Why don't pediatric dentist accept Traditional Medicaid as payment?

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

I also would like to know why pediatric dentist do not treat children with special needs if they do accept the medicaid , every time i ask do they treat children with epilepsy they get scared and refer you to a children's hospital setting? Not all of the children's hospitals have trained and qualified dentist to serve your child's needs, i found this out the hard way after years of taking my daughter to their dentistry only to find out by another dentist that she had 18 cavities in her mouth that was not addressed by them properly. All they have are interns and some of them are there just to fill in space , they could care less about your child's dental needs.
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Medicaid is an insurance that takes 6 months up to a year to finally pay out and everyone that accepts it has to keep submitting claim form after claim form in the hopes of getting paid. So many doctors like to avoid this insurance whenever possible. Now I think that if your child has a serious medical condition, a Dentist feels better that your child is in a hospital setting, in case something goes awry. You would have to rush your child from a Dentist's office to get proper treatment because he/she is NOT equipped to help your child in an emergency situation. What if she is having a seizure before she leaves the Dentist office? What do you do? What do you want the Dentist office to do? It is NOT because they don't want to care for your child's teeth. Try calling around to some Orthodontist (who use more of a medical setting) and see who can better treat your daughter.
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