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Nebraska hearing: Dentists and parents push for 12.5% Medicaid dental rate increase in LB 146
Summary
Dental providers, parents and dental-hygiene groups told the Appropriations Committee that a 12.5% Medicaid rate increase in LB 146 would expand access, citing 90 new dentists enrolled and fewer ED visits after last year’s increase; proponents said the change would reduce downstream medical costs and improve rural access.
A coalition of pediatric dentists, dental associations and parents urged the Nebraska Appropriations Committee to advance LB 146, a bill to raise Medicaid reimbursement for dental services by 12.5%. Witnesses said last year’s partial increase produced measurable access gains — and that another boost is needed to sustain and expand those gains.
Jessica Meeske, president of the Nebraska Dental Association and a practicing pediatric dentist, told the committee that after a July 1 rate increase last year 90 new dentists enrolled in the Medicaid program and roughly 16,000 additional patient visits…
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