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Panel urges higher pay and provider lists to expand sedation dentistry access
Summary
The Special Committee on Sedation Dentistry recommended higher reimbursement for partial procedures, raising facility fee G0330 to Medicare levels, producing a complete provider/anesthesiologist list, consumer education and incentives to recruit dentists to address a shortage of sedation dentistry for children and people with IDD.
Megan Leopold of the Kansas Legislative Research Department presented recommendations from the Special Committee on Sedation Dentistry aimed at improving access to sedation dentistry for very young children and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The committee recommended allowing reimbursement for partial services when a sedation procedure is started but stopped for medical or behavioral reasons, raising the facility fee tied to code G0330 to the Medicare rate (committee discussion…
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