Safety Net Dental Clinic Manual Ohio Department of Health Bureau of Oral Health Services Cathy Raymond, RDH, BS
Objectives: Increase awareness of the Safety Net Manual ( 1. What are the most used tools? 2. How does Ohio use the manual?
Ohio is fortunate to have a well supported and staffed state dental program
Bureau of Oral Services 1 Full time Dental Director 5.5 Full time Program staff 6 Full time Field staff
Bureau of Oral Health Services Grants for safety net dental clinics, a statewide dental case management program and school-based dental sealant programs Safety Net dental clinics- $2M Dental OPTIONS- $385,000 School-based sealant programs- $750,000
Bureau of Oral Health Services Surveys of children in Head Start and 3 rd grade 3 rd grade statewide survey- 387 schools, over 14,000 children Head Start Sentinel survey- 15 sites each year
Bureau of Oral Health Services Statewide and county-specific oral health data BSS surveys of 3 rd grade and Head Start Family Health Survey BRFSS Medicaid Hospital
Bureau of Oral Health Services Technical Assistance Needs Assessment Coalition building Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of dental interventions for communities and populations Grant writing Identifying resources for dental
Bureau of Oral Health Services Other Dental HPSA designations- over 30 designations and working on more State Dentist Loan Repayment Program- $202,000 and 6 DDS
Ohio FQHCs we have consulted with: Allen County Darke County Franklin County Hamilton County Lorain CountyPike County Richland CountySummit County
2000 through 2003 Charitable Founds. ARC (Appala- chian Regional Comm.) Ohio DD Council ODHFederal (FQHC start- ups/ expansions) Other (United Way, Community Develop. Block Grant) TOTAL Safety Net Dental Clinics $3,900,000$ 732,000$ 450,000$3,984,000$2,521,000$ 479,000 $12.1M Dental Care Case Manage- ment $2,055,000$0$ 25,000$1,284,000$0 $ 3.4M School Sealant Programs $1,146,000$0 $2,911,000$0 $ 4.1M Other (education, fl varnish) $1,082,000$0$ 50,000$ 164,000$0$ 129,000 $ 1.4M TOTAL $8.3M$ 0.7M$ 0.5M$8.3M$2.5M$0. 6M$21.0M Funding for Oral Health Programs
Collaboration between: Ohio Department of Health Indian Health Service Assoc. of State and Territorial Dental Directors Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Website “went live” in May 2003 July unique visitors May ,062 unique visitors
Chapter 2 Clinic design and construction Equipment and Supplies Staffing Needs
Chapter 3 Getting to the “Bottom Line” Managing Clinic Finances Grants and Fundraising
Chapter 4 Policies and Procedures Patient Scheduling Personnel and Human Resources Health Records and Consent for Care Billing and Collections
Chapter 5 Quality Assurance Accreditation Patient and Staff Surveys