1.6.17 BASA Member Update

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AASA Medicaid Survey
As AASA looks ahead to their first and biggest fights of 2017, they are preparing for a major battle related
to Medicaid. This year, there will be a serious debate on the Hill about changing Medicaid’s financing
structure to a per capita cap or block grant. Given that 50% of Medicaid enrollees are children and that any
alternative financing structure proposed by the GOP will result in less money for school-based Medicaid
services, they read this policy proposal as an attempt to limit healthcare coverage for students in our
schools. A block-grant and a per-capita system will mean less money for districts to utilize for critical health
and wellness services for students and fewer professionals in school buildings who can serve all students. It
could also jeopardize district compliance with IDEA since many districts use Medicaid reimbursement to pay
for the services provided by specialized instructional support personnel.
We are asking you to please take this 5-question survey:
Please take a minute to take the survey and forward it onto your friends/colleagues. The survey will expire
on January 9th. Our goal is to get 1,000 school leaders to respond. Please be one of them.
Two Important Deadlines Approaching This Month
1. The Federal Quota registration system is a count of students with visual impairments, and this then
generates funding to meet the needs of those students. Ohio’s Assistive Technology and Accessible
Educational Materials Center uses the available funding to secure audio, braille, digital, and large print
textbooks and educational aids, which are then made available for students. Last month, the Center
mailed the 2017 Federal Quota Registration of Blind Students to every Ohio school district. If you have
not completed and returned this information, please do so by Friday, January 27, 2017.
2. In accordance with Ohio Revised Code Section 3313.7112, all districts are required to report annually the
number of students with diabetes enrolled in the district during the previous school year and the number
of errors associated with the administration of diabetes medication to students during the same time
period. The information is collected through a survey available here:
The survey will remain open until Tuesday, January 31, 2017.
Are You Receiving BASA Emails?
BASA has received a few calls from members about not receiving the following BASA Emails, which have been
sent through a separate emailing system:
- BASA Upcoming Events Email (sent out bi-weekly)
- BASA Member Update Email (sent out bi-weekly)
Please respond to this email or email if this is the FIRST email, from the above list,
you have received from us.
We want to ensure all our members are receiving all updates and upcoming events.