Presented By: Sheena Joslyn Secretary to Mr. Robert Seale-Associate Superintendent for Finance MAC/SHARS Contact Provider: Medicaid Finance & Consulting Services (MFCS) A Division of Houston ISD

 Booklet Pages  New eSHARS book available!  Logging in  How, when & what to bill  Screen Shots  New features

 Page 1  Students you bill in eSHARS  Page 4  Policy  Page 17  Evaluation + Therapy  Billable Time  Page 28  Reminders

 UserID = address  Login = from Houston  5 Tabs  Birdville = Live data  Training = Fake data  Communication 1.Sheena Joslyn  Any Questions 2.Houston ISD 1.Add a Visit from Scratch 2.Review Pending Approval of Visits ONLY supervisors see 3.View your Visit History 4.View Student Info. 5.View Student Logs 6.View My Caseload 7.View My Appeal List

1. Caseload 2. Service 3. What would you like to do

 “View My Caseload” ( blue box)  Allows you to add students to caseload  Place checkmark next to students you need in your caseload  Click “Add”  Pages of students, scroll to bottom  Removing a student (On right-side of screen)  Place a checkmark next to their name and click “Remove”  Click “close” or click the “Visit” tab

Left Side = Medicaid eligible your assigned campus(es) Right Side = The billable students you see and bill for Expands

 Highlight student and choose service  In this example we’re creating a Speech Evaluation Service  “Add a Visit From Scratch” (3rd, blue box)  Choose: 1.Location 2.Date ( Defaults to current date) 3.Visit Start Time ( Defaults to current time) 4.Length of visit  “Next”  Next screen = 2 questions  Before this Evaluation, was this Student Special ED?  After this Evaluation, will this Student be Special ED?  “Create, Save & Close”

2 nd Date Start Time Length Last NEXT 1 st Location

Evaluations only billable if the student has an existing Special Ed. label or qualified for one.

 Highlight student and choose service  In this example we’re creating a Speech Therapy Service  “Add a Visit From Scratch” (3rd, blue box)  Choose: 1.Location 2.Date ( Defaults to current date) 3.Visit Start Time ( Defaults to current time) 4.Length of visit 5.Individual or Group Session  “Next”  Primary Activity  Student Observation  Targeted IEP Objective  “Save, “Copy,” “Delete” and “Close”

 Click the date(s) you wish to copy to  Cannot copy to future dates  If you click the wrong date, select it from right side and click “remove.”

Click “Next

 Highlight Student from caseload  “Review Pending Approval of Visits” (3 rd box)  Choices:  Ready To Bill  Reviewed but Failed  Review Later  “Save “ and “Close”

 Highlight Student from caseload  To see all visits, SKIP to next bullet  “View Your Visit History” (3 rd box)  Copied visits: “open” visits and edit them  Also delete any billed visits  EXCEPTION:  EXCEPTION: If the billing status reads “Bill Process Completed, Bill File Created” = Sheena Joslyn

 Tabs are:  Visit History  Log (Optional Feature)  ARD History  Medicaid History  Campus History  Visit History (Delete, View, and change billing status) * ALERT: If not ready to bill, put into Completed-DO NOT BILL Status  ARD History (Modify and/or Add an ARD) *CAUTION: There may be services already present that need to stay within the active ARD *The ARD date can overlap the most recent ARD, but cannot overlap an existing Visit

A.Johnny’s ARD was scheduled for March 1 st, but was held on March 16 th A.You will NOT have any visits billed from March 1-March 15 B.You will “Add an ARD” to read March 16 th ending March 16 of the next year B.Lula’s ARD was scheduled for April 6 th, but was held on March 31 st A.You will “Edit” existing ARD to end on March 30 th B.You will “Add an ARD” to read March 31 st ending March 31 of the next year

Note: The previous ARD end date is one day prior to my current ARD Date

 Communication via phone or BISD  Add students via Sheena Joslyn  Parental consent forms  Setup a billing schedule  6 week maximum  Make sure student has ARD/IEP

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