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DC Health to standardize school-based health centers and pursue Medicaid billing
Summary
DC Health told the Committee that it will operate most school-based health centers directly to increase consistency across sites and is working with the Office of Health Care Finance to enable Medicaid billing for school health services.
Committee Chair Christina Henderson asked about school-based health centers at the June 16 DC Health oversight hearing after earlier public testimony from the Georgetown Medical Legal Partnership and other witnesses.
Standardization and partners: Director Ayanna Bennett said the agency will operate five of seven school-based health centers in FY26 directly, keeping the two highest-utilization centers contracted to Unity (Cardozo and Coolidge). "We're going to…
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