As of October 1, 2009, MassHealth will extend full dental benefits to members under age 19 who receive Family Assistance premium assistance.
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.
A list of helpful referrals to help finding a dentist or oral surgeon who takes MassHealth, and resolving problems with the MassHealth dental program.
"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.
Doral Dental has been operating as the administrator for the MassHealth Dental Program for just over a year now - so how are they doing?
A new flyer outlines administrative improvements.
UCP will cover dental and co-pays for Commonwealth Care
Delta Dental's Oral Health Foundation is requesting proposals to increase access for the underserved.
MassHealth dental services set to improve; reimbursements & eligibility to be expanded. New report documents impact of 2003 dental cuts.
