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NCD-22-02: Incentivizing Oral Healthcare Providers to Treat Patients with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

Closed Closed November 22, 2021 Opportunity NCD-22-02 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$100,000
• Award floor$100,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

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Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

• Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

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• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

Background and Statement of Problem A significant oral health disparity exists for people with I/DD. Studies have shown that adults with developmental disabilities are at risk for multiple health problems including poor oral health. Further, in 2002, the U.S. Surgeon General reported that, compared with other populations, “adults, adolescents, and children with [intellectual disability (sic)] experience poorer health and more difficulty in finding, getting to, and paying for appropriate health care.” This disparity has made people with I/DD more likely to have poor oral hygiene, periodontal disease and untreated dental caries than members of the general population. Equally noteworthy is the comprehensible frustration and sense of injustice this disparity creates, a disparity created in part by an insufficient number of oral healthcare providers willing to treat patients with I/DD through Medicaid. Approximately 60 percent of people in the United States with I/DD rely on Medicaid for their health insurance coverage; and effective coverage is no doubt dependent on a sufficient number of providers willing to participate in the program and provide preventive treatment to patients with I/DD. There were about two million annual emergency department visits in the United States for nontraumatic dental problems, representing 1.5% of all emergency department visits, as of 2015. People with I/DD tend to have higher rates of emergency department visits when compared with people that do not have I/DD. Increasing the number of providers participating in Medicaid programs that provide preventive oral healthcare services to patients with I/DD decreases the need of this patient population to take the more arduous route of obtaining oral healthcare in emergency departments. Since 2017, NCD has focused on achieving improved access to oral healthcare for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Through analysis conducted by NCD preceding this project, NCD found that there would be a return-on-investment for states that do not currently provide non-emergency Medicaid oral healthcare coverage for people with I/DD through healthcare cost savings that would largely exceed the cost of providing preventive services through Medicaid. In 2017, with publication of its policy brief, Neglected for Too Long: Dental Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, NCD outlined areas through which access to improved oral health can be achieved.

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