The Medicare Prescription Payment Plan is a new payment option in the prescription drug law that works with your current drug coverage to help you manage your out-of-pocket costs for drugs covered by your plan by spreading them across the calendar year (January–December).
Starting in 2025, anyone with a Medicare drug plan or Medicare health plan with drug coverage (like a Medicare Advantage Plan with drug coverage) can use this payment option.
All plans offer this payment option, and participation is voluntary.
This payment option might help you manage your monthly expenses, but it doesn’t save you money or lower your drug costs.
Questions: Before signing up, please contact the Hartsville pharmacy staff at 843-339-5530 to speak with someone directly.
CareSouth Carolina welcomes Chatonia Smalls, a Licensed Independent Social Worker and Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional to its Society Hill office.
Smalls specializes in Integrative Mental and Physical Health Care aimed at patients with chronic and complex diseases. It combines conventional and complementary medicine practices. Care may include chiropractic care, yoga and meditation.
“What lead me to my profession is that as a child I always had a desire to help others,” Smalls said. “As I studied and matured, I realized that empowering others to help themselves is more effective and increases the chances of individual maintenance.”
“What I love most about what I do is the look on my client’s face when they realize that they have made a breakthrough in their care,” said Smalls. “More so, that they had the answer within them the entire time. I am very passionate about the inclusion of physical activity and nutrition in self-care. I incorporate this passion by educating our patients when discussing emotional health.”
Smalls earned her Bachelor of Social Work from Coker College and a Master of Social Work from the University of South Carolina at Columbia.
Outside of work, Smalls enjoys listening to music, couponing and gardening. “I get lost in the pleasure that they bring, she said. “They are also my favorite coping mechanisms for managing stress.”