 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| n |
In
February 1999, the Dental Society of the State of New
|
|
|
York
and individual dentists and patients brought an action
|
|
in
the United States District Court against the Governor of
|
|
|
New
York State, the Acting Commissioner of Health and
|
|
|
the
Director of the Budget.
|
|
|
|
u |
The
complaint alleged that,
(the) inadequate
|
|
|
Medicaid
fee schedule discourages dentists from
|
|
|
participating
in the program and frustrates the mandate
|
|
|
of
the Medicaid law (particularly for children).
|
|
|
| n |
In
an out-of-court settlement in May 2000, an agreement
|
|
|
was
reached that called for
$573 million in increased
|
|
|
funding
over the next four years for Medicaid dental
|
|
|
fees
|
|