The National Alliance for Medicaid in Education, Inc. (NAME) is a non-profit organization that represents the nation's state Medicaid and Education agencies staff who have programmatic responsibility for administering Medicaid's Administrative Claiming and/or Direct Billing of Health Related Service programs in public schools, as well as Local Education Agencies participating in the Medicaid program.
Purpose
NAME has three main purposes relative to Medicaid reimbursement in educational settings that drive our organization:
- Provide leadership;
- Promote integrity, collaboration and success; and
- Facilitate a network to share information.
Membership
NAME is comprised of three basic categories of membership:
- Those individuals employed by or under contract with a State Medicaid or Education Agency and who have responsibility for administering Medicaid Administrative Claiming or Direct Billing of health-related services provided under special education by public schools.
- Those individuals employed by or under contract with a Local Education Agency (public school) who for some or all of their day complete activities that enable their school to access Medicaid Administrative Claiming or Direct Billing of health related services provided under special education.
- Individuals involved with Medicaid in Education who either represent themselves or public or private organizations.
Organizational Structure
NAME's business is conducted by a volunteer board consisting of the following elected individuals:
- One state agency member from each of the Center's for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ten regions and two individuals representing Local Education Agencies; and
- Five officers including a President, President-elect, Secretary, Treasurer, and Immediate Past-President.