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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Dental care is a mandatory benefit for most Medicaid eligibles under the age of 21, however, nationwide, the majority of low-income children enrolled in Medicaid do not receive any dental services in a given year. [...] In 2006, 50.9% of individuals under the age of 21 in the United States had private dental coverage, another 30.4% had public dental coverage (primarily Medicaid and SCHIP), and 18.7% had no dental coverage. [...] The percentage of individuals under age 21 that had a dental visit in 2006 varied by type of coverage-58.0% with private dental coverage had a dental visit that year, compared with 35.1% of those with public dental coverage and 26.3% of the subgroup with no dental coverage.4 The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) recommends that every child be seen by a dentist following the eruption o [...] Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD, at 5 As per 42 CFR 441.58; also see Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Guide to Children's Dental Care in Medicaid, October 2004, and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, Guideline on Periodicity of Examination, Preventive Dental Services, Ant [...] Beneficiary cost-sharing for services such as dental care is prohibited for children under age 18, and is optional for those ages 18-20.8 Federal law is intended to eliminate or significantly reduce major barriers to dental services for Medicaid children.
Author: Alicia Puente Cackley
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 1437924174
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Children's access to Medicaid dental services is a long-standing concern. Medicaid -- a joint fed. and state program that provides health care coverage, including dental care, for 30 million low-income children -- but, many children in Medicaid experience difficulty finding a dentist who would treat them. At the fed. level, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) oversees Medicaid. This report examined: (1) state strategies to monitor and improve access to dental care for children in Medicaid; and (2) CMS actions since 2007 to improve oversight of Medicaid dental services for children. The author surveyed all state Medicaid programs and interviewed state and fed. officials, and dental researchers and associations. Charts and tables.
Author: James C. Cosgrove
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2009-02
Total Pages: 46
ISBN-13: 1437910742
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In recent years, concerns have been raised about the adequacy of dental care for low-income children. Attention to this subject became more acute due to the widely publicized case of Deamonte Driver, a 12-year-old boy who died as a result of an untreated infected tooth that led to a fatal brain infection. Deamonte had health coverage through Medicaid, a joint fed. and state program that provides health care coverage, incl. dental care, for millions of low-income children. He had extensive dental disease and his family was unable to find a dentist to treat him. This report examines the extent to which children in Medicaid experience dental disease, the extent to which they receive dental care, and how these conditions have changed over time.
Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-09-08
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781976200779
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Children's access to Medicaid dental services is a long-standing concern. The tragic case of a 12-year-old boy who died from an untreated infected tooth that led to a fatal brain infection renewed attention to this issue. He was enrolled in Medicaid-a joint federal and state program that provides health care coverage, including dental care, for 30 million low-income children-but, like many children in Medicaid, he experienced difficulty finding a dentist who would treat him. At the federal level, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), oversees Medicaid. In this report, GAO examined (1) state strategies to monitor and improve access to dental care for children in Medicaid and (2) CMS actions since 2007 to improve oversight of Medicaid dental services for children. GAO surveyed all state Medicaid programs and interviewed state and federal officials, and dental researchers and associations.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Domestic Policy
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 216
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Social and Rehabilitation Service
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 460
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Domestic Policy
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 236
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Alicia Puente Cackley
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2009-02
Total Pages: 23
ISBN-13: 143791070X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In recent years, concerns have been raised about the adequacy of dental care for low-income children. Attention to this subject became more acute due to the case of Deamonte Driver, a 12-year-old boy who died as a result of an infected tooth that led to a fatal brain infection. Deamonte had health coverage through Medicaid, including dental care, for millions of low-income children. Deamonte had extensive dental disease and his family was unable to find a dentist to treat him. A report was issued that examined the extent to which children in Medicaid experience dental disease, the extent to which they receive dental care, and how these conditions have changed over time. This testimony summarizes this report. Illustrations.