Children in Foster Care Face Greater Oral Healthcare Needs
Despite mandatory state dental coverage, children in the foster care system face significant barriers to accessing oral healthcare, according to the University of.
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Report Urges Collaboration Between Oral and Primary Care Providers
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to exacerbate health inequities, the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) said that it has issued a report about the.
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DentaQuest to Provide Medicaid and CHIP Dental Coverage in Louisiana
The Louisiana Department of Health has awarded a three-year contract to DentaQuest as one of two dental managed care providers for Medicaid-enrolled adults.
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Medicaid and CHIP Dental Participation Rankings Reveal Inequities
The ADA’s Health Policy Institute (HPI) has issued the findings of its study into how many dentists across all 50 states and the.
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Dentists Now Have Until September 13 to Apply for HHS Relief Funds
Dentists now have until September 13 to use the Enhanced Provider Relief Fund Payment Portal to apply for relief funding from the Department.
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Benevis Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
LT Smile Corporation, along with its subsidiaries Benevis Holding Corporation, Benevis Corporation, Benevis LLC, Benevis Affiliates LLC, and Benevis Informatics LLC (“Benevis”), has.
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HHS to Distribute Relief Funds to Medicaid and CHIP Providers
Health and Human Services (HHS) will distribute $15 billion in provider relief funds to eligible Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) providers.
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Community Catalyst to Assume Children’s Dental Health Project Operations
The Children’s Dental Health Project (CDHP) will transition its online public health policy and advocacy research and analysis to Community Catalyst. With this.
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Coalition Raises Alarm as Fewer Children Have Medical and Dental Coverage
The number of children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) fell by about 840,000 nationwide in 2018, according to.
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Dental Groups Ask Congress to Continue CHIP
Federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provides medical and dental coverage for 8.9 million children, expired on September 30..
