WASHINGTON STATE reimbursed $9.4 million to school districts participating in
the Medicaid Administrative Match program for time spent on school-based
Medicaid activities in the 2005-06 school year. These federal dollars were
disbursed directly to participating school districts by the Health and Recovery
Services Administration (HRSA).
In the 2005-06 school year, 37 percent of Washington's school districts
participated and submitted the results of the time study on the HRSA web-based
reporting system. The dollars recovered were
equivalent of about 188 staff positions statewide in the 2005-06 school year, or
1.7 positions on average for each school that
submitted a time study.
Key Findings
The time study design as it was implemented provided an accurate measure
of time spent on Medicaid activities, exceeding the required statistical
precision.
The overall percent of time spent by school staff on Medicaid activities
is nearly 3 percent. Smaller school districts spend slightly more time,
probably due to higher percentages of children that may be eligible for
Medicaid services.
Larger school districts have dedicated staff members who work more closely
with Medicaid-eligible children. These nurses, social workers, school
counselors, and administrative employees spend far more time than teachers on
Medicaid activities (7.3 percent of time compared to 1.8 percent for
teachers).
The dollar amounts recovered by designated versus non-designated staff are
about equal. Although non-designated staff members (mostly teachers) spend
less time per person on Medicaid activities, there are far more non-designated
staff on the payroll. The actual dollar amounts recovered end up being about
equal for the two groups.
Download
Click on the PDF symbol to the left and download
the
report: "Administering Medicaid: A School Time Study"
Publication Date: 8/2007. Report Number: 9.89, (144 KB)
To view this Portable Document Format
(PDF) you may
experience errors or unexpected behavior while opening or reading the file you
downloaded. Therefore, we suggest that you always use
the latest version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Persons with disabilities
may call to request a paper copy.
Modified:
Tuesday November 27 2007
For more ways to get in touch with the Department of Social
and Health Services, go to
the DSHS Contact
Information Web page. Technical Site Comments: DSHS Webmaster.
Copyright 2004 Washington State Department of Social and Health Services.
