Dental Business: Page 412

Calif. mulls dental benefits options under ACA
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
California should offer both standalone and supplements dental plans when it sets up its health insurance exchange as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to Daniel Davidson, DMD, president of the California Dental Association.
October 11, 2012
Appeals court hears Calif. Medi-Cal reimbursement cuts case
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A coalition of organizations that has been protesting proposed cutbacks to California's Medicaid reimbursement system continues to work to block the state from cutting Medi-Cal reimbursement rates by 10%, according to a news story on drugstorenews.com.
October 10, 2012
Dental offices inconsistent in infection-control compliance
By Rabia Mughal
U.S. dental practices need to improve their compliance with and implementation of infection-control guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a study in the current Journal of the American Dental Association.
October 10, 2012
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Texas creates Medicaid dental fraud task force
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Texas Attorney General's Office and the Office of Inspector General at the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) have formed a task force designed to target Medicaid dental fraud, according to an article in the Texas Tribune.
October 9, 2012
A closer look at the Henry Schein/Exan deal
By Titus Schleyer, DMD, PhD
The recently announced investment by Henry Schein in Exan raises some interesting possibilities for the advancement of electronic dental records and electronic health records in general, according to Dr. Titus Schleyer, director of the Center for Dental Informatics at the University of Pittsburgh.
October 9, 2012
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Dental students raise funds for Wounded Warrior Project
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Students at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry have banded together to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project by participating in Tough Mudder.
October 8, 2012
Emory to apologize for dental school discrimination
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Emory University and President James Wagner have acknowledged for the first time that Emory's now defunct dental school discriminated against Jewish students for more than 13 years, from 1948 to 1961, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
October 8, 2012
NCOHF awards SurgiTel grant to Ind. dental school
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The National Children's Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF) has awarded a $10,000 grant to the Indiana University School of Dentistry Pediatric Dentistry Department.
October 8, 2012
1-800-DENTIST report focuses on dental office managers
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
1-800-DENTIST has released "The Changing Role of the Dental Office Manager," a 20-page report analyzing in-depth responses from 800 dental managers across the U.S.
October 8, 2012
ADA endorses online course for primary care physicians
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The American Dental Association (ADA) has officially endorsed Smiles for Life, the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine's national online oral health curriculum.
October 8, 2012
WSDA supports advanced function dental auxiliary model
By Kathy Kincade
Acknowledging that "increasing momentum" and support for midlevel providers (MLPs) could make it difficult to defeat legislation supporting unsupervised MLPs, the Washington State Dental Association (WSDA) is throwing its weight behind an alternative proposal.
October 8, 2012
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Case Western to offer AEGD training for foreign students
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine has finalized an agreement with Rambam Health Care Center in Haifa, Israel, to prepare foreign graduates for Advance Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) training at Case Western Reserve.
October 7, 2012
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