TAM Patient or Case Worker Guide
We are a UofU Dental Affiliate Provider
*Please Note: TAM Dental Benefits have to be activated to start treatment. The TAM benefits will show available on the state medicaid site, but they have to be activated to commence the typical 1 year of benefits. Follow the steps below to activate available benefits:
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*If the patient is unable to fill out the New Patient Forms we can assist in filling out new patient forms with them (bring medication lists) during our patient interview.
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Waiting For the State
Typically the State activates the available TAM benefits within days, but in some cases it may take weeks, such as over the holidays. This is out of our control, so your patience is appreciated. Once the available benefits are active the state also doesn't notify anybody, unfortunately. If you would like to put a patient on our "radar", call us, we can continuously check the state database to allow us to schedule. Once the patient's benefits go from available to active you can schedule the patient using the link below:
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What if my patient has a dental emergency that can't wait?
As mentioned, usually it is only a few days to activate the available TAM benefits, but if there is an emergency (pain/infection), we can see a patient under their active medicaid health plan. This can allow us to issue antibiotics, take basic imaging, or extract teeth only. If this is the case please call the clinic to allow us to help with the dental emergency outside of our regular scheduling.
