For collaborative dental hygienists who provide services to participants in a managed care organization (MCO), contact the MCO for registration requirements and coverage. Individual dental hygienists in collaborative practice must register with a group membership to receive group-level reimbursement for all dental hygiene services provided to MHCP participants. As part of this process, the MHCP requires individual National Supplier Identifiers (NPIs) and membership in one or more of these registered group providers. Calculate all services provided under collaborative practice as follows: MHCP reimburses dental services covered as part of the collaborative practice dental hygienist practice, as specified in the Laws of Minnesota, 150A.10, subsection 1a. Minnesota Statutes, 150A.10, Subdivision 1a (Collaborative Practice Authorization for Community Dental Hygienists) Individual Collaborative Practice Dental hygienists are not eligible for direct reimbursement from the MHCP. (12) prescribe self-administered hormonal contraceptives; nicotine replacement drugs; and opioid antagonists for the treatment of acute opioid overdose are classified as therapeutically equivalent under section 151.37, division 14, 15 or 16. (2) as indicated in the latest issue or supplement to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration publication “Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations”. “Replaceable Biologic” means an organic product owned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: .