Connected Smiles: Advancing Oral Health Through Federal System Interoperability

This session is part of the Interoperability & HIE Preconference Forum and additional registration is required.

Oral health remains critically underintegrated within the broader healthcare ecosystem, creating significant gaps in patient care coordination and population health insights across federal systems. This session examines the unique challenges and emerging opportunities for dental interoperability within and between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), and the Indian Health Service (IHS). Participants will explore how these federal agencies are advancing dental data exchange to improve care coordination, reduce duplicative services, and address oral health disparities in vulnerable populations. Through case studies and implementation examples, attendees will learn practical strategies for overcoming technical, regulatory, and workflow barriers to achieve seamless integration between dental and medical records across federal healthcare delivery systems.