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Elizabeth SD pursuing Medicaid reimbursements to expand school health services
Summary
District staff told the board the district joined fee-for-service Medicaid billing this year and is assembling a local services plan that could yield an estimated $81,000 in the first year; families must return a one-time consent form for the district to identify Medicaid-eligible students.
District staff told the Elizabeth School District Board on Nov. 11 that the district has joined a fee-for-service Medicaid program to recoup school-based health-care costs and to fund health-related services and equipment.
The district’s presenter said the program allows the district to bill Medicaid for services such as speech-language therapy, occupational therapy and mental-health supports. "It's a onetime consent form, and we have about 35%, almost 36% that had returned them," the…
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