 proving ground.

TEAM Up · Capital Region

Greater Columbia

Lexington County + Richland County + Capital Region. Phase 1 proving ground — every sector wired here first, then scaled to the other three regions. Two new health-system CEOs both within 7 months (Prisma Midlands · Lexington Health) makes this the rare leadership window.
33Targets
5Lex Districts
2Anchor Systems
Open Director's Table →
TEAM Up · Upstate

Greater Greenville

Upstate anchor. Prisma Upstate, Bon Secours St. Francis, Clemson (presidential transition window), Furman, BMW, Michelin NA HQ. The corporate-health and university-research crossroads of SC.
20Targets
3Counties
2Anchor Systems
Open Regional Chamber →
TEAM Up · Lowcountry

Greater Charleston

MUSC is the gravitational anchor — academic medical system expanding statewide. Roper St. Francis, College of Charleston, The Citadel, Trident Tech, Boeing SC. Coastal Community Foundation as Lowcountry convening capital.
21Targets
3Counties
2Anchor Systems
Open Regional Chamber →
TEAM Up · Rural Cohort

Greater Rural

Pee Dee · Lakelands · Grand Strand · rural Lowcountry · rural Upstate. McLeod, Self Regional, Tidelands, Beaufort Memorial, HopeHealth, CareSouth, plus the 10 highest-poverty rural districts. Tightly linked to the Tribal Sub-Chamber.
35Targets
30+Counties
5FQHC Anchors
Open Regional Chamber →

The Six Sector Tables

Every Director runs the same six tables — the lanes the Phase 1 Advisor walk-in delivers into. 130+ named SC leaders pre-loaded as of activation day, plus a state liaison to all 10 tribal nations.

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Healthcare

38
Leaders Pre-Loaded
  • Hospital systems (Prisma, MUSC, Lexington Health, Roper, McLeod, Self, Tidelands, Beaufort Memorial)
  • FQHC networks (HopeHealth, CareSouth, Eau Claire, BJHCHS)
  • Trade orgs (SCHA, SCPHCA, SC Rural Hospital Assn)
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Education

35
Leaders Pre-Loaded
  • Universities (USC, MUSC, Clemson, College of Charleston, Citadel, Furman, Coastal Carolina)
  • HBCUs (Claflin, SC State, Benedict, Allen)
  • K-12 — Lexington 1-5, Richland 1 & 2, Greenville Schools, Charleston CSD, 10 rural districts
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Public Sector

28
Leaders Pre-Loaded
  • Governor + Lt Governor + Health Policy Advisor
  • SC DPH leadership (post-2024 reorg), SCDHHS Medicaid, SCORH, SC DOE
  • Senate Medical Affairs + House Medical Cmte chairs
  • Mayors of Columbia · Charleston · Greenville · Florence · Rock Hill · more
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Private Sector

8
Leaders Pre-Loaded
  • BlueCross BlueShield of SC (insurer + employer)
  • BMW Manufacturing · Michelin North America HQ · Boeing SC
  • AgFirst Farm Credit · Dominion Energy SC
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Non-Profit / Funders

17
Leaders Pre-Loaded
  • Duke Endowment · BlueCross BS Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of SC
  • Self Family Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation · Spartanburg County Foundation
  • United Way of the Midlands · UW Greenville · Trident UW
  • Alliance for a Healthier SC · Together SC
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Tribal Sub-Chamber

10
Nations Represented
  • Federally recognized: Catawba Indian Nation (Rock Hill / York County)
  • State-recognized: Pee Dee · Edisto Natchez-Kusso · Waccamaw · Santee · Beaver Creek · Sumter Cheraw · Wassamasaw
  • Routes through SC Commission for Community Advancement & Engagement (state liaison)

PHIT™ Data Feeds — South Carolina

Every Regional Chamber pulls statewide South Carolina data into the Director's daily view. These are the validated SC sources Phase 1 is wired to consume.

SC DPH

SC Dept of Public Health

County-level mortality, BRFSS, communicable disease, maternal/child indicators. Post-2024 DHEC split — Dr. Edward Simmer interim director.

Wiring
SC RFA

SC Revenue & Fiscal Affairs

Official steward of the SC all-payer claims database (APCD). Population estimates, vital statistics, hospital discharge data.

Wiring
RWJF

County Health Rankings

46-county composite rankings of health factors + outcomes. Annual Q1 refresh. Wired live for Lexington + Richland deep-dive.

Live
SCORH

SC Office of Rural Health

Rural-specific provider shortage maps, county-level indicators, HPSA designations. Graham Adams as long-tenured CEO/partner.

Wiring
USC ARNOLD

USC Arnold School of Public Health

Rural & Minority Health Research Center. Primary academic partner for behavioral and chronic-disease analytics across SC.

Wiring
CDC

CDC PLACES (block-group)

Block-group SDOH + chronic-disease prevalence for all 46 SC counties. Stacks on top of County Health Rankings for sub-county granularity.

Live
SCDHHS

SC Medicaid (Healthy Connections)

Enrollment, utilization, managed-care org data. Critical for non-expansion-state coverage-gap framing.

Wiring
DAODAS

SC Opioid Recovery Fund

~$360M+ over 18 years. Tracking county-level settlement allocations + DAODAS treatment data feeds.

Wiring

Why this is the right moment for South Carolina

Eight Phase 1 facts the Advisor uses to anchor every SC conversation. None of these are guesses — they're current as of activation day.

Non-Expansion State

SC remains one of 10 non-Medicaid-expansion states. ~100K+ adults in the coverage gap. FQHCs absorbing the load. This is the central political fact of every SC health pitch.

DHEC → DPH Split (7/1/2024)

The old SC DHEC was reorganized into the SC Department of Public Health (DPH) and Environmental Services (DES). Anyone still saying "DHEC" is two years out of date. Use DPH.

Two Brand-New Midlands CEOs

Prisma Health Midlands (Jennifer Montgomery, May 2025) and Lexington Health (Kirk Jenkins, Jan 1 2026) — both in their first ~7 months. Rare window for legacy-defining initiatives.

MUSC Going Statewide

MUSC Health is acquiring regional systems aggressively (Lancaster, Florence-area, Tidelands fall 2026). It's becoming the only quasi-statewide academic system — Cawley + Cole are state-level anchors.

Rural Hospital Fragility

Five rural hospital closures in 15 years (Williamsburg Regional, Marlboro Park, Bamberg, Lake City, others in distress). Every Greater Rural conversation acknowledges this fragility.

HBCU Density

SC has the 2nd-highest density of HBCUs in the country — SC State, Claflin, Benedict, Allen, Voorhees, Morris, Denmark Tech. Tier 1 standing invites for the health-equity agenda.

Clemson Presidential Window

Clements retired 12/31/2025. Bob Jones interim. Permanent successor named ~5/27/2026. Greenville-region outreach should refresh the name before any handoff materials ship.

Catawba Protocol

Active SLED investigation re: Chief Brian Harris (opened 3/18/2025). Route all tribal outreach through the SC Commission for Community Advancement & Engagement (state Native American liaison) first.

Tee up the Advisor handoff

The Phase 1 Advisor packet, the State Director's Table preview, and the six sector one-pagers are all built and ready to deliver. Open them below — or jump straight into the wired State Table.