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Blog Posts

Announcing NCOHC’s Re-Vamped Access Map

Nearly a year ago, NCOHC launched a COVID-19 oral health access map. As dental offices...
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The NCOHC Teledentistry Fund – One Year Later

Last year, soon after the COVID-19 pandemic reached the United States, those of us at...

Welcoming NCOHC’s New Program Coordinator

This month NCOHC welcomed a new Program Coordinator. As Sarah Heenan joins the team, we...
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An Economic Argument for Preventive Care

We’d like to start off this blog post with a quote from the Terry Pratchett...
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Proposed Legislation Would Formalize Teledentistry and Allow Hygienists to Administer Local Dental Anesthesia

On February 24, 2021, Senator Jim Perry and Representative Donny Lambeth filed legislation in the...
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The New HPI Report – NCOHC’s Perspective

What does “access” really mean? The American Dental Association Health Policy Institute (HPI) released a...

Envisioning Preventive Bundled Payments

Hannah Cheung is a second-year graduate student pursuing her master’s degree in Public Health, and...
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A Quick Summary of the New ADA HPI Report on Oral Health Access for Medicaid-Insured Patients

Haven’t had time to read the new HPI Report analyzing access for children and adults...

The New HPI Report: A conversation with NC Medicaid Dental Officer Dr. Mark Casey

At the beginning of the new year, the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute released...