id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-023913-pnjhi8cu Foreman, Stephen Broader Considerations of Medical and Dental Data Integration 2011-10-08 .txt text/plain 47663 2231 44 So while there has been no shortage of effort paid to improving Medicare, the one common theme in all of the recent initiatives is that dental care has been conspicuously 1 A new study by Hedlund, Jeffcoat, Genco and Tanna funded by CIGNA of patients with Type II diabetes and periodontal disease found that medical costs of patients who received maintenance therapy were $2483.51 per year lower than patients who did not. Examples of integrated care models do exist, such as that presented by (Heuer 2007 ) involving school-linked and school-based clinics with an "innovative health infrastructure." According to Heuer, "Neighborhood Outreach Action for Health (NOAH)" is staffed by two nurse practitioners and a part-time physician to provide "primary medical services to more than 3,200 uninsured patients each year" in Scottsdale, Arizona. ./cache/cord-023913-pnjhi8cu.txt ./txt/cord-023913-pnjhi8cu.txt