Ohio Healthy Students Profiles
Ohio Healthy Students Profiles
Overview
The Department of Education and Workforce, in partnership with the Ohio Department of Medicaid, prioritizes student wellness and the need to address barriers that prevent students from engaging in learning. Healthy People 2030 emphasizes that a strong educational experience creates opportunities to improve an individual’s health through increased income, healthy behaviors, social and psychological benefits, and healthier neighborhoods. In contrast, poor health can affect educational achievement by causing poor attendance, concentration problems, and learning disabilities.
Through its continued partnership with the Ohio Department of Medicaid, the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce provides the Ohio Healthy Students Profiles as resource for needs assessments and planning. The profiles describe health care interactions, health conditions, and educational indicators for Medicaid-participating students.
There are two ways to access the data:
Interactive Dashboard
This information is best viewed on a desktop computer and may require a moment for initial loading. Interactive Dashboard includes rates only. For detailed information including number of students in each measure, download the current spreadsheet of data.
The profiles pertain to public school students in grades K-12 who participated in Medicaid in Ohio for at least three months of the fiscal year being reported. The profiles count a student at a particular school or district if enrolled for at least 100 hours during the school year being reported.
Health interactions refer to the number and percentage of students who had at least one such interaction during the fiscal year.
Health conditions refer to the number and percentage of students with an active diagnosis during the fiscal year.
All student-based measures have at least 30 students in the denominator and 11 in the numerator, with a difference of at least 10 between the numerator and denominator.
Staff measures are produced at the district, county and state levels.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is information in profiles associated with a district or school and linked to students?
- For the purposes of the Ohio Healthy Students Profiles, a student must have at least 100 total attendance hours to be associated with a school or district. All individual education records are associated with a unique statewide student identifier (SSID), and the Ohio Department of Medicaid matched individual claims records to these SSIDs. Approximately 90% of school-age children in the Medicaid participation database were matched to an SSID. The Department of Education and Workforce does not receive any of the individual-level claims data matched to SSIDs.
Why is there a lag in the data?
- Due to the timing of Medicaid claims reporting and the data match process, the Ohio Healthy Students Profiles are based on the most recently completed full fiscal year.
Which students are included in the profile calculations?
- The health and education measures in the profiles pertain only to K-12 students who participated in Medicaid in Ohio for at least three months of the fiscal year and had at least 100 hours of attendance at a given school or district during the school year. Student level data is not available through the profiles.
- Total Students reflects the headcount of unique students who were enrolled in the school for at least 100 hours during the school year indicated in the report;
- Medicaid Participants reflects the number and percent of total students who participated in any Medicaid program during the school year indicated in the report; and
- Grades Served indicates the range of grade levels accommodated by the school as indicated in the Ohio Educational Directory System (OEDS). While this may include preschool, information in the profiles is limited to kindergarten through grade 12.
Why are some measures suppressed on my school profile?
- Measures are suppressed (blank) for values that do not meet the established Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act thresholds. Each measure must have at least 30 students in the denominator, 11 students in the numerator, and a difference between numerator and denominator of at least 10.
Why do the state and county comparison rates differ by school?
- State and county comparison rates also are based on Medicaid-participating students. These rates are calculated for six different grade bands (K-5, 6-8, K-8, 6-12, 9-12, K-12) with the most applicable band used for each school based on its grade levels of enrollment in the 2022-2023 school year. County rates are based on the schools physically located within the county and exclude e-schools.
What health-related measures are on the profiles?
- Profiles include up to 16 measures calculated by the Department of Medicaid related to health care interactions and health conditions. Measures that state active diagnosis are reflective of an active diagnosis during that fiscal year (. These measures pertain only to the Medicaid-participating subgroup of a school or district and include the number and percentage of students who had the following in the past fiscal year.
- Comprehensive Well-Child Visit- a comprehensive preventive/well-care visit (for children and adolescents) also referred to as an Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) screen during the State Fiscal Year included in the report. It must include: a comprehensive health and developmental history, comprehensive physical exam, appropriate immunizations, laboratory tests, and health education.
- Primary Care Physician Visit- an ambulatory care visit with a Primary Care Physician (PCP) during the State Fiscal Year included in the report (data also available for two State Fiscal Years).
- Includes the comprehensive preventive medicine visits included in Well-Care visits, as well as any general office, clinic (e.g. FQHC) or outpatient hospital evaluation and management service.
- PCP includes physicians and Advanced Practice Nurses with primary care, family practice, or pediatric specialty, as well as FQHCs and Physician Assistants.
- Dental Care Visit- visit with a dental provider or a dental related insurance claim during the State Fiscal Year included in the report. There is a second measure that considers dental visits for students over a 2-year period. Profiles will be updated with dental care measures later this year.
- Emergency Department Visit- emergency department visit during the State Fiscal Year included in the report.
- Acute Inpatient Stay at a General Hospital- a general hospital acute inpatient stays during the State Fiscal Year included in the report.
- Active Diagnosis of Diabetes- recipients who had any of the following during a two-year period including State Fiscal Year included in this report and the previous year (only the 2-year rate is done for this measure, not the 1-year rate).
- Members with at least two outpatient/observation/ED/nonacute inpatient encounters on different dates of service, with a diagnosis of diabetes;
- At least one acute inpatient encounter with a diagnosis of diabetes; or
- Members dispensed insulin or hypoglycemics/antihyperglycemics on an ambulatory basis and with a diagnosis of diabetes.
- Active Diagnosis for any Behavioral Health/ Mental Health Condition- recipients who had a visit with a diagnosis with one or more of the following codes: ADHD, adjustment disorders, anxiety, antisocial behavior, Asperger’s Syndrome, autism, dementia, eating disorder, impulse control disorders, mood disorders, depression, personality disorders, substance use disorder, bipolar disorder, conduct disorder, OCD, phobias, PTSD, schizophrenia, self-harm, or other psychological disorders, during the State Fiscal Year included in the report.
- Active Diagnosis for a Severe Emotional Disturbance (SED)- recipients who had a visit with a diagnosis with one or more of the following codes: bipolar disorder, conduct disorder, major depression, PTSD, schizophrenia, or self-harm during the State Fiscal Year included in the report.
What are the education-related measures on the profiles?
- Using standard departmental business rules, Department of Education and Workforce calculates a set of indicators for the Medicaid-participating subgroup of students at each school and district:
- Kindergarteners Demonstrating Readiness on the KRA
- Students Scoring as Proficient on State Assessments for Mathematics
- Students Scoring as Proficient on State Assessments for English Language Arts
- Students Graduating On-Time
- Students Chronically Absent (i.e., Absent at least 10% of the time)
- Disciplinary Actions (Per 100 Student FTE)
Data files
Contact
For questions about the Ohio Healthy Students Profiles, contact
WholeChild@education.ohio.gov.
Last Modified: 4/25/2024 2:19:24 PM