Helping states and school districts expand access to Medicaid-funded school health services.

Two new publications track the progress states are making in expanding access to school health services and address how more states can join them.

Healthy Schools Campaign has launched a new website section that offers resources, state strategies and federal funding opportunities addressing the shortage of school healthcare professionals and the need for a diversified health workforce.

A recent NPR report looks at how school districts are responding to newly released school Medicaid guidance and cites Healthy Schools Campaign's count of states that have expanded Medicaid billing outside of a student’s IEP.

As of October 2023, Healthy Schools Campaign has identified 25 states that have expanded their school Medicaid program to cover services outside of an IEP/IFSP using the “free care” policy reversal. This brief provides a summary of the actions each state took, along with related…

In May 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released new school Medicaid guidance affirming that states have flexibility in their school-based Medicaid program to allow school districts to bill Medicaid for health services delivered to all Medicaid-enrolled children. This brief answers key questions…

This memo summarizes new school Medicaid guidance released in May 2023 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and also draws from CMS’ August 2022 Informational Bulletin. It provides an initial assessment of how states could move forward to expand and enhance their…