Medicaid may help schools' special needs costs
Special needs programs at some 100 schools across Mississippi may get a small boost as a months-long Medicaid issue is ironed out with the federal government.
Schools, in some cases for almost two years, have been paying the costs of providing administrative duties related to children on Medicaid. It started over a flap about whether the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ever signed off on Mississippi’s program.
At this point, “it’s a matter of paperwork,” said Phyllis Williams, Medicaid’s deputy administrator for health services.
Read more here: Medicaid may help schools’ special needs costs | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger.
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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.