Report Finds Many Children With Medicaid Not Getting Required Dental Care.

The AP (1/25, Johnson) reports that three out of four children covered by Medicaid “in four states didn’t receive all required dental care over a recent two-year period, according to a federal report that recommends a government push to improve access to care.” Investigators with the HHS Office of Inspector General reviewed Medicaid dental claims for 2011 and 2012 in California, Indiana, Louisiana, and Maryland. Meredith Seife, a deputy regional inspector general who worked on the report, said, “We found a significant number of children, 28 percent, who didn’t receive any dental services over a two-year period” despite being continuously enrolled in Medicaid.