Health Share of Oregon, a coordinated care organization, will begin offering Oregon Health Plan members a choice of eight dental plans beginning in January 2014.
Health Share is contracting with the following dental care plans:
- Access Dental Care
- Capitol Dental Care
- CareOregon Dental
- Family Dental Care
- Kaiser Permanente Dental
- Managed Dental Care of Oregon
- ODS Community Health Dental Plan
- Willamette Dental Group
Health Share will also add Advantage Dental in the future.
While integrating the dental care system into physical and mental healthcare includes logistical challenges, such as merging diagnostic codes, addressing dental care is critical to Health Share's mandate to achieve better access to healthcare and better health outcomes delivered at a lower cost.
"It's just too important to wait," said Janet L. Meyer, CEO of Health Share.
