Medicaid Compliance for the Dental Professional
Guidance for documentation expectations, recommendations for dental practices to the dentists.
Final
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: July 15, 2020
Dental practices face unique challenges in Medicaid compliance. The resources below provide information about documentation expectations, how to use dental software as a tool for good documentation practices, and other recommendations for dental practices.
- Dental Medicaid Compliance Fact Sheet (PDF) (5 pages)
- Dental Pediatric Best Practices Brochure (PDF) (11 pages)
- Dental Medicaid Compliance Resource Guide (PDF) (9 pages)
- Dental Medicaid Compliance Educational Video (YouTube-90 minutes)
- Dental Medicaid Compliance Educational Video Handout (PDF) (14 pages)
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