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Columbus County health director says county is a dental-provider shortage area; clinic sees roughly 900 children annually
Summary
Health Director Kim Smith reported that Columbus County is designated a dental health provider shortage area, that the county operates both an in-house dental clinic and a two-chair mobile unit, and that proposed state legislation (House Bill 60) could raise Medicaid dental reimbursement.
Columbus County Health Director Kim Smith told commissioners the county is listed as a dental health provider shortage area and described the county's clinic operations and funding.
Smith said North Carolina has 151 operating safety-net dental clinics; of those, 41 public-health departments maintain active dental clinics and six — including Columbus County's health department — operate both in-house and mobile units. Smith said the county has five dentists and that, by federal Health Resources &…
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