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Commissioner Dyer urges county support for bill to raise dental reimbursement for Medicaid recipients
Summary
Commissioner Dyer asked Deschutes County to support House Bill 2597, a Ways and Means item directing Oregon Health Authority CCOs to reimburse dental services at a minimum rate and to consider a county letter of support drafted with health council input.
Commissioner Dyer told the board that House Bill 2597, a Ways and Means item, would direct the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations (CCOs) to reimburse dental services for medical assistance recipients at a floor rate described in the bill text.
Dyer said two recurring participants at the county health council — Gary Allen and Michael Shirtcliff — have pressed…
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