School-Based Medicaid Training

MEDICAID SERIES

In Illinois, over 3.9 million people, including 1.5 million children, are enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP. School districts can leverage this opportunity to fund health services. Recent policy changes offer more chances to expand Medicaid programs in schools. This 1-hour training covers billing requirements, policy updates, lessons learned, and available resources for school-based Medicaid.

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With more than 20 years of experience in public policy across state and local levels of government, Kate Yager provides unmatched knowledge of government and school Medicaid. Kate currently serves as the Director of Medicaid for Chicago Public Schools (CPS), overseeing all Medicaid programming at CPS, including service capture and claiming, quality assurance, and federal and state policy and advocacy efforts. She is on the National Alliance for Medicaid in Education (NAME) board of directors and an active governmental affairs committee member. Previously, Kate was the Deputy Chief of Policy in the Office of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, State Policy Director for Healthy Schools Campaign, and Director of Economic Research for the Tennessee Technology Development Corporation. Kate has a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Missouri – Kansas City and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Binghamton University.