New report adds emphasis to effort to get dentists to accept Medicaid

Colorado Dental Association leaders launched an initiative last month to get members to take at least Medicaid patients each. On Tuesday, a new study showed why the effort is needed desperately. The Colorado Health Institute (CHI) found in its report “More Dental Insurance: Enough Dental Care?” that eight of the state’s 64 counties have no dentist at all who is offering care and another nine counties currently have no dentist accepting Medicaid. Click here to read the full article by Ed Sealover at the Denver Business Journal.