IB: Update on CMS Oral Health Initiative and Other Oral Health Related Items

Provides an update on the CMS Oral Health Initiative, describes an array of CMS resources available to support states in their efforts to improve the delivery of
dental and oral health services in Medicaid and CHIP, discusses how CMS policy supports dental workforce innovations, addresses the use of oral health quality measures to encourage improvement and track progress, and encourages states to adopt the use of three new risk-based dental billing codes to improve care and the use resources, Dental Sealants for 6–9 Year-Old Children at Elevated Caries Risk (SEAL-CH), Percentage of Eligibles Who Received Preventive Dental Services (PDENT-CH),