Medicaid In The Medicaid In The SchoolsSchools

Tracy Starks, RN BSETracy Starks, RN BSE

Student Health Resource Student Health Resource OfficerOfficer

What We DoWhat We Do

• Resource for school districts (including Resource for school districts (including nurses)nurses)

• Assist districts with health related financesAssist districts with health related finances• Assist districts with maximizing their Assist districts with maximizing their

Medicaid claim potentialMedicaid claim potential• Offer services for billing MedicaidOffer services for billing Medicaid• Branch into student wellnessBranch into student wellness• Assist in building sustainable student health Assist in building sustainable student health

programs to improve academic achievementprograms to improve academic achievement

Maximizing Medicaid Maximizing Medicaid ReimbursementReimbursement

• Vision/Hearing *Vision/Hearing *• ARMAC *ARMAC *• Personal Care *Personal Care *• Therapy (PT, OT, SLP)Therapy (PT, OT, SLP)• SBMHSBMH

Vision/HearingVision/Hearing• Every district should be billing for thisEvery district should be billing for this• If you are replacing a RN, then fax a copy of If you are replacing a RN, then fax a copy of

nursing license to Medicaid at 501-374-0746 nursing license to Medicaid at 501-374-0746 and include what the copy of license is for and include what the copy of license is for (Vision/Hearing screens for what school (Vision/Hearing screens for what school district)district)

• If district has not had a RN, then a new If district has not had a RN, then a new Medicaid application will need to be Medicaid application will need to be completed and will need to include copy of completed and will need to include copy of license and signature sheet (in application)license and signature sheet (in application)

• Applications on our webpage: Applications on our webpage: www.armits.org (contact our office for www.armits.org (contact our office for assistance filling out applications)assistance filling out applications)

ARMACARMAC

• Participation – contact me via email Participation – contact me via email to find out who the coordinator for to find out who the coordinator for district is if not already enrolled to district is if not already enrolled to do thisdo this

• Online training and post test on our Online training and post test on our website: www.armits.orgwebsite: www.armits.org

Personal CarePersonal Care

• Reimbursement for services already Reimbursement for services already being deliveredbeing delivered

• Few districts bill for personal careFew districts bill for personal care• Districts must fill out Medicaid Districts must fill out Medicaid

application for this separately than application for this separately than Vision/Hearing or other services (if Vision/Hearing or other services (if they have not already done so)they have not already done so)

$$$ for Health services$$$ for Health services

• Funds can be used to support and Funds can be used to support and fund salaries and programs that are fund salaries and programs that are health relatedhealth related

• Expand student health programsExpand student health programs• Implore health practicesImplore health practices• Employ new positions related to Employ new positions related to

improving overall health/wellness of improving overall health/wellness of ALL studentsALL students

• Don’t forget, if you want the Don’t forget, if you want the latest information related to latest information related to Student Wellness, Medicaid Student Wellness, Medicaid reimbursement, ARMAC, and reimbursement, ARMAC, and other programs, sign up to be a other programs, sign up to be a member on the website!member on the website!

Contact:Contact:

• Medicaid In The Schools Medicaid In The Schools 620 West 3 620 West 3rdrd, Suite 303 , Suite 303 Little Rock, AR Little Rock, AR 72201 72201

• (501)375-6487(501)375-6487• www.armits.orgwww.armits.org• tracy@armits.org tracy@armits.org