Maximizing Medicaid Funding To Support Health and Mental Health Services for School-Age Children and Youth. Tools for Out-of-School Time and Community School Initiatives. Strategy Brief, Volume 1, Number 5 [electronic resource] / Andrew L. Bundy.

This brief is part of a series of technical assistance resources on financing and sustaining out-of-school time and community school initiatives. The brief presents general background information and strategies for maximizing Medicaid funding for such programs and highlights examples of innovative p...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Bundy, Andrew L.
Corporate Author: Finance Project (U.S.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2000.
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Summary:This brief is part of a series of technical assistance resources on financing and sustaining out-of-school time and community school initiatives. The brief presents general background information and strategies for maximizing Medicaid funding for such programs and highlights examples of innovative projects throughout the country. The financing strategies described are: (1) fee-for-service claiming; (2) administrative claiming; (3) "leveraged" funding, or partnerships that maximize Medicaid reimbursements; and (4) building statewide systems to integrate services and improve outcomes. (EV)
Item Description:ERIC Document Number: ED447924.
Availability: Finance Project, 1000 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 2005; Tel: 202-628-4200; Fax: 202-628-4205; For full text: http://www.financeproject.org ($10, plus shipping and handling. Purchases must be paid by check; prepaid orders only. Discount on orders of 10 or more copies.).
Sponsoring Agency: DeWitt Wallace/Reader's Digest Fund, Pleasantville, NY.
ERIC Note: Produced with Victoria Wegener. Part of the Out-of-School Time Technical Assistance Project.
Physical Description:20 pages.