A Note From the CEO: MSB Acquired by Craftsman Capital

For over 15 years, MSB has provided premiere Medicaid services, software, and support to school districts in Texas under the ownership of Chris Meroff. Our approach has been to minimize the work you have to do in order to maintain accurate billing reimbursement, compliant Special Education documentation, and maximized Medicaid reimbursement. Our investment into Medicaid has yielded excellence for many districts.

This success would not have been possible without the belief that Texas district provided in MSB throughout the years and the determination it took to persevere in the midst of many obstacles.

When I took over as CEO in 2020, we audited every facet of the business in order to earn and ensure confidence for districts that MSB is the strongest billing vendor in the industry. The journey of refinement and resolution allowed me to very clearly see what the K-12 market needed next from MSB and from X Logs.

I am pleased to share that MSB has been acquired by a company, Craftsman Capital, who will catapult our brand into the educational technology platform in ways that elevate the product and our services, but without any of the transition pains districts have come to expect from acquisitions. MSB needed an owner who would invest in a way that matches the brand that we have built these last few years and provide the capital necessary to bring our clients the next generation of X Logs. Additionally, you will experience this elevated experience with the same incredible staff you’ve come to depend on.

Let me repeat that: the MSB team is staying.

You may be wondering what this means for you as a partner of MSB’s. Our commitment to you is the consistency of MSB’s services you’re accustomed to along with the next generation of X Logs, coming July 2023. The new owners of MSB are in alignment to this path and are ready to see it to fruition. With their support, MSB can continue to maintain the standard of support you expect as well as innovate the support we anticipate you’ll need tomorrow.

This acquisition was official as of January 31, 2023. Throughout the past month of transition, we have still been able to bill for your district. Your district has received communication from MSB via email regarding relevant documents necessary to transfer your contract and Medicaid enrollment information to our new owners. If you have any further questions about the materials we sent or what this new transition means for your district, please feel free to reach out to any member of the Executive Team, or your Program Specialist.

Thank you for your continued support and partnership with MSB.

-Tabbatha Callaway

SHARS Interactive Seminars Agenda Released: SPRING 2023

MSB is now introducing the agenda for the Spring SHARS Interactive seminars in order to help you assess how you can make the most of theses sessions. The MSB Executives team is traveling to your area to bring you updates, consultation, and insight on how you can refine your SHARS program this Spring.

The below agenda will be dissected amongst school district administrators and MSB staff in order to build confidence in SHARS through collaboration and policy.

CURRENT TRENDS | How will proposed legislation impact the Parental Consent regulations?

The 88th Legislative Session is underway that there are multiple proposed bills that would impact the way LEAs interpret and procure parental consent. Attendees will discover the legislative items to monitor and understand how to influence their adoption.

MEDICAID BASICS | Recent Medicaid Audit Findings

Student Audits
Co-op/SSA Disallowances
TAC Code regarding parental consent

Attendees will review and understand the most frequent audit findings MSB has experienced in working with 400+ districts. By the end of this time, learners will be able to answer the question: Are you more likely to be chosen for an audit if you work with MSB?

SERVICE-DELIVERY DOCUMENTATION | The next generation of X Logs

Catch a glimpse of the next generation of X Logs before it is released to your district this July!

Lightning fast speed
Few clicks & a larger workspace
Seamless imports and ease of documenting for users

*BONUS CONTENT*

By the end of the SHARS seminars with MSB, attendees will have identified ways to:

Leverage the SHARS & MAC programs to mitigate the ESSER funding cliff in their district

Recruit & retain staff by providing a more robust documentation platform

April 5, 2023 \| 11:00AM	HOUSTON
April 11, 2023 \| 8:30AM	EDINBURG
April 11, 2023 \| 2:30PM	VICTORIA
April 13, 2023 \| 9:00AM	AUSTIN
April 13, 2023 \| 1:30PM	SAN ANTONIO
April 18, 2023 \| 1:30PM	WICHITA FALLS
April 19, 2023 \| 8:30AM	FORT WORTH
April 19, 2023 \| 1:30 PM	TYLER
April 20, 2023 \| 12:00PM	DALLAS
April 25, 2023 \| 9:00AM	AMARILLO
April 25, 2023 \| 2:30PM	LUBBOCK
April 27, 2023 \| 10:00AM	ABILENE
May 4, 2023 \| 2:00PM	COLLEGE STATION **NEW LOCATION!
May 9, 2023 \| 10:00AM	MIDLAND
May 11, 2023 \| 9:30AM	VIRTUAL

Gear up for 2023-2024 school year now!

Enter the raffle at any SHARS Interactive seminar location & you could win tote bags for your team!

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Temporary FMAP and Continuous Medicaid Enrollment ending as of March 31, 2023

In a memo from Daniel Tsai, the Deputy Administrator and Director for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), dated January 27, 2023, it was shared that the continuous enrollment condition and availability of the temporary increase in the Federal Medical Assistance percentage (FMAP) that were enacted in response to pandemic relief would cease as of March 31, 2023. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 was enacted in late 2022 and covers these items. For the purposes of this newsletter, we will focus on the two most pressing items for school districts in Texas to understand in order to account for and anticipate the changes.

1) The FMAP was temporarily increased during the Covid-19 pandemic under section 6008 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). This temporary increase was meant to help mitigate the loss in reimbursement districts would incur when students were not able to be in school due to the pandemic. For the FY2020 year, the FMAP was increased to 67.09% (a 6.2% increase) while in the FY2021 year it was at 68.01% (a 6.2% increase).

The FMAP represents the percentage of a state's overall Medicaid costs that the federal government will reimburse for. Because the temporary increase is ceasing as of March 31, 2023 and the cost report is filed on April 1, 2023 questions arose regarding which FMAP would be utilized for the FY2022 cost report. In the memorandum from CMS, it states that section 6008 "...extends the availability of, the temporary FMAP increase beginning April 1, 2023, gradually phasing down the increase until December 31, 2023."

The chart below shows the anticipated amount of the FMAP increase that will be available in each quarter of the calendar year.

Q1: January 1-March 31, 2023: 6.2 percentage points

Q2: April 1-June 30, 2023: 5.0 percentage points

Q3: July 1-September 30, 2023: 2.5 percentage points

Q4: October 1-December 31, 2023: 1.5 percentage points

2) The continuous enrollment and coverage in Medicaid that was extended through the FFCRA will not extend past March 31, 2023. This enables states to terminate Medicaid enrollment of individuals who no longer meet Medicaid eligibility requirements. The result of this for school districts could be an increase in administrative efforts toward enrollment in Medicaid, which would increase the RMTS results for MAC related activities and could increase total district reimbursement available.

Currently, only 22% of districts who partner with MSB are enrolled in the MAC program. Based on MSB's analysis of these districts, we've identified the financial opportunity available to your district to be around 3% of the total revenue you receive in SHARS reimbursement annually.

If your district is interested in pursuing MAC as an opportunity, fill out this form today to discuss this opportunity and get MSB started on initiating your district's enrollment.

As districts are anticipating the ESSER funding cliff and evaluating what financial opportunities can mitigate it, it is crucial to look to the Medicaid to Schools program to identify if you are utilizing it to the full potential for your district. To evaluate your SHARS program, your Program Specialist can share a financial report and identify opportunity.

To stay up to date on National trends in Medicaid and educational sessions, follow events from the National Alliance for Medicaid in Education (NAME).

SHARS FY2022 Cost Report Training: March 7 & March 21, 2023

STATE TRAINING AVAILABLE! To finalize the annual Cost Report, it is required for at least one district employee to complete the SHARS Cost Report Training every other year for the odd year cost report. HHSC recommends no less than two trained SHARS contacts. Click here for training dates.

Q1 (OCT.-DEC 2022) MAC Financials Open:

March 13, 2023

In order to access additional reimbursements through the MAC program, districts must submit payroll information on staff participating in RMTS by the identified state deadline. Set up a plan with your Program Specialist to review process, best practices and determine roles and responsibilities to complete quarterly submission.

FY2022 Cost Report Certification: April 1, 2023

The cost report is an annual report demonstrating to the state all costs associated with providing direct medical services to students in special education. The state will pay out a settlement check annually to the district representing the difference between what it costs to run the special education program and what the district has already received through the interim claiming process.

Your district's 2021-2022 cost report must be certified by April 1, 2023. If you have a date by which you want to certify that is prior to April 1, 2023, schedule a Certification Meeting with your Program Specialist today.

Schedule my Certification Meeting

X LOGS CORNER

The documentation tool to bridge the gap between Medicaid and Education

MSB is building the next generation of X Logs! It will be a full service platform for Medicaid billing and IEP prescriptive service tracking. As a partner district, it is YOURS.

Many districts saw a demonstration of the tool while at TCASE and if you didn't get the chance, the next opportunity is at the SHARS Interactives.

Every district that works with MSB will experience client success meetings this summer in order to properly build out the customizations you want for X Logs based on your documentation requirements.

Schedule time with your Program Specialist to identify how you can use X Logs to bridge the gap of Medicaid in Education at your district.

ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET YOUR STAFF ON BOARD WITH THE NEXT GENERATION OF

X LOGS?

Check out our upcoming X Logs User Groups below.

MSB invites your staff to see the first glimpse of what the next generation of X Logs looks like at our upcoming User Groups. X Logs users know better than anyone the power their documentation could have and this User Group will demonstrate the features and functionalities they've been asking for:

-lightning fast speed

-larger workspaces and fewer clicks

-intuition workflows

-advanced data aggregations to make their data work for them

Share the links below with your staff so they can catch the buzz at one of MSB's X Logs User Groups! Each session will be the same but we've created multiple opportunities to increase the likelihood that they are able to attend.

March 28, 2023 | 4:00PM

April 5, 2023 | 4:00PM

April 12, 2023 | 10:00AM

April 20, 2023 | 9:30AM

April 27, 2023 | 3:00PM

May 1, 2023 | 3:00PM