Action Plan Focus Area: Policy & Advocacy
Chairpersons: Karen Cody Carlson
For More Information or to Join this Action Team: kcodycarlson@dentalaid.org
The Policy and Advocacy topic area includes outcomes directed at public or private policies that need to be established or advocated for in order to positively impact access to or delivery of oral health care services. This topic area has overarching impact on all five actions in the National Call to Action and the Healthy People 2010 objectives.
The priority outcomes for the Policy & Advocacy focus area include the following:
- Advocate for changing the Dental Practice Act regarding licensing Registered Dental Hygienists and foreign-trained dentists.
- Improve reimbursement to oral health care providers, from private and public-funded sectors, for all services.
- Coordinate dental insurance plans with health insurance plans.
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