Dental Director. The MCO must have a Dental Director who is not required to be full time, but must be sufficiently dedicated to meet the roles and responsibilities of the position. The MCO's Dental Director must be a dentist with a current, unencumbered license with the Ohio State Dental Board. The primary roles and responsibilities of the Dental Director include: Developing and leading the MCO's dental strategy to meet ODM requirements, incorporating oral health prevention and treatment into the MCO's population health efforts and the delivery of holistic, person- centered, integrated care; Developing and implementing strategies to expand member access to dental services, including recruiting and expanding the service delivery capacity of dental providers; Overseeing MCO performance on dental performance measures as specified in Appendix I, Quality Measures; Implementing an ODM-developed, unified dentist manual and prior authorization requirements; and Overseeing utilization management of dental benefits to ensure members receive timely, appropriate, and medically necessary dental care.
Dental Director. (a) Dental Contractor must have a qualified full-time individual to serve as the Dental Director for the Dental Program. The Dental Director must be currently licensed in Texas as a Doctor of Dentistry with no restrictions or other licensure limitations. The Dental Director must comply with applicable federal and state statutes and regulations.
Dental Director. The MCO must have a qualified licensed dentist to serve as the Dental Director for the dental benefit. The Dental Director, or his or her designee meeting the qualifications described above, must be available for dental utilization review decisions and must be authorized and empowered to respond to dental clinical issues, utilization review, and dental quality of care inquiries.
Dental Director. 1. The MCO must have a Dental Director who is not required to be full time, but must be sufficiently dedicated to meet the roles and responsibilities of the position.
Dental Director. A licensed Kentucky dentist who is in good standing with the Commonwealth of Kentucky and who is appointed by HMO to coordinate and monitor the Quality Management and Utilization Management Programs of HMO.
Dental Director. The term "Dental Director" shall mean that director of the Association designated by the Association as the director responsible for the overall management of the Association, who shall be a dentist duly licensed and in good standing in the State of New Jersey.
Dental Director. The Dental Director of Delta Dental serves as Delta Dental’s corporate liaison for professional matters within the dental community, including resolution of conflicts and professional review of utilization of benefits. Dentists shall promptly respond to all reasonable requests from the Dental Director (and/or from any committee impaneled or consultant employed by Delta Dental to assist the Dental Director) relating to treatment of Delta Dental subscribers and their dependents.
