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Medicaid faces an uncertain future
By Mary Otto
Medicaid enrollment is on the rise at a time when states across the U.S. are working to contain Medicaid costs by reducing reimbursement rates, limiting prescriptions, and cutting services. Oral health policymakers gathered in Washington, DC, this week to address the program's shaky future.
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Rowpar relaunches noncorrosive waterline cleaner
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Rowpar Pharmaceutical's MicroClear dental unit waterline cleaner is being relaunched after having acquired newly required Environmental Protection Agency registration in all states except California, which is pending, according to the company.
June 27, 2011
MetLife to provide U.S. military dental insurance
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
MetLife has been chosen by Tricare Management Activity to be the provider of comprehensive dental coverage to family members of uniformed services active duty personnel in the U.S., as well as members of the selected reserve and individual ready reserve and their eligible family members around the world.
June 27, 2011
Google kills personal health record service
By Cynthia Keen
Internet search giant Google put an end to its foray into healthcare by announcing the shutdown of its widely publicized Google Health personal health record service. Google said that the service is being terminated effective December 31.
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Dental assistant goes to prison for embezzling $200K
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A Northern California dental assistant has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing $203,000 from a dentist and reportedly using the money to purchase jewelry and pay for cosmetic surgery.
June 26, 2011
W.Va. program teaches kids about dental profession
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Middle school students in West Virginia recently spent a weekend learning about dentistry, courtesy of the Brush with Dentistry program at West Virginia University School of Dentistry, according to a story by WBOY-TV.
June 26, 2011
High school students go to dental camp
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A group of 28 Maine high school students are spending the week at a different kind of summer camp: the Dental Careers Exploration Camp run by the University of New England in Portland, ME, according to a story by KMOV.
June 26, 2011
Dos and don'ts for managing the referral process
By Dr. Roger P. Levin
Today we have more and more interdisciplinary dentistry and multidoctor involvement in cases. Traditional ways of doing things are insufficient.
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Minn. licensing boards may close due to gov. shutdown
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A potential government shutdown in Minnesota is threatening to close the state licensing boards, according an article by Minnesota Public Radio.
June 23, 2011
Ohio dentist sentenced for Medicaid fraud
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has announced that Jeffrey Glenn, DDS, of Cincinnati has been sentenced to five years of community control and ordered to pay restitution of $225,000, after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated theft, a third-degree felony.
June 22, 2011
3D device enables practice on virtual patients
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dental students at King's College London are practicing their skills with a new 3D virtual reality jaw device, according to an article by the BBC.
June 22, 2011
Dental Heroes: A conversation with Dr. Irvin Silverstein
By Kathy Kincade
Dr. Irvin Silverstein has spent his career working with special needs patients, mentoring students, and ensuring that underserved patients in Southern California get the dental care they need. Here he talks about one of his crowning achievements: the Student-Run Free Dental Clinic Project at the University of California, San Diego.
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