A Tuesday night meeting at the LSU School of Dentistry that is scheduled to be the target of a protest won?t be what demonstrators have been led to believe. A release is urging people to use the Department of Health and Hospitals forum to protest the closing of the state-run Southeast Louisiana Hospital, a psychiatric facility in Mandeville.
But the meeting?s purpose is ?dental, not mental,? according to a statement from the dental school.
The session at 11000 Florida Ave., which is to start at 6:30 p.m., was set up to discuss a change in dental services for some Medicaid recipients, department spokeswoman Meaghan Speakes said.
Starting in the fall, she said, DHH will include coverage of dental care for Louisianians enrolled in these Medicaid plans: Amerigroup, LaCare and Louisiana Healthcare Connections.
Medicaid participants in the other two plans ? Community Health Solutions and United Healthcare Community Plan ? will continue receiving dental treatment in Medicaid?s fee-for-service program, Speakes said.
No one will be added to the Medicaid rolls, she said, and the change is designed to be seamless for the 900,000 participants statewide.
In addition to providing information about dental care, Speakes said DHH representatives will be on hand to field questions.
Protest organizers did not return calls seeking comment.
Source: http://www.nola.com/health/index.ssf/2012/07/tuesday_meetings_purpose_is_de.html
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