Oral
Health Resources
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Robert E.
Barsley, DDS,
J.D.
Director, Oral
Health Resources
Program
Professor
LSUHSC School
of Dentistry
Dental Health
Resources
Program, Box 510
1100 Florida
Avenue
New Orleans, LA
70119
Phone:
504-941-8206
Medicaid:
504-941-8209
Email: rbarsl@lsuhsc.edu
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The LSUHSC School of
Dentistry (LSUSD)
Department of Oral
Health Resources, in
partnership with the
Louisiana Department of
Health and Hospitals
(DHH), has three ongoing
initiatives to improve
the oral health of all
Louisiana citizens.
Beginning in the early
1980s, DHH turned to
LSUSD for advice and
assistance in operating
the state's Dental
Medicaid Program.
Faculty members
contributed their
expertise in developing
the benefits and
guidelines of dental
care offered to eligible
recipients. Over the
years this relationship
has matured into a
contract under which
Dental Health Resources'
dental consultants
oversee Medicaid prior
approvals and contribute
to the policy decisions
and oversight of the
Dental Medicaid program
that today serves nearly
200,000 of the over
500,000 eligible
recipients annually.
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