Wednesday, July 05, 2006
A new state rule aspires to develop dental care for low-income children by letting dental hygienists bill Medicaid for services performed without a dentist present.
The plan would enlarge preventive dental services at schools and public health clinics, officials say, particularly in rural and underserved parts of the state.
The measure may have less impact in Dane County because hygienists at the local health department could already bill for such services and some dental clinics serve Medicaid patients
Dentists, many of whom opposed the rule, say it won't solve Wisconsin's most serious dental-care problem: more than 11,000 people, nearly 2,000 of them children, seek treatment for toothaches and other dental conditions each year in crisis rooms, the most expensive setting for care.
The plan would enlarge preventive dental services at schools and public health clinics, officials say, particularly in rural and underserved parts of the state.
The measure may have less impact in Dane County because hygienists at the local health department could already bill for such services and some dental clinics serve Medicaid patients
Dentists, many of whom opposed the rule, say it won't solve Wisconsin's most serious dental-care problem: more than 11,000 people, nearly 2,000 of them children, seek treatment for toothaches and other dental conditions each year in crisis rooms, the most expensive setting for care.
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