DentaQuest Newsroom and Blog (Medicaid)
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2023
May
16,
2023
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09:25 AM
America/New_York
The Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) recently awarded DentaQuest, part of Sun Life U.S. and the nation’s second largest dental benefits administrator, a four-year contract to continue as the dental benefits administrator for ...
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May
04,
2023
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10:05 AM
America/New_York
As part of its commitment to expanding access to oral health care, DentaQuest, part of Sun Life U.S., recently participated in the “Sign Up, Pay Down” joint effort to recruit more dentists for safety net dental practices in Virginia by offering compe...
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April
21,
2023
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13:03 PM
America/New_York
DentaQuest, part of Sun Life U.S., is encouraging Medicaid and CHIP enrollees to receive oral health care services as the state resumes Medicaid redeterminations and disenrollments.In response to COVID-19, the federal government established a public ...
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2022
October
31,
2022
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10:47 AM
America/New_York
As part of its mission to improve the oral health of all, DentaQuest is expanding access to dental care in three Florida Panhandle counties, all designated as dental health professional shortage areas (HPSAs). Current data shows the region has 25% l...
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March
16,
2022
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12:09 PM
America/New_York
The National Commission on Disability (NCD) recently issued a report titled “Medicaid Oral Health Coverage for Adults with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities – A Fiscal Analysis” to President Biden. The report highlights the proven link betwee...
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February
01,
2022
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03:21 AM
America/New_York
DentaQuest to Continue Management of Oral Care for Florida Healthy Kids Enrollees Under New Contract
Florida Healthy Kids recently awarded DentaQuest a contract to continue providing dental managed care to enrollees in the state’s CHIP program. DentaQuest has been a partner to the State of Florida since the Healthy Kids program began 20 years ago, m...
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2021
July
01,
2021
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11:12 AM
America/New_York
Low-income adults who receive Medicaid coverage can now obtain routine oral health care, thanks to a new law in Virginia that funds an oral health benefit for adults. Prior to today, the state Medicaid program only covered emergency oral health servi...
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May
10,
2021
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09:04 AM
America/New_York
Helping a man find a home.Connecting a single parent with care for their child. Assisting a young woman with transportation after her car broke down.These things may not sound like the purview of an oral health care company, but for DentaQuest’s case...
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April
15,
2021
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08:58 AM
America/New_York
As part of National Minority Health Month — a time in which we also recognize Black Maternal Health Week (April 11 – 17) — it’s important to elevate awareness about maternal health disparities and the role oral health providers can play in mitigating...
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February
01,
2021
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09:00 AM
America/New_York
The Louisiana Department of Health recently awarded a three-year contract to DentaQuest, the nation’s largest and most experienced Medicaid benefits administrator, as one of two dental managed care providers for Medicaid-enrolled adults and children ...
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January
28,
2021
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12:56 PM
America/New_York
Suprena Crawford knows how difficult it can be for some patients to start their journeys to better oral health. She learned that for 19 years as a dental hygienist. And she’s continuing to learn it in her role as a DentaQuest member outreach coordina...
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2020
December
15,
2020
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10:25 AM
America/New_York
The COVID-19 pandemic, rightfully so, has captured intense global attention since it began early in 2020. It has claimed more than 1.5 million lives, devasted families and turned global economies upside down.Meanwhile, another health crisis — the ong...
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November
18,
2020
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09:00 AM
America/New_York
A report released today by the DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement reveals that far fewer opioid prescriptions were written to TennCare dental patients in 2019 than 2017, indicating a policy change made by TennCare to reduce the number...
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November
17,
2020
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11:37 AM
America/New_York
As the dust begins to settle on a long and tumultuous year — one that has included a global pandemic and a tense presidential election — oral health advocates are looking ahead to 2021 with a sense of cautious optimism.“We’re at a precipice right now...
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June
25,
2020
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09:17 AM
America/New_York
The DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement (DentaQuest Partnership) today released a report highlighting the results of a national survey of more than 37,000 predominantly Medicaid dental providers — the first research of its kind focused...
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May
14,
2020
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08:41 AM
America/New_York
Protecting the Progress Made Expanding Medicaid Adult Dental Benefits
A key area of focus for the DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement is the expansion of Medicaid and Medicare adult dental benefits.
To that end, we join the O...
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February
10,
2020
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09:01 AM
America/New_York
“For the first time in New Hampshire history, we are taking steps to create access to quality oral health care for adults with disabilities on Medicaid and other Medicaid recipients. Dental health is directly tied to overall physical health.”
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January
27,
2020
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09:26 AM
America/New_York
Texas Health and Human Services recently awarded DentaQuest a contract to continue providing dental managed care to enrollees in Texas Medicaid and CHIP programs. DentaQuest has been a partner to the State of Texas since 2012, providing Medicaid and ...
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2019
December
19,
2019
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10:03 AM
America/New_York
As public awareness grows about the importance of oral health, so has the political will to implement new or restore previously eliminated dental coverage for adults.
Advocates in many states have been successful in securing benefits for the...
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December
11,
2019
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10:02 AM
America/New_York
Nationally, Medicaid programs provide crucial access to dental and oral health services. Yet, as these benefits are not federally mandated, coverage is not standard state-by-state.
Although required to provide dental benefits for children covered ...
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December
05,
2019
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08:41 AM
America/New_York
For those paying attention to health care legislation, 2019 included continued debate over Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion. Efforts to implement restrictive eligibility policies, such as minimum work requirements, continue. News coverage...
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September
23,
2019
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09:45 AM
America/New_York
Half of patients are concerned about their oral health, making it the top health concern over heart, eye, digestive, mental, and skin health.
3 in 4 Americans face barriers to dental care – chiefly cost and lack of insurance – yet dentists, physic...
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September
23,
2019
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09:00 AM
America/New_York
Our current oral health care system is failing millions of Americans. And it’s my business to understand this. At DentaQuest, we look for problems, work to understand why they exist, and then do our best to develop and implement solutions – that’...
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September
16,
2019
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09:16 AM
America/New_York
As a white woman – well educated, well off, and living in the Boston area – I have only experienced the inequities of our healthcare system once, and it was on behalf of our African-American son.
Eleven years ago, our fourth child joined our f...
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September
09,
2019
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09:19 AM
America/New_York
Early in my career, I came to work as General Counsel for a company that would become DentaQuest.
Not long after, a state Medicaid director invited me to volunteer at a Missions of Mercy event in Appalachia – a charity event that offered free ...
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September
05,
2019
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13:23 PM
America/New_York
Evidence of the important link between oral health and overall health continues to grow, pointing to positive results related to integrated oral health and primary care visits for pediatric patients. Yet, a new evaluation of Medicaid claims data ...
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August
12,
2019
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09:56 AM
America/New_York
Among Medicaid patients prescribed opioids for acute pain management, more than half were to treat orthopedic and dental-related pain. What’s more, Medicaid patients who sought treatment for acute pain management were more likely to receive an opioid...
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June
25,
2019
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09:32 AM
America/New_York
For too long, the United States has viewed the way we receive and pay for oral care as being completely separate from the way we prevent and treat our overall health needs. Like behavioral health before it, oral health has been neglected and silo...
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May
16,
2019
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09:07 AM
America/New_York
Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and the Senate Special Committee on Aging recently introduced the Medicare and Medicaid Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2019, S.1423. This represents another milestone in recent efforts to underscore the need for i...
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2018
December
11,
2018
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11:31 AM
America/New_York
DentaQuest, the nation’s leading purpose-driven oral health company, today announced it has entered into a first-of-its-kind agreement in Texas to administer a contract under the state’s Medicaid program using a value-based care and payment model.
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