SHARS Cost Report IEP Ratio Reminder

As clarified in the SHARS notice released on August 8, 2021 guidance, for Parental Consent has not changed but has been clarified. When applying requirements to the SHARS ratios, parental consent is required only for students in the numerator.  HHSC states, students that are included in the numerator of the district’ IEP ratio, must have a signed parental consent for Medicaid.  Students that do not have a signed parental consent for Medicaid should NOT be included in the IEP ratio numerator.  Students in the numerator who do not have parental consent will be removed.

This notice can be found here: https://pfd.hhs.texas.gov/sites/rad/files/documents/acute-care/2021/2021-shars-parental-consent-req.pdf

For more information about your district’s 2021 FFY IEP Ratio, please contact your ONWARD Account Manager or Aprel Dobson, Director of Finance at aprel@onwardlearning.com.

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