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By Jennifer Goodrum, CDA Director of Government Relations From the Fall 2017 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association Even when the state legislature is not in session, the Capitol remains busy with post-2017-session and pre-2018-session work. This fall has been particularly busy to that end with a number of legislative interim committees and rulemaking processes affecting dentists and dental offices. …
As highlighted in the August 2017 CDA eNews, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) gave stakeholders the opportunity to comment on rules governing both the child and adult Medicaid dental benefits. The CDA submitted comments Aug. 30 on behalf of the Medicaid provider community. The topics addressed in the CDA comments include: Restrictive interpretation of the …
In the past, two conflicting sections of state law have disagreed on whether a copay or deductible associated with a dually covered patient’s primary insurance plan could be collected from Medicaid patients. If a dentist did not collect a required private plan copay, he/she could be subject to insurance fraud penalties. If a dentist did collect the required private plan …
By Carol Morrow, D.D.S., CDA President From the Summer 2017 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association On June 10, I had the honor of being inducted as the 131st president of the Colorado Dental Association. I had been thinking about this day, in one way or another, for the last 37 years. This year was my 36th Colorado Dental Association …
From the Summer 2017 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association Non-Medicaid providers may now collect copays for dual covered patients. In the past, there have been two conflicting sections of state law that disagreed on whether a co-pay or deductible associated with a dually covered patient’s primary insurance plan can be collected from Medicaid patients. If a dentist did not …
The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) is looking to assess the continued need, appropriateness, and cost-effectiveness of its rules and determine whether those rules should be continued, modified, or repealed. In regard to the Colorado Medicaid dental program, for both adults and children, dentists who either love or dislike aspects of what’s covered versus not covered …
In October 2016, Medicaid (now known as Health First Colorado) announced changes to its payment methodology for orthodontic providers, which was met by many concerns within the orthodontist community. Many major issues came up, including potential rate cuts and lack of coverage for denied cases, which are highlighted in an updated bulletin issued in early April. Fortunately, the CDA was …
By Dr. Carol Morrow, CDA President-Elect From the Spring 2017 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association When you’re a rural dentist, there is one thing you don’t have to worry about: being busy. While I know this is something that would be coveted in urban areas, it does pose an entirely new set of problems. The biggest one being, how …
By Jennifer Goodrum, CDA Director of Government Relations From the Spring 2017 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association Colorado’s 2017 legislative session is in full swing and it has been an extremely busy session for dentistry. The CDA represents its members every day at the state Capitol monitoring the nearly 500 bills being considered by the state legislature this year. …
By Jennifer Goodrum, CDA Director of Government Relations From the Winter 2017 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association In 2017, budget issues will continue to be a hot topic for Colorado, as state spending continues to be heavily constrained by TABOR. Federal policy changes, especially those that impact funding for federally financed programs like Medicare, Medicaid, CHP+ and the state …
