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Total Eligibles Receiving any Dental or Oral Health Service

Characteristics
Measures Not Included in PCDH Framework

Component
Not applicable

Measure Concept
Utilization: Use of any dental or oral health service

Descriptions
Enter the unduplicated number of individuals under the age of 21 with at least 90 continuous days of enrollment during the federal fiscal year who received either a "dental service" by or under the supervision of a dentist or an "oral health service" by a qualified health care practitioner who is neither a dentist nor providing services under the supervision of a dentist, based on an unduplicated paid, unpaid, or denied claim. Numerator: Unduplicated number of individuals who received either a "dental service" by or under the supervision of a dentist or an "oral health service" by a qualified health care practitioner who is neither a dentist nor providing services under the supervision of a dentist, based on an unduplicated paid, unpaid, or denied claim. An individual should be counted only once on this line regardless of how many dental services and oral health services he or she received during the reporting period. Denominator: Total unduplicated number of individuals under the age of 21 who have been continuously enrolled in Medicaid or a CHIP Medicaid expansion program for at least 90 continuous days in the federal fiscay yhear and determined to be eligible for EPSDT services, distributed by age and by basis of eligibility.

Measure or Standard
Measure

Populations
Children

Level of Measure

Data Source
Administrative enrollment and claims data

Measure Identification
CMS 416 Measures; DQA Starter Set Measures Environmental Scan (2012); NQF Environmental Scan (2012)

Developer/Steward
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Stage of Development/Use
CMS EPSDT Reporting

Measure Endorsement