LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A new Arkansas law will require the Arkansas Medicaid Program to increase reimbursement rates for certain dental services.
The law looks to ensure that the underserved have the care they need and that dental providers continue accepting Medicaid by raising Medicaid reimbursement rates.
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Terry Fiddler, the executive director of Arkansas Mission of Mercy, said his organization provides free dental clinics, most recently seeing hundreds of patients who need dental care.
“The underserved individuals of Arkansas, the generational poverty,” Fiddler said. “With you and I, if we have a toothache, we go to the dentist and get taken care of. That’s not always possible for them.”…