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Lewisburg Area SD board approves 18-month agreement with Cartwheel teletherapy provider
Summary
The board voted to approve an 18-month agreement with Cartwheel to deliver school-based teletherapy and related services, funded in part by a mental-health grant; board members asked about capacity, scheduling, clinician continuity and insurance billing before the vote.
The Lewisburg Area School District board approved an 18-month agreement with Cartwheel, a teletherapy mental-health provider, to offer 1-to-1 therapy, parent guidance and psychiatric services to district students through a virtual platform.
Board members said the contract will be paid in part from the district's mental-health grant funds and that Cartwheel expects to bill families' insurance where available. The district's portion of the contract was discussed as part of an overall grant package; the board was told the Cartwheel portion is smaller than previous per-seat costs under earlier contracts and that the district believes moving services to insurance…
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