Update on CMS Oral Health Initiative and Other Oral Health Related Items
Guidance for : This informational bulletin provides an update on the CMS Oral Health Initiative, describes an array of CMS resources available to support states in their efforts to improve the delivery of dental and oral health services in Medicaid and CHIP, discusses how CMS policy supports dental workforce innovations, addresses the use of oral health quality measures to encourage improvement and track progress, and encourages states to adopt the use of three new risk-based dental billing codes to improve care and the use resources. Fifteen States Meet or Exceed First-Year CMS Oral Health Initiative Goal CMS is pleased to report that, between FFY 2011 (the baseline year) and FFY 2012, 15 states achieved at least a two percentage point improvement on their CMS Oral Health Initiative preventive dental services goal.
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Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: July 10, 2014
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