Medicaid in Schools Improper Payments Demand Improvements in Hcfa Oversight

Summary: Schools can be appropriate locations in which to identify low-income children who are eligible for Medicaid, assist them to enroll, & provide Medicaid-covered services. This report addresses: the extent to which school districts & states claim Medicaid reimbursement for school-based health services & administrative activities; the appropriateness of methods that states use to establish bundled rates for school-based ...health services & to assess the costs of administrative activities that their schools may claim as reimbursable; states' retention of Federal Medicaid reimbursement for services provided by schools & schools' practice of paying contingency fees to private firms; & HCFA oversight of state practices. [read more]