MAC Certification Deadline – December 10, 2021

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Don’t Delay! District April – June 2021 (Q3 AJ21) MAC Reports opened on October 25, 2021 and will be due no later than December 10, 2021 at 6:00 pm CST in the Fairbanks STAIRS system. The HHSC trained MAC Financial Contact may log onto the State of Texas Automated Information … Read More

SHARS Payment Rate Information

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INTERIM RATES – (Effective October 1, 2021) School districts providing School Health and Related Services (SHARS) to Medicaid-eligible students are paid interim rates. The link below provides the federal fiscal year 2022 interim rates effective October 1, 2021. As services are delivered, SHARS districts are required to submit a claim and … Read More

MAC Quarter Is Now Open

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MAC 3rd Quarter FFY 2021; April – June 2021 (Q3 AJ21) This serves as official notification that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has authorized Fairbanks, LLC, to open the MAC Financials for the 3rd quarter of federal fiscal year 2021; April – June 2021 (Q3 AJ21). The quarter will open on … Read More

SHARS Survey is due November 5th

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DO NOT OVERLOOK THIS IMPORTANT SHARS SURVEY All LEAs that received an Individuals with Disabilities with Education Act, Part B (IDEA-B) federal grant in the 2020–2021 school year must submit the SHARS Reimbursement Report Survey by November 5, 2021. Districts are required to respond regardless of whether the district received … Read More

SHARS Reimbursement Survey

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Don’t Forget to Respond to you SHARS Reimbursement Survey The annual SHARS survey has been sent.   This survey is a method for which districts report if any SHARS reimbursements have been spent directly on SPED expenditures (pic code 23). Any SHARS funding spent directly on SPED will need to be … Read More

504 Audiology services for RMTS

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SHARS: Random Moment Time Study – Audiology Services Eligible for Time Study Beginning October – December 2021, HHSC will begin tracking the 504 Audiology services in the time study, however at this time you will not be able to bill for the services. To track Audiology Services provided by an … Read More

2022 FFY MAC Training Dates Open for Registration

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Register for 2022 FFY MAC training for your district MAC Financial Training sessions for federal fiscal year 2022 are now available to register: https://pfd.hhs.texas.gov/medicaid-administrative-claiming/mac-independent-school-districts-isd/mac-isd-training-information To sign up: Click the link for your program listed above Scroll down to the “Register for training” section Under FFY 2022, click the Training dropdown menu … Read More

Deadlines & Reminders

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ONWARD wants to remind you about upcoming important dates, reminders and deadlines.   RMTS Participant List The deadline to update your district’s October – December 2021 RMTS participant list is September 15, 2021. As a Program Contact, verify the PL contains ONLY those providers who qualify for SHARS and/or MAC … Read More

Jan – Mar 2021 MAC Report is Due

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MAC Program Deadline HHSC posted a reminder for all districts participating in the MAC program, the January-March 2021 quarter submission is due on September 17, 2021.  If you have not provided your ONWARD team with the quarterly financials for your MAC report, please do so as soon as possible. The … Read More

The MAC January – March 2021 Quarter

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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has authorized Fairbanks, LLC, to open the MAC Financials for the 2nd quarter of federal fiscal year 2021; January – March 2021 (Q2 JM21). The quarter will open on August 2, 2021 and will close on September 17, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. CST. The HHSC trained … Read More