On Wednesday, October 7th, 2009, the Subcommittee on Domestic Policy held a hearing titled: “Medicaid’s Efforts to Reform since the Preventable Death of Deamonte Driver: A Progress Report.” The hearing was the fourth in a series on access to pediatric dental services in Medicaid. The subcommittee has focused on this issue since the death of Deamonte Driver in February 2007 highlighted the inadequacy of dental services for Medicaid-enrolled children in Maryland.

The hearing took place in room 2154 Rayburn House Office Building at 10:00 a.m.

The witnesses scheduled to testify were:

Panel I

Katerine Iritani
Assistant Director, Health Issues
United States Government Accountability Office

Cindy Mann
Director
Center for Medicaid and State Operations

Panel II

Burton L. Edelstein, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Chair
Children’s Dental Health Project

Mary G. McIntyre, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Director
Office of Clinical Standards and Quality
Alabama Medicaid Agency

Joel Berg, D.D.S., M.S.
Chair
Department of Pediatric Dentistry
University of Washington

Frank Catalanatto, D.M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Florida College of Dentistry
Representing the American Dental Education Association

To view a webcast of the hearing, click on the link below:

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Documents and Links

• Opening Statement of Chairman Dennis Kucinich
• Prepared testimony of Ms. Cindy Mann
• Prepared testimony of Ms. Katherine Iritani
• Prepared testimony of Burton Edelstein, D.D.S., M.P.H.
• Prepared testimony of Mary McIntyre, M.D., M.P.H.
• Prepared testimony of Joel Berg, D.D.S., M.S.
• Prepared testimony of Frank Catalanatto, D.M.D.
• GAO Report - State and Local Actions Have Been Taken to Improve Children's Access to Dental Services, but Gaps Remain
• Witness List