Federal officials are demanding the return of $16 million from 573 Texas school districts due to alleged improper billing for special education services under the School Health and Related Services (SHARS) program.
Federal officials are asking 573 Texas school districts to return $16 million they received since 2011. Federal officials say Texas improperly billed them for reimbursements they provide to schools for services rendered to Medicaid -eligible students.After a yearslong legal battle, federal officials are asking Texas schools that used a Medicaid reimbursement program for special education services to return $16 million that they say were billed incorrectly. The U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General sent an email this month to 573 school districts statewide informing officials they would each need to pay thousands back to the department for services billed in 2011. The charges, which vary between districts but in some cases reach six-digit figures, stem from athat found Texas had improperly billed the agency 238 times for services under the School Health and Related Services program. The SHARS program reimburses schools for providing services to Medicaid-eligible students, including mental and physical therapy, nursing and screenings. Almost 950 of the state’s more than 1,200 school districts are currently enrolled in SHARS programming, according to the Texas Association of School Boards. The 238 errors the federal government identified were for services that were deemed ineligible for reimbursement. The Inspector General’s Office also found over 94% of the services billed — including some that were eligible — did not have the required documentation. The audit warned the Texas Health and Human Services Commission that districts would be asked to return the money paid out for ineligible services, but a series of attempted appeals postponed the repayment
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