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MCNA ensures that members have the right to access emergency dental care services consistent with the need for such services. Your office plays a vital role in ensuring Idaho Smiles members receive the dental care they need. Please click here to read more about emergency treatment.

A new version of the Idaho Smiles Provider Manual is now available. Updates are effective December 15, 2022. Please download a copy of the Provider Manual directly at https://manuals.mcna.net/idaho.

You are invited to participate in Round 3 of the nationwide study sponsored by the National Council on Disability, which is helping to drive real change for adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD)! In this last round, you will be asked to provide your input to build consensus on two major issues— Medicaid Participation and Treatment of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD). To learn more and complete the Round 3 survey, please click here.

Thank you to all dental providers who participated in last month's survey to help drive real change for adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD)! You are invited to participate in Round 2 of this national study sponsored by the National Council on Disability, which focuses on items most often noted by providers in Round 1. To learn more and complete the survey, please click here.

The HHS Office of Minority Health's National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care is offering a free, online educational program that supports the delivery of culturally and linguistically competent services. Dentists, Dental Hygienists, and any other oral health professional interested may complete this e-learning Cultural Competency Program. MCNA encourages all network providers to learn more and begin the program on the HHS website.

Join us in driving real change for adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD)! Simply complete an anonymous survey sponsored by the National Council on Disability by April 30 and be entered into a $500 Lottery for your participation. To learn more about this national effort, please click here.

MCNA has adopted new Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs). Our approved CPGs can be downloaded from MCNA's website.

To assist in addressing the COVID-19 impact on Idaho Medicaid providers, and in an effort to distribute the remaining funds as allowed by the passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, the Idaho Medicaid Provider Stabilization Funding Opportunity is opening applications to continue to support Idaho Medicaid health care providers through the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Update: October 5, 2021

Funding has been exhausted as of October 5, 2021. Medicaid is no longer accepting applications for this funding.

Please read Medicaid Information Release MA21-20 to learn more.

A simplified application process and qualifications are now available for Idaho Medicaid providers to apply for funding distributions from the Idaho Medicaid Provider Stabilization Funding Opportunity. The deadline for applications is 5:00 p.m. (MT) on June 18, 2021. Please click here to read an information release from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.

A new version of the Idaho Smiles Provider Manual is now available. Updates are effective January 1, 2021, and include 2021 CDT code and language changes. Please click here for an overview of the changes included in this version. Please download a copy of the Provider Manual directly at http://manuals.mcna.net/idaho.