Cost Effectiveness of Preventive Dental Services

CDHP Publications of Interest to EPSDT/Medicaid

REPORTS, MANUALS, & GUIDES

1. Interface between Medicaid and pediatric oral health Dental Benefits in the Colorado Medicaid/CHP+ Streamlining HIFA Waiver. June 2005 for the CO Department of Health Care Policy and Financing o Available at www.cdhp.org under “Latest News” - August 2005 This report relates information on pediatric oral health to Medicaid/SCHIP program design. Six appendices cover a range of topics including benefit design, EPSDT requirements, use of public- private partnerships to expand access, options in state contracting, and cost effectiveness. (Note: Items 2 and 3 below are included in this report as appendices.)

2. State options in contracting Medicaid Understanding the Connecticut Dental Medicaid Reform Proposal: State Options in Contracting Dental Care in Medicaid. March 2003 for the Connecticut Health Foundation. o Available at www.cdhp.org , click on “resources”, click on “U”, and go to title. This document considers seven key decisions states need to make when deciding whether to contract dental Medicaid to a vendor or managed care company. It provides guidance on choosing to contract out, to carve-out, to assign financial risk, to engage a single or multiple vendors, and to select, finance, and manage a plan. It concludes with “lessons learned” from a variety of states.

3. Expanding capacity of the dental safety net through contracting with private dentists Increasing Access to Dental Care Through Public/Private Partnerships: Contracting Between Private Dentists and federally Qualified Health Centers September 2003 for the Connecticut Health Foundation. o Available atwww.cdhp.org, click on the “resources”, click on “I” and go to title. This handbook and model contract provides information on how to implement contracting between FQHCs and private dentists. It has been endorsed by the American Dental Association, National Association of Community Health Centers, and thoroughly vetted with HRSA and CMS.

ISSUE BRIEFS

These briefs are located at www.cdhp.org under the “Issue Brief” tab: 1. Cost Effectiveness of Preventive Dental Services (2005) 2. Preserving the Financial Safety Net by Protecting Medicaid and SCHIP Dental Benefits (2005) 3. Keeping Health in Head Start: Lessons Learned from Dental Care (2003) 4. Understanding Dental Medicaid: Mandatory & Optional Populations and Benefits(2003) 5. Periodontal Disease Association with Poor Birth Outcomes: State of the Science & Policy Implications (2003)

Additional relevant briefs include: 1. Early Childhood Caries Trends Upward: Findings and Implications of CDC’s Oral Health Surveillance Report (at www.cdhp.org home page under “Latest News” – September) 2. Medicaid Reform: Implications for Poor Children’s Dental Care (at www.cdhp.org home page under “Latest News” – July/August)

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