Legal Issues: Page 55

Ariz. governor signs dental therapist bill

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Arizona has become the seventh state to allow dental therapists to practice.

May 16, 2018

Delta Dental to pay $65M to settle CDA lawsuit

By Tony Edwards

Delta Dental of California will pay a total of $65 million to more than 14,000 California dentists to settle a 2013 reimbursement lawsuit filed by the California Dental Association (CDA). The settlement was jointly announced on May 1.

May 2, 2018

Dental practice threatens to report parent for lack of care

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A pediatric dental office in Bartonsville, PA, sent a letter to a mother stating the practice may report her to that state's child protective services for not bringing her child in for follow-up care.

March 28, 2018

Legal Cases: Implant placement into the maxillary sinus

By William S. Spiegel and Marc R. Leffler, DDS

A group practice's dentists proposed a treatment plan of three implants for a 60-year-old man with missing teeth. However, after the implants were placed, an x-ray showed one of the implants projected beyond the bony floor of the patient's sinuses. As William S. Spiegel and Dr. Marc Leffler write, sometimes there is a difference between acceptable clinical practice and what a jury may see.

March 13, 2018

Court finds Calif. illegally cut pay for hygienists

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A state judge has ruled that the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) illegally reduced payments for dental hygienists who work outside of the dental office. The department oversees the state's dental Medicaid program, Denti-Cal.

March 8, 2018

FTC provides new details in case against distributors

By Theresa Pablos

On February 15, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released new details about its antitrust complaint against dentistry's three largest distributors. It also suggested nine actions it believes the companies should be required to take if they are found guilty of conspiracy.

February 15, 2018

Benevis, Kool Smiles settle with DOJ for $24M

By Tony Edwards

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $23.9 million settlement with dental management company Benevis and its Kool Smiles affiliate after a seven-year False Claims Act investigation.

January 9, 2018

Kool Smiles practice faces lawsuit after child deaths

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Two children have died after being treated at a Kool Smiles practice in Yuma, AZ, over the past two years. The practice now faces a wrongful death lawsuit concerning the death of a 4-year-old girl, and the death of a 2-year-old boy also is being investigated.

January 9, 2018

Align terminates interoperability contract with 3Shape

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Medical device company Align Technology will terminate its interoperability contract with 3Shape as of January 17, 2018.

December 19, 2017

Calif. inspects practices for imaging education violations

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The California Department of Public Health has been conducting compliance inspections of the state's dental practices to uncover instances of unlicensed dental assistants operating imaging machines, according to the California Dental Association (CDA).

December 17, 2017

CHIP not included in U.S. government funding bill

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was not included in a stopgap resolution that keeps the U.S. government funded until December 22, 2017.

December 10, 2017

U.S. House resolution may provide stopgap CHIP funding

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A U.S. House of Representatives resolution introduced on December 4 may provide short-term funding to keep both the U.S. government and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) operating.

December 4, 2017

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