Is additional funding available to schools for the provision of health services for students with disabilities?
As cited in the August 1995 Department memo, “Updates and Clarification on the Current Medicaid Payment Process and Implementation of Procedures for Medicaid Reimbursement for School Supportive Services”, schools may access Medicaid funds for skilled nursing services provided to Medicaid eligible students with disabilities. Reimbursable nursing services are health care activities provided pursuant to a child’s IEP and include medical treatments and procedures and health assessments. Medical treatments and procedures include, but are not limited to, activities related to feeding, care of ostomies, respiratory treatments, catheterization, administration of medications, medical support to a child, collection of specimens and other nursing procedures. Health assessment includes collection, documentation and analysis of data, development and implementation of individualized health care plans and periodic evaluation of the plans. The memo provides more detail about the activities and how to
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