CALIFORNIA HEALTHLINE: State’s Rate Review Shows Fewer Dental Providers Take Medi-Cal Patients

CALIFORNIA HEALTHLINE: State’s Rate Review Shows Fewer Dental Providers Take Medi-Cal Patients

Jennifer Kattlove, senior director of programs at The Children’s Partnership, believes any discussion of rates should include its companion piece — access. That’s especially true of a state review of those rates, she said. “It’s missing the most important piece of information — how rates affect access,” Kattlove said. “It has been shown there’s a correlation between low rates and less access, but that’s missing from this report.

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