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Lawmakers hear low performance on children's dental access; rebasing not in governor’s budget
Summary
Committee heard that North Dakota’s Medicaid dental rates were last rebased in 2009 and that the state ranks low on child dental access despite mid‑regional reimbursement; two bills were identified that would study dental access and add select dental coverage for Medicaid expansion members.
During an Appropriations Human Resources Division presentation, Sarah Acre said North Dakota Medicaid dental rates were last rebased in 2009 and have risen roughly 42% since that rebasing, but the state ranks 47th nationally on a child oral-evaluation performance measure.
Acre displayed a side‑by‑side chart showing performance on the periodic oral evaluation measure (children under 21 who received an evaluation) and the reimbursement rate for that single service. She told the committee that North Dakota was third in the region for reimbursement but 47th in the nation for performance on that measure and said: “I think it’s…
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