Nursing Home Residents’ Poor Oral Health Drives Renewed Call for Medicare Coverage
Fragmented Medicaid coverage coupled with the lack of a dental benefit under traditional Medicare leads to poor oral health outcomes...
Medicare
Expanding Medicare to Include Dental: A Path to Better Oral Health in Nursing Facilities
Introduction This issue brief is the third in a series of papers that examine how to address barriers in access...
Research highlights inadequate dental benefits in Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage-;the privatized form of Medicare that offers benefits beyond traditional Medicare, such as dental insurance-;is gaining in popularity, but...
Coverage of Dental Services in Traditional Medicare
NOTE: This analysis was updated in November 2024 to reflect changes in the most recent Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule....
