Author: Ryan Paiva | Posted: 8. March 2013 05:16
PHOENIX, AZ, March, 2013 – The Arizona Department of Education has awarded a multi-year contract to PCG Education to implement an online student assessment system. PCG’s EdPlan™ Instructional Management System will allow educators to create formative assessments for all students on new Common Core State Standards. [More]
Author: Sam Fish | Posted: 27. July 2012 06:00
Various media articles recently have raised questions about current efforts by states and the federal government to enroll individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid into managed care, citing states’ and plans’ lack of experience in delivering integrated care to this vulnerable, complex population. Since its 1982 inception, Arizona’s Medicaid program has required all participants to enroll in a Medicaid managed care plan. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 18. March 2011 11:20
In its FY 2011 Work Plan, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announced plans to audit school-based Medicaid direct service billing and Medicaid Administrative Claiming (MAC) programs. Although reviews of school-based Medicaid programs have often been included in the OIG’s annual Work Plans, this is the first time school-based services have been specifically targeted since the FY 2008 Work Plan. The FY 2011 Work Plan states that the OIG “will review Medicaid services provided in schools to determine whether payments for school-based services complied with laws and regulations.” The document also stated that “prior OIG reviews of school-based services found significant unallowable payments.” In its fall 2010 Semiannual Report to Congress, the OIG described the results of its 2010 audits of school-based services in Arizona and New Jersey that found unallowable payments. [More]
Author: Ryan Paiva | Posted: 14. January 2011 09:35
n a new January 2011 brochure directed at parents, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) asks, “Does your school need a fresh start?” and, “Are your children getting the education they need?” The brochure is intended to help parents understand the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program and encourages them to become actively involved in turning around low-performing schools. The brochure stresses that ED is offering states billions of dollars in competitive SIGs to support state and local efforts to turn low-performing schools into “models of educational excellence.” [More]
