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CDA Presents 2018: 5 things to know before starting your 1st practice

By Theresa Pablos

If running your very own dental practice is your dream, there are a few things you should know before getting started. Experts discussed financing, building, and staffing your first practice at the California Dental Association's recent CDA Presents meeting in San Francisco.

September 11, 2018

Should dental insurance have mandated medical loss ratios?

By Lori Roniger

The Affordable Care Act requires that health plans spend a certain amount of premium dollars on medical care and quality improvement, but this hasn't been mandated for most dental plans. A new study looked at such medical loss ratios for dental insurance and found that many consumers may not be receiving a good value.

September 10, 2018

Associate pay, ownership lead small-group formation issues

By Tony Edwards

Whether you are an associate in a practice that is being acquired or the doctor who is launching a small-group practice, two of the main issues to be negotiated are compensation and ownership. DrBicuspid.com spoke with a lawyer experienced with small-group formations to provide some insight into these matters.

September 5, 2018

Dental distributors move to settle 2016 antitrust litigation

By Tony Edwards

Benco Dental has announced the settlement in principle of a 2016 antitrust lawsuit that alleged price-fixing. The other defendants in the lawsuit, Henry Schein and Patterson Companies, stated separately that they have set aside millions of dollars in anticipation of the case being settled.

August 29, 2018

Appeals court vacates part of patent claim against Align

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Align Technology has announced that a U.S. appeals court has vacated parts of a patent decision that invalidated a claim against one of its patents for clear aligners.

August 23, 2018

Independent contractor or employee: What's the difference?

By William Barrett and Casey Gocel

It's a vexing question for practice owners: Is the new dentist joining your practice an independent contractor or an employee? The question isn't an academic one, as getting it wrong can result in severe financial penalties. William Barrett and Casey Gocel of the law firm Mandelbaum Salsburg illustrate the differences.

August 6, 2018

Dentists, physicians join for 2020 Calif. soda tax measure

By Tony Edwards

A law was passed in California on June 28 that bans cities and counties from imposing new soda taxes for more than a decade. Now two large healthcare provider organizations have teamed up to file a 2020 ballot measure to levy a statewide tax on sugar-sweetened drinks.

July 5, 2018

Legal Cases: Seizure-like event in dental chair followed by death

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

In their latest Legal Cases column, William S. Spiegel and Dr. Marc Leffler present a case in which a patient having two teeth extracted had a seizure in the chair and later died. Complicating matters was that the treating dentist had received his license only a week earlier. Read on to learn how the case was resolved and what you can do to help your practice.

July 4, 2018

U.S. House overwhelmingly passes opioid reform bill

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill that addresses the ongoing opioid epidemic.

June 21, 2018

Dental never events: Moving beyond wrong-tooth extraction

By Lori Roniger

Can you identify the "never events" in dentistry -- patient care incidents that safety experts agree should never happen? The concept of these never events is familiar in medicine, but its use in dentistry is more limited. An international team of researchers developed a list of dental never events that goes beyond wrong-tooth extraction.

May 22, 2018

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

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