Teledentistry

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English - May 26, 2020 11:00 - 12 minutes - 8.74 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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At the end of last week, Governor Scott and the Vermont Department of Health authorized dental practices to start accepting non-emergency patients for the first time since the COVID-19 emergency began. Because of its aerosol generating procedures and the creation of droplets when performing work in mouths, dentistry has been particularly hard hit by this pandemic. Here we discuss some of the options available for remote work.

This episode features Dr. Rachel Rivard, Dental Director at Community Health in Rutland, and Dr. Joe Errante, Vice President for Network and Clinical Strategies at Northeast Delta Dental. Thank you to Northern Counties Health Care for sponsoring this special series on telehealth.

A few additional resources on this topic, taken from the Bi-State guide to telehealth implementation during COVID-19:

DentaQuest Partnership COVID-19 Response Teledentistry in COVID-19 Webinar (April 6)“Fast Track to Teledentistry” White Paper Mouthwatch COVID-19 Resource Hub Mouthwatch - Adapting Teledentistry for COVID-19 with Dr. Paul GlassmanNNOHA Collection of COVID-19 Resources NNOHA Implementing Teldentistry During COVID-19 Webinar & Resources links (May 12)ADA Billing & Coding During COVID-19 Sheet (regularly updated)Includes lists of policies by payerMemo from Northeast Delta Dental on Teledentistry & COVID-19 Northeast Delta Dental Teledentistry Presentation (4/30)Vermont Medicaid Teledentistry Reimbursement Memo