Access plans to hire three more dentists, and patients who receive oral care at Meriter will be able to switch over to Access. The clinic will close by July 2015.
According to Meriter spokewoman Leah Huibregtse, Meriter loses around $600,000 a year through the dental clinic. Nearly all of the loss comes from sedation patients because of low Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement for their surgical services.
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