Medicaid/SCHIP

Medicaid/SCHIP Dental Association (MSDA)

MSDA is a new organization formed by the Medicaid and State Children Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) dental program representatives to serve as a more effective voice for the delivery of oral health care to the Medicaid population.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

This federal agency administers the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP programs. There are links to dental coverage information for all three programs, easiest to access by searching on the word "dental". The following guide is available to download:

Guide to Children's Dental Care in Medicaid. 2004

Includes policy and program considerations as well as issues related to contemporary dental practice.

Children's Dental Health Project Fact Sheets

Barriers to Medicaid Dental Care Medicaid & SCHIP Dental Programs

Cost Effectiveness of Preventive Dental Services

2005. CDHP policy brief, highlighting the need and rationale for children's dental services to remain in the Medicaid program.

Crall, JJ. Children's Oral Health Services: Organization and Financing Considerations

Ambul Pediatr. 2:148-153, 2002. This article provides an overview of the structure, organization and financing of dental services in the US.

Dental Benefits in the Medicaid/CHP+ Streamlining HIFA Waiver. 2005.

Under contract with the State of Colorado, CDHP developed this document for states that are considering Medicaid reform under the federal waiver process (Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability Program).

Does Flexibility Spell Loss of Dental Benefits? 2005.

How proposed Congressional changes to EPSDT will impact "special" populations. CDHP Special Medicaid Report.

EPSDT Periodicity Schedules and Their Relation to Pediatric Oral Health Standards in Head Start and Early Head Start.

This technical issue brief provides a historical overview and analysis of this issue.

Medicaid Reform: Implications for Poor Children's Dental Care. CDHP. 2005

This is a series of regular updates, beginning in July 2005, providing detailed reports on actions taken by Federal and State Governments as they may affect access to dental care for low-income children.

Opportunities to Use Medicaid in Support of Oral Health Services

This valuable document is available online at the above link.

Pediatric Dental Care in SCHIP and Medicaid: Paying for What Kids Need, Getting Value for State Payments.

Milbank Memorial Fund/Reforming States Group 1999 report.

The CMS Form-416 Report: Understanding its Use in Assessing Dental Care Utilization in Medicaid's Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) Service for Children.

This technical issue brief provides an overview of the origins, construction and revisions of this form, the most common source of data on children's utilization of dental services in Medicaid.

Vargas CM, Isman RE, Crall JJ. Comparison of children's medical and dental insurance coverage by sociodemographic characteristics, US, 1995.

J Public Health Dent. 62:1 38-44, 2002.