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For Those With Developmental Disabilities, Dental Needs Are Great, Good Care Elusive
Lack of access means that people with physical and cognitive disabilities have a heavier burden of dental disease.
驴Sola? 驴Ansioso? 驴Deprimido? Tal vez tu dentista puede ayudarte
Una dentista de Oakland decidi贸 incorporar una consultor铆a de salud mental en su pr谩ctica al observar que los pacientes hablaban de sus problemas de salud mental.
Lonely? Anxious? Depressed? Maybe Your Dentist Can Help
An Oakland dental clinic has started screening its patients for depression, and referring them to a mental health counselor down the hall for immediate care if necessary. The program at Asian Health Services could be replicated elsewhere, and make help for mental health problems more accessible to hard-to-reach populations.
Nonprofit Dental Insurer Under Scrutiny For 鈥楩lagrant鈥 Spending
Delta Dental of California, with more than 36 million enrollees across the country, is looking to buy a stake in a for-profit insurance company based in Oregon. Consumer advocates are calling on regulators to scrutinize the transaction, arguing that it is just the latest questionable move by the nonprofit dental insurer whose corporate practices may be out of step with its tax-exempt status.
Federal Shutdown Mostly Spares Health Coverage, But Other Issues Loom
The length of the shutdown will dictate how furloughed and unpaid workers will be affected.
Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 Ask Us Anything!
From Medicare dental coverage to drug prices to fetal tissue research, the panelists answer listeners鈥 questions. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner.
鈥楶hysicians Of The Mouth鈥? Dentists Absorb The Medical Billing Drill
Health insurance generally pays more than dental insurance, and newly minted experts say it鈥檚 legitimate to bill medical plans for services extending beyond tooth care. Medical insurers caution against inappropriate billing and fraud.
Confusi贸n deja a ni帽os de bajos ingresos en un limbo de atenci贸n de salud
Bajo la ley federal, los ni帽os son elegibles para una amplia gama de servicios, pero proveedores confundidos y los planes de salud a menudo solo consideran los pocos servicios aprobados para los adultos.
Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 Ask Us Anything!
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Joanne Kenen of Politico answer listeners鈥 questions about health policy and politics.
Readers And Tweeters Bare Their Teeth On Dental Disparities (And Other Fine Points)
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
When Is Insurance Not Really Insurance? When You Need Pricey Dental Care.
Even under a decent plan, you鈥檒l have to dig deep in your pocket for crowns, bridges and implants. The mouth isn鈥檛 covered by insurance the same way as the rest of the body, and this division has deep roots in history and tradition.
State Pay Cut For Dental Hygienists Who Serve The Poor Was Illegal, Court Finds
California officials should have obtained federal approval before they cut reimbursement rates for dental hygienists who serve frail Californians living in nursing homes and board-and-care facilities, a judge has ruled.
El estado les da a los beneficiarios de Medi-Cal algo para sonreir
En enero, m谩s de 7 millones de adultos californianos inscriptos en Medi-Cal recuperaron la cobertura para atenci贸n dental cr铆tica, incluidas coronas y dentaduras parciales.
Giving Medicaid Enrollees Something To Smile About
More than 7 million California adults enrolled in Medi-Cal regained coverage for critical dental care, including crowns and partial dentures, this month.
Frail Patients Losing Access To Dental House Calls
Dental hygienists who treat frail and elderly residents in nursing homes and other facilities are dropping out of California鈥檚 publicly funded dental program for the poor because of recent changes that cut their pay and create more administrative hurdles.
Abre la boca y di “ahhh”: los dentistas tratan cada vez a ni帽os m谩s peque帽os
Asociaciones de odont贸logos recomiendan que los ni帽os peque帽os vayan al dentista antes de cumplir el a帽o, o cuando se asoma el primer diente, para evitar un futuro lleno de caries.
Open Your Mouth And Say Goo-Goo: Dentists Treating Ever-Younger Patients
A shift in dental guidelines encourages first dental visits for infants as young as 6 months, or when the first baby teeth emerge. That makes some dentists uncomfortable.
Dentists Work To Ease Patients’ Pain With Fewer Opioids
Dentistry is at a crossroads and many in the field are reassessing their narcotics prescribing habits.
Grupo lucha para que el Medicare cubra atenci贸n dental completa
Un grupo formado por miembros de la industria de la salud oral, m茅dicos y ex funcionarios federales, se unieron con una meta que tambi茅n es un desaf铆o de salud p煤blica: lograr que el Medicare cubra ampliamente servicios de salud dental.
Dentistry Advocates Aim To Fill Medicare Gaps
Brushing aside a political climate that favors federal cuts in health care spending, advocates for oral health are pushing to expand Medicare to provide America鈥檚 elderly with dental benefits.
