FAQ - Texas State Billing Services, Inc.

Question 1

What is School Health and Related Services (SHARS)?

Accepted Answer

School Health And Related Services (SHARS) is a Medicaid financing program and is a joint effort of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and the Texas Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC). SHARS allows local school districts, cooperatives, and SSA special education programs to obtain Medicaid reimbursement for certain health-related services provided to children in special education. Using existing state and local special education allocations as the state match, SHARS providers are reimbursed

Question 2

How much paperwork is involved?

Accepted Answer

Texas State Billing Services unique offerings are based upon 15 years experience in Texas with a sole business focus on SHARS. We have worked closely with school administrators and practitioners to design and refine our forms to ensure the best data collection with the least amount of time spent filling out our forms. We share your commitment to children and ensure that, as much as possible, your providers' time is spent with children and not paperwork. However, as with any program there is requ

Question 3

How do we know which children are Medicaid eligible?

Accepted Answer

Part of our job as your billing agency is to identify your Medicaid eligible population. TSBS does this through interface with the Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP). TSBS can submit the names of your special education students to TMHP monthly in order to establish the "match" of Medicaid eligible students. We triple-check for student eligibility by using not just the data provided by the districts but by using internal systems that submit truncation and alternate spellings of childr

Question 4

How do we keep abreast of Texas' school-based Medicaid program?

Accepted Answer

A commitment of the TSBS network is the keeping in close contact with Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP), Texas Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC), The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) on behalf of the districts we serve. Our practice for the past decade has been to establish a working relationship with state offices to ensure clear and dependable dissemination of information to our districts. Part of our contractual responsibility

Question 5

Do I have to become a Medicaid "expert"?

Accepted Answer

No, that is our role! Texas State Billing Services, Inc. has been established with a leadership team of Medicaid Consultants who are in their twelfth year of successfully providing administrative services to school districts in Texas. TSBS provides a strong blend of the two most important experiential levels required for quality school Medicaid administration: A solid multi-state exposure to the many applications of federal Medicaid legislation and regulations An in-depth record of success and t

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