Dental

MassHealth extends dental benefits to kids on Family Assistance

News - Submitted by Laura at CP on September 23, 2009 - 9:54am.

As of October 1, 2009, MassHealth will extend full dental benefits to members under age 19 who receive Family Assistance premium assistance.

Needless confusion about dental coverage

Blog - March 10, 2009 - 10:55am - Keisha DeJesus - SSTAR Health Center - Fall River

One day in January, I received a frantic call from one of my clients because she couldn’t access her dental benefits. She’d already had negative experiences with MassHealth Dental in the past getting care for her daughter, who has mental challenges, and I’d been able to help her.

MassHealth Dental Resources

News - Submitted by Laura at CP on January 8, 2009 - 6:00pm.

A list of helpful referrals to help finding a dentist or oral surgeon who takes MassHealth, and resolving problems with the MassHealth dental program.

What "outreach & enrollment" actually looks like...

Blog - July 7, 2008 - 12:48pm - Brian Eno - Healthy Connections - Orange

"Outreach & enrollment" means much more than putting up posters and helping people fill out MassHealth applications. Recently, over the course of a two hour appointment, my supervisor and I counseled one household on eleven different public health insurance, subsidy and care programs. We helped them file four separate applications to five different insurance programs, putting together a patchwork of care options to cover the hole left by the loss of employer-sponsored insurance.

How is Doral Dental doing with MassHealth members?

Blog - June 16, 2008 - 10:28am - Georgia Maheras - Health Law Advocates - Boston

Doral Dental has been operating as the administrator for the MassHealth Dental Program for just over a year now - so how are they doing?

MassHealth dental changes

News - Submitted by Laura at CP on April 24, 2008 - 4:51pm.

A new flyer outlines administrative improvements.

DHCFP confirms Free Care wrap for Commonwealth Care

News - Submitted by Meg Kroeplin - ... on January 8, 2007 - 3:39pm.

UCP will cover dental and co-pays for Commonwealth Care

Oral Health Foundation offering $4M in grants

News - Submitted by kari on February 3, 2006 - 7:08pm.

Delta Dental's Oral Health Foundation is requesting proposals to increase access for the underserved.

MassHealth Dental: New Possibilities and Report on 2003 Cuts

News - Submitted by kari on September 16, 2005 - 3:15pm.

MassHealth dental services set to improve; reimbursements & eligibility to be expanded. New report documents impact of 2003 dental cuts.