{"id":11110,"date":"2025-08-14T20:47:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T20:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/?p=11110"},"modified":"2025-08-14T20:47:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T20:47:40","slug":"new-taskforce-report-bridging-gaps-in-wa-oral-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/2025\/08\/14\/new-taskforce-report-bridging-gaps-in-wa-oral-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"New Taskforce Report: Bridging Gaps in WA Oral Health Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/irp.cdn-website.com\/2bdc0eba\/files\/uploaded\/Oral-Health-Equity-Task-Force-Report-WA-2025.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-11111\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-14-at-1.44.25-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"Thumbnail of Oral Health taskforce report\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>After surveying more than 100 community health and service providers, the Task Force found the biggest challenges are financial barriers, lack of insurance and\/or insurance limitations, and a shortage of providers in rural areas. Providers called for higher Medicaid reimbursement rates, a stronger, more diverse dental workforce, and expanded community outreach to build trust and improve access.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/irp.cdn-website.com\/2bdc0eba\/files\/uploaded\/Oral-Health-Equity-Task-Force-Report-WA-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full report here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[342],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wohw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11110"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11113,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11110\/revisions\/11113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}