Natalia I Chalmers

Biographic Data

ID6064632
NAMENatalia I Chalmers
GIVEN NAMESNatalia I
FAMILY NAMEChalmers
SIGNATURECHALMERS N I
AFFILIATIONSCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • The influence of the Covid-19 public health emergency and dental coverage on the utilization of endodontic treatment in the United States

    Open AccessLorel E Burns, Carla Shoff et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Objectives: This study aims to examine the impact of the COVID-19 public health emergency on state-level dental service utilization, focusing on endodontic care; and to understand how benefit design and coverage influence healthcare disparities in oral health. Methods: The data comes from the 2019-2021 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unredacted Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS). State-level coverage was c…

  • Pandemic-driven shift

    Open AccessBeau D Meyer, Carla Shoff et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Introduction: Untreated dental caries remains a significant public health issue, particularly among children and adolescents from low-income families, where disparities persist. The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) changed dental care practices, leading to an increased focus on minimally aerosolizing treatments such as silver diamine fluoride (SDF). This study aimed to describe the temporal changes in SDF utilization among Medicaid-enrolled…

  • Rural–urban differences in dental opioid prescribing among adolescent/young adult and adult Medicaid beneficiaries

    Open AccessCarla Shoff, Alex Sheen et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Introduction: There are ongoing concerns about opioid prescribing for surgical and non-surgical dental needs among adolescent/young adult and adult patients. Although there are known differences in the overall opioid prescription rates in rural areas compared to urban areas, the contribution of dental opioid prescriptions is still unclear. This study aims to examine the factors associated with receiving an opioid prescription following a dental v…

  • Advancing oral health policy through persuasive messaging and effective research measures

    Open AccessJacqueline M Burgette, Miroslav Vujičić et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2020

    Oral health is often excluded from broad health policy discussions, addressed only in a policy silo. There is a paucity of research to guide policymaking as it relates to oral health. In response, AcademyHealth's Oral Health Interest Group organized a meeting during the 2019 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting to promote transdisciplinary dialog on the current state of oral health policy and the steps necessary to improve the oral health of Ame…

  • Children’s Access to Dental Care Affected by Reimbursement Rates, Dentist Density, and Dentist Participation in Medicaid

    Natalia I Chalmers, Robert D ComptonARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2017References: 8

    Objectives. To assess the relation between Medicaid reimbursement rates and access to dental care services in the context of dentist density and dentist participation in Medicaid in each state. Methods. Data were from Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment reports for 2014, Medicaid reimbursement rate in 2013, dentist density in 2014, and dentist participation in Medicaid in 2014. We assessed patterns of mediation or moderation. …