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Dentists seek protection to notify Medicaid patients when providers change contracts; CCOs raise communications concerns
Summary
Dentists told the committee that some dental care organizations have blocked them from contacting Medicaid patients when a provider changes contracting arrangements; the bill would extend medical‑clinic protections to dental clinics.
The committee heard competing testimony on House Bill 3923, which would extend to dental clinics a set of protections already available to medical clinics when a provider or clinic transfers members between contractors. Sponsor testimony and several independent dentists said certain dental care organizations (DCOs) have used contract language to threaten providers who inform patients about options when a provider leaves or changes affiliations.
Dr. Jim Bunn and Dr. Hussain Sheikh described cases in which dentists…
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