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District health services highlights screenings, NaloxBox rollout and Medicaid billing push
Summary
Director of school health services Carolyn Raines presented a summary of nursing services, screenings and community partnerships; she described the district’s NaloxBox program, concussion tracking, a Department of Public Health grant and ongoing advocacy for Medicaid billing reforms to benefit the district.
Carolyn Raines, director of School Health Services for Plymouth Public Schools, presented an annual overview of the district’s nursing operations, public-health partnerships and grant-funded programs.
Raines said the district’s comprehensive school health grant from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health focuses on health equity and supports data collection and care coordination. “The goals of our health service department really are to be … the link between the educational and health communities,” she said.
Raines reported about 85,000 health office visits in the year’s records…
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