High Level Dental Performance Measures
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The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) publishes Fee For Service (FFS) and Dental Managed Care (DMC) performance measures quarterly on a rolling 12 month basis. This methodology enables the reports to capture data by State Fiscal Year (SFY), Federal Fiscal Year (FFY), and Calendar Year (CY). In September 2023, DHCS consolidated the reports to increase effiency. Updated reports can be found at the following web addresses: FFS Performance Measures (ca.gov) and DMC Performance Measures (ca.gov).
This report gives a high level overview of the top three dental performance measures: Annual Dental Visit, Use of Preventive Services, and Use of Sealants. Beginning SFY 2015-16, each measure is comprised of beneficiaries with 90-days continuous eligibility. Medi-Cal populations were aggregated as Geographic Managed Care (GMC), Prepaid Health Plans (PHP), DMC, FFS and Total in age groups children 0-20, 1-20 and adults 21+.
In 2022, DHCS consolidated the high-level performance measure reports into the Dental FFS and DMC Performance Measure reports for increased efficiency. The updated reports are located on the Medi-Cal Dental Reports webpage under Welfare and Institutions Code Reporting: FFS Performance Measures and DMC Performance Measures.
