A checklist of nine strategies and guidance for state Medicaid agencies assisting school systems with Medicaid reimbursements for students’ school-based health services is now available from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
While schools primarily provide education, school settings offer a “unique opportunity” to enroll children and teens in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program and provide Medicaid-covered services, including mental health services, said Daniel Tsai, deputy administrator and director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services at HHS, in a CMCS information bulletin last month.
