The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) isn’t doing enough to stop dental disease in poor children, members of Congress said this week,

Moving money from one pot to another, the state of California managed to avoid eliminating dental coverage for some 600,000 low-income kids, newspapers reported. Gov.

California last week announced it would begin dropping children from its Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). In February, when the U.S. Congress expanded the program

The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) was among several stakeholders to testify August 6 at the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Town

Just one week after the U.S. House of Representatives voted its support for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), the U.S. Senate has followed

The U.S. House of Representatives this week passed a bill to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), including mandatory coverage for oral health.

Dentists are setting up temporary offices in schools serving disadvantaged kids around the country, according to news reports. St. Charles Parish public elementary schools in

WASHINGTON (Reuters), Sep 24 – An estimated 6.5 million U.S. children cared for through the Medicaid public health insurance program have untreated tooth decay, according

About 30% of U.S. children and adolescents were covered by government-sponsored dental insurance in 2006, up from 18% in 1996, according to a new report