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Dental Rate Increase Retro Effective 9/1/2025
Arkansas Medicaid·AR · Dentistry·Coding
Effective date
Sep 1, 2025
We identified it
Jul 1, 2026
Summary
Arkansas has implemented a dental rate increase effective retroactively to September 1, 2025. This policy affects dental procedure codes and requires billing teams to update reimbursement rates in their systems to reflect the new fee schedule posted on June 30, 2026.
Action Required
By July 15, 2026: Billing team must obtain the complete Arkansas dental fee schedule from the source URL and update all dental procedure codes in the billing system to reflect the new rates effective 9/1/2025. Reprocess any dental claims submitted between 9/1/2025 and 6/30/2026 that were billed at the old rate to ensure accurate reimbursement. Contact Arkansas Human Services to clarify specific code rate changes if the summary document does not provide detailed fee schedule information. Failure to update rates may result in underpayment for retroactive claims.