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Rutherford County schools report sharp rise in nurse procedures and Medicaid reimbursements; board adopts staffing funding resolution
Summary
Health services coordinator Shauna Groom told the Rutherford County School Board the district logged thousands of medical procedures this year and has increased Medicaid billing; the board unanimously approved a resolution requesting funding for adequate school nurse staffing.
Shauna Groom, the district health services coordinator, told the Rutherford County Board of Education that school nurses logged thousands of scheduled procedures this school year and increased the district's Medicaid reimbursements.
Groom said the district recorded more than 10,000 scheduled appointments this year and reported large counts of clinical interventions: "over 19,000 insulin doses," more than 36,000 blood-glucose checks, more than 33,000 oral medications administered, more than 5,000 inhaler doses, almost 10,000 tube feedings, and over 3,000 catheterizations. She also reported 772 ventilator- or trach-related procedures and 527 student code-blue events for the year.
Groom told the board the district had received $182,250.06 in Medicaid reimbursements through May 30; because the…
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