{"id":107,"date":"2022-11-27T15:13:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T15:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nekdental.com\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2024-03-22T08:00:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T08:00:49","slug":"emergency-voucher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nekdental.com\/?page_id=107","title":{"rendered":"Emergency (formerly voucher program) for Medicaid Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#eccba2\">If your Medicaid or Green Mountain Care dental benefits are exhausted (or nearly used up) for the current calendar year, you can usually still receive emergency dental treatment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You no longer need to obtain a voucher for emergency treatment!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#eccba2\">If you are having pain or infection, you generally will qualify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background-color has-text-color\">Only certain dental procedures are covered. Most commonly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>*Extraction (removal) of a tooth (or multiple teeth)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emergency examination and associated x-ray<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Temporary filling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pulpotomy or Pulpectomy <em>(removal of the nerve of the tooth to relieve pain and stabilize it, usually prior to a future root canal procedure)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-elements-a6cc842295fc25d52d63220117467c26 has-link-color\">If you are not signed up with Vermont Medicaid, but you think you may qualify, you can start an application at: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-1 wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-primary-color has-tertiary-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/info.healthconnect.vermont.gov\/\">Vermont Health Connect (outside link)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need further assistance or have special circumstances, contact an Economic Services Division office:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-secondary-color has-tertiary-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/dcf.vermont.gov\/esd\/contact\/districts\" style=\"border-radius:20px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ESD Regional Offices (at vermont.gov website)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>District offices are open 7:45AM to 4:30PM, Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The closest ESD location to NEK Dental is the Newport District Office at: 100 Main Street, Suite 240, Newport, VT 05855<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To the south is the St. Johnsbury District Office at: 1016 US Route 5, Suite 03, St. Johnsbury, Vermont 05819<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your Medicaid or Green Mountain Care dental benefits are exhausted (or nearly used up) for the current calendar year, you can usually still receive emergency dental treatment. You no longer need to obtain a voucher for emergency treatment! If you are having pain or infection, you generally will qualify. Only certain dental procedures are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":101,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nekdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nekdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nekdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nekdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nekdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.nekdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419,"href":"https:\/\/www.nekdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions\/419"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nekdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nekdental.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}