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Ohio County board approves one-year MOU with hospital to open Madison school-based health clinic, 4–1
Summary
The Ohio County Board of Education voted 4–1 to accept a one-year memorandum of understanding with Wheeling Hospital/WVU Medicine to open a school-based health and dental clinic at Madison Elementary. Board debate focused on parental consent, MyChart access, age thresholds and billing practices.
The Ohio County Board of Education voted 4–1 on Nov. 12 to accept a memorandum of understanding with Wheeling Hospital/WVU Medicine to establish a school-based health clinic and separate dental services space at Madison Elementary.
Board members and hospital representatives described the clinic as an eight-hour-per-week school-based health center staffed by nurse practitioners with physician oversight, an on-call triage system and pediatric backup, and a separate dental waiting area that will require ADA improvements. Hospital representatives said the clinic will bill insurance or Medicaid when available and use charity care for uninsured patients; they also said MyChart access will be provided for records viewing, subject to legal limits.
Board members said the policy language needed clearer distinctions between parental…
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