healthy teeth, healthy children - a pennsylvania medical ......eve kimball, md, chapter oral health...
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A program of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Promoting
Medical Dental Collaboration Oral Health Literacy EPIC -Educating Physicians in the
Community
Healthy Teeth, Healthy Children A Pennsylvania Medical/Dental Partnership
Our Mission
The Pennsylvania Coalition for Oral Health is a statewide coalition working to improve the oral
health status of vulnerable populations in Pennsylvania.
Reform and Improve the Medicaid Administration and Payment of Oral Health Services
Strengthen the State’s Oral Health Workforce Adopt an Integrated Approach to Preventive Oral
Healthcare
Healthy Smiles Task Force Goals
• Establish a dental home for every child, starting at Age 1
• Ensure access to proper follow-up dental treatment
• Educate children, staff, and families about the importance of oral health to overall health
• Forge medical-dental collaborations that benefit children and providers in local communities
#1 Priority for Head Start: Access to Comprehensive Care in 90 Days
MCO-Head Start Liaison Project • Partnership with DPW/OMAP, Head Start programs, MCOs
• MCO Liaisons join Healthy Smiles Task Force, attend meetings
• DentaQuest Dental Benefits Administrator-Head Start Webinar
Oral health education for families/educators • “Cavity Free Kids” training (250 trainers so far)
Medical-Dental provider education • “Connect the Dots” training for Age 1 Dentistry
• Medical-dental providers understand Head Start needs
• Building medical-dental referral networks
spreading strategies for fluoride varnish application by primary care providers
ensuring oral health is part of the patient-centered medical home
convening an oral health summit to engage traditional and non-traditional stakeholders in oral health at the CHC
establishing a dental directors' committee to support oral health leadership in member centers.
AND MORE
Cornerstone Care formally created the
Greene County Oral Health Task Force
Temple Kornberg School of Dentistry
AmeriHealth Caritas Seminars
Wright Center - Program Director,
Olapeju Simoyan, MD, MPH, BDS
Others
HTHC Medical Dental Collaboration
2 approaches
Work group that is surveying medical residency programs to assess oral health education
Members of work group will meet with individual program directors
Explain available options such as EPIC, PACT, SFL
AND
Education of primary care providers
EPIC – Educating Physicians in the Community
Developed by the PA Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics to accelerate change in a variety of pediatric clinic areas
Peer professionals visit PCP offices
Provide clinical information, practical tools and supporting resources
Obesity – 74 presentations per year, impacts over 300,000 children. Breastfeeding – 400 PCPs trained
Y ou and your office staff can prevent pediatric
tooth decay!
Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is the most common pediatric infectious disease.
Schedule your FREE on-site
presentation:
√ This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM
√ Fluoride Varnish Information √ On-site presentation for the prevention of cavities in patients under age 5
Learning Objectives
Understand Etiology and Progression of Early Childhood Caries
Provide Anticipatory Guidance to Parents or Caregivers
Perform Oral Health Risk Assessment
Understand the role of fluoride in prevention of decay
Apply Fluoride Varnish to children
Integrate oral healthcare practices into your office
Early referral to dental home
Healthy Teeth Healthy Children has provided on
site presentations to 31 PCP offices from 11/2012 – 8/2013
Offered a full day conference in October that
reached 175 participants from 11 offices
217 primary care providers have been educated through individual site visits, Grand Rounds, and
conferences to perform oral screening, risk assessment, referral and fluoride varnish
application
Results of EPIC trainings Evaluation process – ongoing
Three-month and six-month telephone interviews to follow-up
Out of the 38 practices that participated in a presentation in oral health during the first eight months of trainings, 35 of these practices participated in the interviews.
17 out of the 35 practices were implementing at three-months post presentation for a 48.5% implementation rate.
60% implementation rate at six-month follow up
DPW data shows an increase in claims submission for D1206
Ultimate medical dental collaboration
Medical and Dental Professionals as presenters
Pediatric dentists who will provide on-site technical assistance to medical offices
MCO contacts
COHAs
Eve Kimball, MD, Chapter Oral Health Advocate –
610-463-8775, [email protected]
Thomas J. Maroon, MD, Chapter Oral Health Advocate – 724- 832-0850, [email protected]
Bonnie Magliochetti, Program Director
484-446-3059, [email protected]
Additional Information