Physician, dentist, and researcher @BrighamWomens and @Harvardmed
Joined June 2013
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Lisa Simon retweeted
29 Jan 2025
Restrictive characteristics of Medicare Advantage dental plans are associated with greater unmet dental need and financial barriers to care. ja.ma/4hfpMeX @lisathedoc
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Lisa Simon retweeted
25 Jan 2025
Restrictive characteristics of Medicare Advantage dental plans are associated with greater unmet dental need and financial barriers to care.
ja.ma/40MdWU1 @lisathedoc
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Lisa Simon retweeted
26 Dec 2024
While most Medicare Advantage (MA) plans offer dental coverage, only a small fraction provide comprehensive dental benefits, resulting in low enrollment in such plans.
ja.ma/3VRLGMS
ALT Table 1. Characteristics of Dental Benefits Offered by Medicare Advantage Plans, Quarter 4 of 2023
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Lisa Simon retweeted
31 Dec 2024
In a new @JAMA_current study, researcher @lisathedoc and colleagues uncovered poor quality of dental coverage under #MedicareAdvantage.
Read more: massgeneralbrigham.org/en/ab… doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.24…
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Lisa Simon retweeted
23 Oct 2024
Viewpoint from @lisathedoc, @ml_barnett and Zirui Son discusses the recent expansion of #Medicare to cover limited dental services for beneficiaries with specific medical conditions. ja.ma/40dWgk4
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Lisa Simon retweeted
29 Jun 2024
Viewpoint by @lisathedoc discusses how dentists could provide some primary health care services as part of an interdisciplinary team, easing the burden on clinicians. ja.ma/4cyD5ED @santafegroup
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Lisa Simon retweeted
5 Mar 2024
New research from @BrighamWomens analyzes how often Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare beneficiaries use their dental benefits. The team found comparable low rates of dental utilization between the two programs more! buff.ly/434snCn @lisathedoc @ChristopherLCai
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Lisa Simon retweeted
27 Feb 2024
People with Medicare Advantage or traditional Medicare both have low rates of dental use and higher rates of deferred care due to cost from 2010-2021. ja.ma/3UU9fox @lisathedoc @ChristopherLCai
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Lisa Simon retweeted
22 Jan 2024
It’s that time!!! Brace yourself for these….😬🪥🦷
‼️‼️‼️TOMORROW! #423 #Dental Pain, Caries, #Gingivitis, and #OralCare Tips & Tactics for Primary Care With Dr Lisa Simon
#FOAMim, #FOAMed, #health, #hospitalist
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Lisa Simon retweeted
16 Feb 2023
A recent study from BWH investigators explores how adult #oralhealth changes after people become eligible for Medicare. @lisathedoc
Study: healthaffairs.org/doi/10.137…
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Lisa Simon retweeted
6 Jan 2023
In her new Forefront article, @lisathedoc from @harvardmed discusses how @CMSGov released final rules, which included a new guarantee to cover dental services, “when that service is integral to treating a beneficiary’s medical condition". bit.ly/3CnA5v3
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Lisa Simon retweeted
1 Jan 2022
The January 2022 issue of the #AMA Journal of Ethics – Inequity Along the Medical/Dental Divide – is live!
Practical and ethical strategies for better aligning medical and dental goals of care are considered in this issue: journalofethics.ama-assn.org…
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Lisa Simon retweeted
1 Jan 2022
On this episode of #EthicsTalk, Dr @lisathedoc discusses her path from dentistry to medicine, and health journalist @mottomatic guides us through a history of oral health care in the United States: spr.ly/6016JNTpQ
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Traditional Medicare still lacks dental coverage. The federal government is now closer than ever to enacting a Medicare dental benefit. nej.md/3vwc2Wr
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31 May 2020
Register for our webinar on June 4!
29 May 2020
Join us for a webinar presenting data on the economic impact of COVID-19 on public health setting dentists, followed by a dynamic panel discussion among thought leaders in health policy and other experts in public health. More details/Registration: bit.ly/2U6LycD
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Lisa Simon retweeted
19 May 2020
#COVID19 has shuttered dental offices nationwide. Its impact could change how and where Americans access dental care - and whether they can afford it. @lisathedoc ja.ma/2LG1e1x
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29 Feb 2020
#TheHealthCareConsumersManifesto from @gordondeb is out today on @Amazon - so pleased oral health has its own chapter!
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13 May 2019
Our pilot of a dental hygienist in the hospital, now published in @AAPHDorg !
Feasibility of integrating a dental hygienist into an inpatient medical team for patients with diabetes mellitus - Journal of Public Health Dentistry onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Lisa Simon retweeted
27 Feb 2018
Read Marko Vujicic's Guest Editorial in JADA and let's start a conversation here!
Our dental care system is stuck - And here is what to do about it
bit.ly/2FokEnN
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Lisa Simon retweeted
12 Jan 2018
on the bright side i feel like 2018 went much faster than 2017
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