Online Program

MA School Based Medicaid and School Nurses: an educational activity to support student health and success in school

Overview:

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This is a recorded webinar by Emily Hall and Margot Tracy explaining the Massachusetts School-Based Medicaid program for school nurses.  They cover the logistics of documentation, the vital Random Moment in Time Study (RMTS) information, and provide resources for learning about School-based Medicaid. They provide examples of direct services and indirect services provided by school nurses. This program is underwritten by Exergen Corporation. Live webinar was on 5/4/2023.


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Cost: $ 10.00

Contact Hours 1.25

Objectives:

Learning Outcomes:

After viewing this program, the school nurse should be able to

  1. Identify how school nurses are clinically trained providers within an educational context. 
  2. Define direct services. 
  3. Define indirect services.
  4. Identify Medicaid’s five requirements that have to be met for the direct services you provide to be considered reimbursable.
  5. Increase your confidence in your ability to provide a quality response when documenting your work activities as complete your assigned moments for the Random Moment Time Study 

Presenter:

Emily Hall, MBA – As director of School-Based Medicaid Programs at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Ms. Hall has worked in and managed the administration of school-based Medicaid programs for Massachusetts for the past 15 years. She has experience in a variety of school-based Medicaid reimbursement methodologies with particular expertise in cost-based reimbursement. Prior to coming to UMass Chan, Ms. Hall had over 20 years of experience in the health insurance industry, as well as in health care delivery systems and hospitals and in Medicare managed care program administration. Ms. Hall earned her Master of Business Administration from Suffolk University and her bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Public Policy and Economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Margot Tracy, MPH, is the manager for the MassHealth School Based Medicaid Program (SBMP). She has Prior to her role in SBMP, she worked in the Executive Office of Health and Human Services under the Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI). She holds a Masters in Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Virginia.

Presenter Disclosure Statement:

The Northeastern University School Health Academy and the speaker have no relevant financial relationships to declare and did not receive commercial support for developing, implementing, or evaluating this online program.

The live webinar underwritten by Exergen Corporation.



Continuing Education Information:

Northeastern University School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.ANCC Logo Jing

MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education  Provider Number 2019U003

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