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Doral Secures Subcontract to Administer Statewide Medicaid Dental Program in Massachusetts -- 10/9/2006

(Mequon, WI) – Doral Dental USA, one of the largest multistate-administrators of government dental benefits in the country, currently serving more than 7 million members in 18 states and the District of Columbia, announced that it has received the subcontract to administer the Massachusetts Medicaid dental program. The Massachusetts Medicaid program, called MassHealth, is state managed and covers both children and adults.

Doral secured the subcontract from Dental Service of Massachusetts (DSM), which was selected by the state to implement the MassHealth program for a three year period, with options to renew up to a total of six years. Under the subcontract with DSM, Doral will perform claims processing, dental provider network development, provider and member relations and utilization management services.
“DSM is honored that Massachusetts has selected us to administer its Medicaid dental program,” said Kathy O’Loughlin, President and CEO of Dental Services of Massachusetts. “We are looking forward to working with Doral, which is nationally recognized as a leader in expanding access to oral health care for low-income citizens.”
There are currently 1,000,000 children and adults enrolled in MassHealth. After completing a four-month implementation period, Doral will begin administering the MassHealth dental program on December 1, 2006.
“Since our founding in 1993, Doral has focused on affordably and efficiently administering dental benefit programs that expand access to high quality care for low-income Americans enrolled in public programs.” said Doral President Steven J. Pollock.
Doral recently won the contracts to administer the managed care-based statewide dental programs in Georgia and Ohio. It also holds contracts secured directly with the states of Tennessee and Virginia to administer dental benefits programs there.
In addition to Massachusetts, Doral Dental USA conducts business in Arizona, California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin. Doral Dental USA is a subsidiary of DentaQuest, Inc. As one of the nation’s largest benefits administrators exclusively focused on managing dental benefits, DentaQuest is uniquely committed to improving the oral health of all our constituents. Through commercial and government programs, DentaQuest now manages dental benefits for more than nine million members throughout the United States.

For more information on Doral Dental, DentaQuest and the effort to improve oral health nationwide, contact Doral at 262.834.3525.

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