{"id":19090,"date":"2024-04-18T10:21:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T14:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=19090"},"modified":"2024-04-18T10:21:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T14:21:35","slug":"wyden-merkley-urge-feds-to-support-oregons-school-based-health-services-financed-by-medicaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-urge-feds-to-support-oregons-school-based-health-services-financed-by-medicaid\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden, Merkley Urge Feds to Support Oregon\u2019s School-Based Health Services Financed by Medicaid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Washington DC<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week urged federal health officials to award a planning grant up to $2.5 million to Oregon that would strengthen school-based health services financed by Medicaid in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The senators\u2019 letter to the federal Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services comes in support of the Oregon Health Authority\u2019s (OHA) grant application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cThis planning grant would help OHA and the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) to prepare Oregon\u2019s schools to provide a holistic approach to students\u2019 medical and behavioral health needs provided in school settings, expand the availability of reimbursement for all medically-necessary Medicaid-covered services provided in the school-based setting, support school districts and local education agencies (LEAs) via technical assistance and training, and support community engagement,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;Wyden and Merkley wrote CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure.&nbsp;<strong>\u201cThese are exactly the types of activities we envisioned these grants could support.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>CMS in 2014 began letting states seek Medicaid reimbursement for health services for all students enrolled in Medicaid. Oregon is one of a limited number of states that\u2019s taken the initiative to expand its use of Medicaid beyond services listed on individualized education programs and individualized family service plans to support a broad range of health services in schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cWe are excited about this opportunity for Oregon, and we are confident OHA will use this grant funding to effectively fill current gaps in their provision of Medicaid-funded school-based health services,\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>Wyden y Merkley escribieron.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>toda la carta es&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/oha_support_letter_to_cms.pdf\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;\u2013 U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week urged federal health officials to award a planning grant up to $2.5 million to Oregon that would strengthen school-based health services financed by Medicaid in the state. 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