South East Education Cooperative’s School-Based Medicaid Consortium works with special education units, school districts and state stakeholders across North Dakota to access available federal reimbursement dollars for medically necessary services provided to students. The Consortium helps to:

• Assist and Support ND Special Education Units and School Districts to access available Medicaid reimbursements

• Create Efficiencies through incorporating technology and implementing effective best practices to maximize claims

• Develop Relationships and collaborate with entities to strengthen the Consortium and advance its goals

• ND Medicaid Enrollment assistance

• Creation of Resource materials: Medicaid overview, parent consent, service authorization and more

• Best practices to guide special education units and school districts in creating a strong, effective and efficient system to maximize reimbursements

• Annual training for existing and new providers and special education staff

• Daily Technical Assistance Consortium Group meetings - Quarterly

• Medicaid Admin Meetings - Monthly

• Compliance and audit resources

• Data reports to increase efficiencies and maximize dollars back to the Unit or District

The School-Based Medicaid Consortium utilizes Relay Medicaid claiming software to effectively and efficiently:

• Record necessary documentation

• Submit and review claims for reimbursement

• Check Student Eligibility

• Work through denied claims.