Michigan’s Medicaid “ Healthy Kids Dental” Program: Assessment of the First Five Years

2. Michigan’s Medicaid “Healthy Kids Dental” Program: Assessment of the First Five Years Jed J. Jacobson, D.D.S., M.S., M.P.H. Senior Vice President, Professional Services and Chief Science Officer

3. Nationally, children on Medicaid are far less likely than their privately-insured counterparts to: • have access to and utilize dental services • have a regular source of dental care or a “dental home” • receive comprehensive follow-up if screened • only 20 to 30% receive any dental care in a year Why?

4. Healthy Kids Dental addresses two, if not all of these dentist barriers • Reimbursement levels that are perceived as insufficient • Administrative Burden • complicated and frequent prior authorizations • delays in payment • Excessive number of broken appointments • Compliance

5. In 2000, Michigan initiated the Healthy Kids Dental (HKD) program offering dental coverage to Medicaid-enrolled children in 37 of its 83 counties • Collaboration with the MDA • Pilot a “privately” administered panel program • Based upon the MIChild model

6. Healthy Kids Dental Program • Administered by the Delta Dental Plan of Michigan • Dentists paid usual Delta fees, same as for any other Delta-insured child • Child may use any participating provider • Program eligibility based on child’s county of residence

7. Healthy Kids Dental Program – continued • Standard claims administration (same as for all other Delta patients) • 100% payment (no patient co-payments) • No annual maximum

8. 37 HKD Counties

9. HKD enrollment by month, January 2001 through December 2005

10. 12-Month Enrollment and Access 41.3% 42.2% 39.9% 37.4% 34.1% 53.1% 51.4% 51.4% 50.4% 49.0%

11. Michigan Healthy Kids Dental utilization of dental care, 12 month enrollment in calendar year, by age Percent of enrolled receiving dental care Age

12. HKD, Medicaid, and Delta private utilization of dental care, 12 month enrollment in calendar year, by age Percent of enrolled receiving dental care Age

13. Participating Dentists Number of dentists and number of children receiving treatment, by year.

14. Travel Distance

15. Was 24.5 miles Was 24.5 miles Travel Distance

16. Dental Home

17. Procedures per UserandPercent of Total Cost

18. Summary • Access to dental care has continued to improve as a result of HKD. • More children and an increasing proportion of children received dental services each year. • The number of dentists providing care continues to increase.

19. Summary - continued • Children continue to access needed services from local providers close to home. • Many HKD children appear to have a dental home and be entering regular recall patterns.

20. Implications • Widely seen as an effective way to dramatically increase access to dental care for children. • It has been adopted by the American Dental Associationand the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistryas a model program for other states.

21. Healthy Kids Dental Expansion Effective May 1, 2006, the Michigan Department of Community Health expanded the Healthy Kids Dental. Delta Dental will administer HKD in an additional 22 countiesthroughout the state! This will increase the total number of counties to 59 of Michigan’s 83 counties. To help finance this expansion, changes were also made to the payment structure in 2006. Only 14.2% (12.35% of the General Dentists) opted out of the HKD in 2006.

22. 59 HKD Counties