Here are dental Medicaid updates to know across five states, as reported by Becker's since Oct. 1:
1. Dental benefits provider DentaQuest received dental managed care contracts from the California Department of Health Care Services.
2. Texas Health and Human Services Provider Finance released its fees for dental Medicaid codes for 2025.
3. DentaQuest is limiting the number of additional dentists in its Medicaid network in Texas.
4. The Oregon Health Authority researched why so many dentists in the state do not accept patients on Medicaid.
5. Liberty Dental Plan of California re-upped a dental managed care contract with the California Department of Health Care Services.
6. The "Live Healthy" legislative package in Florida went into effect Oct. 1, which allocates more than $30 million to raise Medicaid reimbursements for dentists.
7. Put People First! PA held a rally calling on legislators to restore adult dental benefits under Medicaid.