[steve86]

That’s why so many don’t take Medicare or Medicaid.

But you yourself (IIRC) posted that some dentists have gotten rich seeing only pediatric Medicaid patients.

The impression I have is that they can still make money if they design the practice around government patients, but the reporting and coding requirements are onerous.

[goldstategop]

Really? Every patient has a Medicaid card. Usually, the state is billed directly for services rendered and the patient never sees a bill. It is single payer health care for the low income population.

[greeneyes]

But you yourself (IIRC) posted that some dentists have gotten rich seeing only pediatric Medicaid patients.

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I don’t recall ever saying that. Maybe you are thinking of someone else.

I think it is true that pediatric cases have a decent reimbursement rate for FQHC, but IIRC, for the average dentist in private practice, it is not.

And the rules are changing so that Pediatric Dental will no longer be profitable even for the FQHC.