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reasonably healthy teeth and gums. I may be wrong, but I'd be optimistic if the government did decide to provide dental health insurance to the low income folks. But it's almost never really been done in a sufficient manner (ie enough money, paying for procedures at the same fee rate as all other
August 19, 2019
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don't get better from there. According to the CDC and NIDCR, about 42% of adults over age 30 already have periodontitis, the advanced stage of gum disease, and it remains a leading cause of tooth loss. Even more concerning, nearly half of all U.S. children, about 46%, have had cavities. Tooth decay
October 12, 2025
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practice oversaw 1,550 patients. Healthy Aging Marthas Vineyard founder Paddy Moore expressed concern about the dental practice closure, especially for the Islands elder community. Moore said that seniors face a combination of problems in regards to dental care such as loss of teeth with increased age
October 27, 2020
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Any reason not to sign up for CHAMPS (Deadline Jan. 1, 2018)? Sign up or drop Healthy Kids? Anyone have an opinion? They're slowly sucking us in. I'm trying to register for CHAMPS right now, but the damn system won't let me. Whoever designed this whole convoluted registration process
February 13, 2018
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Anyone know what this is? One of the questions state All providers are considered for the Beneficiary Monitoring Program. Do you object to this participation? - Ans Y/N I assume I should answer No but I don't even know what this is. Can I say yes to it? And for those who have done this. What...
September 04, 2020
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the poor tonight. #SCD That song is one of my favorites. It cites efficiency and progress in the very first stanza. Also the neutron bomb, but why quibble over details. The part about killing the poor makes me happy. If they make you sick just take them out and gum it Has any edentulous died
June 20, 2017
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beneficiaries with disabilities. The lawsuit filed by RDHAP alleges that Californias new preauthorization process and 58% rate cut to periodontal maintenance (a treatment for gum disease) often leave Californias institutionalized Medi-Cal recipients without critical dental care. In 2018, HHS, through CMS
January 26, 2021
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no later than Jan 1, 2024. Its about time! I wouldnt let this be a deciding factor at all. States change funding all the time. For a while, we had something called healthy Michigan that actually paid fairly well for a state funded plan. Now, those patients are back to having zero coverage
October 05, 2023
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and endodontist, so she had some needs that were going to be expensive. My staff collected full payment for that initial visit at checkout. A couple weeks later, Delta, who administers the Healthy Michigan Medicaid plan, calls to tell us she wants us to file a claim for her (and take a big write off). We say
March 17, 2021
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the underlying problem, as the pain subsided and eventually stopped hurting. Her dental problems, which she readily admits were caused by poor dental habits as a kid she hated the bubble-gum flavor toothpaste that her family provided arent over, however. Another problem tooth has died and is now
November 27, 2024
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and make a healthy living. It's not what YOU want to do but don't get this side tracked.Medicaid in Texas is managed by MCNA and Dentaquest. Try their respective websites....Sorry buddy Just pick up the phone on Monday after 9am Call the Dept. of Health and Human Services They will email you the fee
July 30, 2016
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this is from Maryland Healthy Smile that caters to kids under 21. Each kid has a limit of up to 100,000 budget. The production number I put up included hygiene. As hygiene check is included with each doctors production! Does it make any sense?why would anyone want to work with 4-5 rooms themselves seeing
August 21, 2014
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with the insurance and it would be clinically wrong for me to send a referral to endo to consult or amputate these healthy teeth nerves. It's your license. Treat as you see fit not as per the insurance AI. This isn't your problem. It's the patients and their insurance problem. Don't make it your problem. @OP
October 24, 2023
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So do all your patients who receive preventive care at a rate of about $300 annually incur no other dental expenses? That sounds like a tough way to practice. Yes, I know, of course they have other expenses. So let's not pretend that but for $25 per month all of these people would have healthy
May 16, 2017
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or their equivalent to have parents purchase chips,soda, gatorade...do we expect these kids to be healthy? You can't go to the dentist twice a year and overcome this level diet. But all of that said I'm for providing insurance coverage for kids. But free coverage for adults is another question.
March 07, 2017
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the patients healthy.. I can't wait until they try that on the dental side. NOT;...... If you opt out, you can't get back in for 2 years and you have to post signs and have every patient who has a Medicare dental plan sign a notice that you don't participate and won't bill either Medicare
October 19, 2016
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healthy, bright smiles with greater attention to oral health. I strongly believe that no one can ever be overeducated! When I am not at ICHC creating beautiful smiles and alleviating patients from pain, I enjoy traveling, expanding my palate, hiking, practicing yoga, and mothering chickens. Inner
October 13, 2018
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in treating Medicaid patients. She's still processing the calamity that left her daughter Nevaeh, healthy and rambunctious before the January appointment, now unable to walk or talk or respond to instructions. The victim of apparent overmedication at the clinic, Nevaeh lies in bed, a feeding tube providing
August 16, 2016
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% medic-caland 30% PPO/HMOmix. Hopefully, not for long. Many of them are young recent gradssingle, no family, no kid to support...and have plenty of time and energy.Their healthy body can handle the high patient volume (to make up for the low fees) and long work hours. Its a great way to learn to improve
October 17, 2024
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, and other corporate citizenship efforts to achieve measurably healthier communities across the country. By advancing prevention-focused oral health, we will achieve better overall health for everyone.As President and CEO, Steve Pollock leads DentaQuest, the third largest dental benefits administrator
February 11, 2021
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it is not actually healthy for dentists, doctors and lawyers to routinely be making $500,000 per year. He felt that if you could do it then why not. The problem is that as income inequality becomes more pronounced, the buying power of society drops and it may eventually undermine our businesses. We may
December 03, 2013
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this disease means the planning and delayed gratification neurons are connected in your brain. Those are the same neurons that allow you to stashsome savings away in case you need something like, say, dental work. People cant depend on others to make them healthy. Health starts with the choices a person makes
May 14, 2017
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to a ridiculous amount because of the entitlement mindset. The thinking that healthcare is a right... and if something goes wrong it's the hospital/doctors fault and they need to be sued... killing us. Very true point about how the healthy people are paying the price here. My premiums literally doubled
January 14, 2014
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is no longer taking into account private rural practice. It's set up for FQHCs and mostly urban at that. Those are needed...but they left us hanging. There are different beasts in Medicaid depending on the state. In MI we have the Healthy Kids program that is child medicaid. It is a decent program that has
April 09, 2017
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of that. This couldn't be more confusing with a healthy dose of I can't wait to see how much the government will charge me to register one way or the other. Unless the government is going to do a mass coraling of patients over 65 and mandating that they can only see dentists who have opted in? Common
July 19, 2014
Medicaid and Welfare Issues
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