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

2021 FFY SHARS New Policies – Training Series

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SHARS Webinar Training Series ONWARD Urges you to Attend! Due to the high volume of inquiries, the Texas HHSC Medical Benefits Department is developing a series of webinars about the SHARS Handbook to be published in the Texas Medicaid Provider Procedures Manual (TMPPM) on October 1, 2021. The first webinar … 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

SHARS: New Parental Consent Guidelines

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2021 FFY Policy Changes   Outlined below includes clarification of what constitutes billing Medicaid under the SHARS program for purposes of parental consent to access a special education student’s public benefit, as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and related federal regulations. Per 34 CFR 300.154(d)(2)(l)-(iv) Prior … Read More

SHARS Change for Texas Medicaid October 1, 2021

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Significant SHARS Policy Changes Issued by the Health and Human Services Commissions on August 13, 2021, the SHARS Medicaid program will undergo changes that will impact all service areas, along with interim reporting and Cost Report requirements.  The ONWARD team is working to put together documentation of these changes.  HHSC … Read More

SHARS Telehealth Extension Dates

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Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) has released a Provider Notification regarding extension dates for SHARS Telehealth services. SHARS Telehealth flexibilities have been extended through August 31, 2021. Please click the link to the view this important notification. If you have any additional questions, please contact the SHARS Analysts at ProviderFinanceSHARS@hhs.texas.gov.

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

Important Notice! New Annual Requirements for RMTS

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RMTS Training Requirements 2021-2022 school year (2022 FFY) SHARS regulations concerning RMTS have changed! Beginning FFY 2022, the district Primary RMTS Contact will now be required to complete annual training by August 2021.  If you are currently in the Primary RMTS Contact role and unable to fulfill the annual training … Read More

MAC Reports for Quarter J-M 2021 open August 2, 2021

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MAC Reports Now Open The 2nd MAC quarter of January- March 2021 will open on Monday, August 2, 2021.  The MAC report are due to be completed by Friday, September 17, 2021.   MAC financials and questions can be directed to our finance team at finance@onwardlearning.com.

New SHARS Regulations as of October 1, 2021

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IMPORTANT SHARS ANNOUNCEMENT! The public comments for the SHARS policy are under review with responses to be posted by 9/1/2021. The proposed changes to the TMPPM will be implemented 10/1/2021. We anticipate posting several provider notifications to the TMHP website no later than 8/13/2021 (45 days prior to 10/1 implementation) … Read More