Fact Sheets - Georgia
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SCHOOL-BASED
HEALTH CENTERS IN GEORGIA
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With 12 school-based
health centers reported in school-year 1997/98, the number of centers
in Georgia has held steady since 1995. Most centers (8) are located in
high schools. In 1997 $1 million in Maternal and Child Health Block Grant
funds were directed to centers, all of which came from local spending
decisions. In school year 1995/96 the state reported that centers generated
about $350,000 in fee for service Medicaid patient care revenues; however,
in 1997/98 no figure could be estimated by the state. |
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Descriptive Data
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Types of schools
housing SBHCs
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Location
of SBHCs
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State
Policies
Table I: Third Party Payments for SBHC Services
| SBHCs are eligible to receive Medicaid payments
for Services |
Yes |
| SBHCs are eligible to receive CHIP payments for
services |
Yes |
State has taken specific measures to encourage SBHC
participation in Medicaid managed care |
No |
State has taken specific measures to encourage SBHC
participation in CHIP |
No |
| SBHCs participate in MCOs as primary care providers |
Yes |
| SBHCs or their sponsors have contracts with managed
care plans |
Yes |
Table II: Non-financial State Policies to Support SBHCs
| Does your state have a governmental unit or office explicitly
charged to develop and support SBHCs? |
No |
| Does state law permit nurse practitioners to participate
in managed care provider networks as primary care providers? |
Yes |
| Does the state have targeting guidelines for state-funded
SBHCs? |
No |
| Has the state established operating standards for
SBHCs? |
No |
| Are SBHCs licensed by state health licensing authority? |
No |
State
Funds for SBHCs for School Year 1997-98
Title V MCH Block Grant
(local directed dollars) |
$966,832 |
Source: National
Survey of School-Based Health Centers 1997-1998,
Making the Grade
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