CMS Oral Health Cross-Cutting Initiative

On July 23^rd, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its first fact sheet  highlighting the CMS’s Oral Health Cross-Cutting Initiative (CCI). The Oral Health CCI, led by the CMS Chief Dental Officer, is committed to ensuring equitable access to oral health care, eliminating disparities, expanding dental service availability, and effectively engaging stakeholders. The fact sheet provides an overview of the CMS’s work to improve access to oral health services across CMS programs, including strengthening coverage for Medicare, Medicaid, and Marketplace beneficiaries, and how it’s using data to identify trends, challenges, and opportunities in oral health care.

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