Update on federally qualified health maintenance organizations in providing dental care services. Council on Dental Care Programs.
The combined survey results indicate that 27 of the 99 federally qualified HMOs, as of Sept 30, 1979, offered comprehensive dental services to plan members as a supplemental benefit, usually available on an optional basis for an additional premium. The number of HMOs (and, hence, eventual dental involvement) is likely to increase for several reasons: renewed commitment by the Administration to increased financial, promotional, and technical support for the HMO program; aggressive advertising campaigns spearheaded by the federal government to raise public awareness, understanding, and acceptance of the HMO concept; increased efforts to enroll federal employees, as well as Medicare and Medicaid recipients; additional support from business and labor concerned with the escalating costs of health care; and further involvement by Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans and commercial insurance carriers.
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