Re: Three answers ...Community Resources for Families

[Gerald Weitz <cweitz@moscow.com>]

The present situation makes little sense. On a
further subject: Our office  has chosen through the years to deal
with the medicaid folks by simply doing the needed work. Presently, it is
to the place that we can not do it all and at levels of care that were
partially funded in the past.    Jan. and Feb. patient
visits on medicaid were 225 at our facility.  

 Presently the Moscow Community of Dentists is having meetings on
this subject.  It is not only the kids but the adult folks such as
the disabled, and Nursing home folks that have caused our buttons to be
pushed.   Some of the ideas are to allow our group to capitate
the services.  We would have to ask the legislature do draw up
"good Samaritan" coverage/laws for the provider.  Allow me
to explain.  If the benefits and restrictions on practicing under
medicaid rules and regs cause practicing  below the prevailing
standard of care, we as practitioners are held in malpractice.  Our
insurance carrier tell us that the Medicaid patient is the most likely
group to litiagate.  Hence the question is what is dental health and
at what level of care can it be practiced?  Some day, this basic
question will have to be answered for the whole of the medical
profession..  Thanks for reading this, Jerry





At 04:15 AM 04/02/2002 -0800, Jennifer Swanberg wrote:
> <<The most significant was Home and
> Family, accounting for 49% of the affect .>>
>  
> And yet we are also permitting the Community Resources for Families
> Program to be gutted statewide and entirely eliminated in the
> Moscow School District next year (even while Troy and Whitepine
> School Districts are able to locate funds for those services).
>  
> Cooperatively with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, this
> school-based program helped to stabilize families in crisis, improving
> the health and well being, safety and school readiness of young
> children at greatest risk of school failure.
>  
> Jennifer
>  
> Jennifer J. Swanberg
> P.O. Box 9571
> Moscow, Idaho 83843
>  
> jjswanberg@turbonet.com
>  
> (208) 882-6753
>  
>