Medicaid Dental Benefits town hall meetings

“DentaQuest will hold two Town Hall Meetings on Wednesday, June 17 at the Colorado Dental Association, 8301 E Prentice Ave, Suite 400, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. The Medicaid Child Benefit will be discussed from 9–11am. The Medicaid Adult Benefit will be discussed from 1–3 pm. For those unable to attend the meetings please dial 888.977.4700 and enter Access Id 65786.

Additional Updates:

• Please be advised that the key work used for Assistant Surgeons will be revised to “Lark” starting July1, 2015. Please look for this forthcoming revision in the ORM. 
• The deadline to submit the manual claims for the 2% rate increase is May 29, 2015. Please make every effort to comply with this deadline.” [Source: DentaQuest]

Senior Dental Advisory Committee Update – revised grant program rules

“Click here to view the draft of the Senior Dental Grant program rules. For those interested in attending there will be a rule review meeting on December 22nd and then the Medical Services Board will meet on January 9th. More information on the rule review meeting and the Medical Services Board can be found on our website. If you have any additional questions, comments, or feedback please contact Nancy Dolson at Nancy.Dolson@state.co.us.” [Source: HCPF]

HCPF updates children's dental benefits

“The final version of the Dental Services for Children rule, which outlines the revised children’s dental benefit, passed its final reading for permanent adoption at the Medical Services Board (MSB) meeting on October 10, 2014 and will be effective on November 30, 2014. The final version will be made available on the Code of Colorado Regulations website, scroll to section 8.201 of the rule. The final rule includes many of the provisions that the Department worked out through its stakeholder collaborative process and the rule making process.

The DentaQuest Medicaid Dental Provider Office Reference Manual (ORM) will also be updated to reflect the revised children’s dental benefits and published within the coming weeks on the DentaQuest Colorado Providers website. Until the new rule takes effect at the end of November, the Department and DentaQuest are continuing to administer the children’s dental benefit as we were prior to July 1, 2014. The Department would like to thank all the dental providers, community members and advocates who assisted the Department in revising its children’s dental policies.” [Source: COPrevent]