A program of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Promoting

Medical Dental Collaboration Oral Health Literacy EPIC -Educating Physicians in the

Community

Healthy Teeth, Healthy Children A Pennsylvania Medical/Dental Partnership

Our Mission

The Pennsylvania Coalition for Oral Health is a statewide coalition working to improve the oral

health status of vulnerable populations in Pennsylvania.

Reform and Improve the Medicaid Administration and Payment of Oral Health Services

Strengthen the State’s Oral Health Workforce Adopt an Integrated Approach to Preventive Oral

Healthcare

Healthy Smiles, Happy Children:

A Dentist for Every Child

Head Start Oral Health Initiative

Healthy Smiles Task Force Goals

• Establish a dental home for every child, starting at Age 1

• Ensure access to proper follow-up dental treatment

• Educate children, staff, and families about the importance of oral health to overall health

• Forge medical-dental collaborations that benefit children and providers in local communities

#1 Priority for Head Start: Access to Comprehensive Care in 90 Days

MCO-Head Start Liaison Project • Partnership with DPW/OMAP, Head Start programs, MCOs

• MCO Liaisons join Healthy Smiles Task Force, attend meetings

• DentaQuest Dental Benefits Administrator-Head Start Webinar

Oral health education for families/educators • “Cavity Free Kids” training (250 trainers so far)

Medical-Dental provider education • “Connect the Dots” training for Age 1 Dentistry

• Medical-dental providers understand Head Start needs

• Building medical-dental referral networks

spreading strategies for fluoride varnish application by primary care providers

ensuring oral health is part of the patient-centered medical home

convening an oral health summit to engage traditional and non-traditional stakeholders in oral health at the CHC

establishing a dental directors' committee to support oral health leadership in member centers.

AND MORE

Cornerstone Care formally created the

Greene County Oral Health Task Force

Temple Kornberg School of Dentistry

AmeriHealth Caritas Seminars

Wright Center - Program Director,

Olapeju Simoyan, MD, MPH, BDS

Others

HTHC Medical Dental Collaboration

2 approaches

Work group that is surveying medical residency programs to assess oral health education

Members of work group will meet with individual program directors

Explain available options such as EPIC, PACT, SFL

AND

Education of primary care providers

EPIC – Educating Physicians in the Community

Developed by the PA Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics to accelerate change in a variety of pediatric clinic areas

Peer professionals visit PCP offices

Provide clinical information, practical tools and supporting resources

Obesity – 74 presentations per year, impacts over 300,000 children. Breastfeeding – 400 PCPs trained

Oral Health In Your Office

Y ou and your office staff can prevent pediatric

tooth decay!

Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is the most common pediatric infectious disease.

Schedule your FREE on-site

presentation:

√ This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM

√ Fluoride Varnish Information √ On-site presentation for the prevention of cavities in patients under age 5

Learning Objectives

Understand Etiology and Progression of Early Childhood Caries

Provide Anticipatory Guidance to Parents or Caregivers

Perform Oral Health Risk Assessment

Understand the role of fluoride in prevention of decay

Apply Fluoride Varnish to children

Integrate oral healthcare practices into your office

Early referral to dental home

Healthy Teeth Healthy Children has provided on

site presentations to 31 PCP offices from 11/2012 – 8/2013

Offered a full day conference in October that

reached 175 participants from 11 offices

217 primary care providers have been educated through individual site visits, Grand Rounds, and

conferences to perform oral screening, risk assessment, referral and fluoride varnish

application

Results of EPIC trainings Evaluation process – ongoing

Three-month and six-month telephone interviews to follow-up

Out of the 38 practices that participated in a presentation in oral health during the first eight months of trainings, 35 of these practices participated in the interviews.

17 out of the 35 practices were implementing at three-months post presentation for a 48.5% implementation rate.

60% implementation rate at six-month follow up

DPW data shows an increase in claims submission for D1206

Ultimate medical dental collaboration

Medical and Dental Professionals as presenters

Pediatric dentists who will provide on-site technical assistance to medical offices

MCO contacts

COHAs

Eve Kimball, MD, Chapter Oral Health Advocate –

610-463-8775, ekimball@aacpp.com

Thomas J. Maroon, MD, Chapter Oral Health Advocate – 724- 832-0850, thomasmaroon1@gmail.com

Bonnie Magliochetti, Program Director

484-446-3059, hthc@paaap.org

Additional Information