Medicaid School-Based Services Program

 

Under the auspices of the Medicaid School-Based Services (MSBS) Program, New Mexico schools offer key health and health-related services that are designed to integrate and maintain active learning for Medicaid-eligible children with disabilities and special health care needs who receive services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) through an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). Examples of such services include:

  1. Physical, occupational, audiological and speech therapies;
  2. Mental health services;
  3. Social services;
  4. Nutritional assessments and counseling;
  5. Transportation;
  6. Case management; and
  7. Nursing services

 

In addition, school districts are able to bill and be reimbursed for certain Medicaid-related administrative activities, such as conducting Medicaid-related outreach; facilitating Medicaid eligibility determinations; coordinating transportation to Medicaid­covered services; making referrals; coordinating and monitoring Medicaid services; and engaging in medical service program planning, policy development and interagency coordination.

School districts are able to use the money paid to them under the MSBS program to pay for health and health-related services benefiting all students, not just those who are Medicaid- or IDEA­eligible.

 

PVREC #8 has provided Medicaid School-based Services since 1993. (Contact Rita Casuga for information on Medicaid School-Based Services)

 

http://www.state.nm.us/hsd/mad/schoolhealth.html