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Notice of Research Justifying Additional Incentives for Certain Activities To Reduce Homelessness

SourceFederal Register (dental)Tier 1Hard News

By Housing and Urban Development Department

Originally at federalregister.gov

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Why it matters for dental

HUD is offering new financial incentives for Continuum of Care (CoC) programs to adopt proven homelessness-reduction strategies, which could expand Medicaid-funded dental services at shelters and street clinics for practices that treat unhoused patients.

Key points

  • The notice requests public comment on specific activities HUD proposes to reward with additional CoC funding.
  • Activities must be proven to reduce or prevent homelessness to qualify for incentive payments.
  • Medicaid dental providers serving CoC-funded programs may see increased patient volume or new service contracts if communities adopt the incentivized models.
  • Comments on the proposed incentives are currently being solicited; no effective date is stated.

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