Dec 14, 2012
Children’s Preventive Oral Health Services
Time 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location NCIOM
630 Davis Dr., Suite 100, Morrisville, NC 27560
The NCIOM Task Force on Children’s Preventive Oral Health Services was a collaborative effort between the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation, the North Carolina Division of Medical Assistance (DMA), and the Oral Health Section (OHS) of the North Carolina Division of Public Health. The NCIOM convened the task force in response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services's call for every state to develop a plan to increase the proportion of children ages 1-20 enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP who receive any preventive dental services and the proportion of children ages 6-9 who receive a dental sealant on a permanent molar tooth by 10 percentage points over 5 years.
Back to Task ForcesCo-Chairs
Mark Casey, DDS, MPH
Dental Director, Division of Medical Assistance
North Carolina Department of Human Services
Frank Courts, DDS
Chair
Physicians Advisory Group Dental Committee
Marian F. Earls, MD, FAAP
Lead Pediatric Consultant
Community Care of North Carolina
Project Director
Berkeley Yorkery, MPP
Project Director
North Carolina Institute of Medicine
In FY 2011, approximately 1 million children (ages 1-20) received Medicaid and almost 210,000 children received Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP or NC Health Choice) in North Carolina. Only 17% of Medicaid-eligible children ages 6-9 received a sealant on any of their permanent molars. Approximately 38% of children covered by NC Health Choice received a preventive dental service in FY 2011.
The task force worked with DMA to develop recommendations to meet the following goals: