Review of Kansas Medicaid Payments for the School District Administrative Claiming Program During the Period April 1, 2006, Through March 31, 2009

摘要

The State agency claimed $24,556,303 ($12,278,151 Federal share) for administrative costs associated with school-based health services provided by 198 participating school districts for the period April 1, 2006, through March 31, 2009. Of this, the Olathe school district claimed $1,405,078 ($702,539 Federal share), the Wichita school district claimed $1,314,664 ($657,332 Federal share), and the Topeka school district claimed $1,313,230 ($656,615 Federal share); we focused on these three school districts. However, because the State agency used a Web-based RMTS system and because any errors associated with the RMTS allocation methodology would therefore affect all of the participating Kansas school districts, we reviewed Web-based RMTS responses for all participating Kansas school districts. Our objective was to determine whether the administrative costs that the State agency claimed for school-based health services during the period April 1, 2006, through March 31, 2009, were reasonable, allowable, and adequately supported pursuant to applicable Federal and State requirements.