Legal Issues: Page 80

New website explains occurrence malpractice coverage

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Medical Protective, a dental malpractice insurance provider, recently launched a website dedicated to explaining the distinctions between claims-made and occurrence malpractice insurance policies.

March 4, 2013

Legislators question HHS rule on kids' dental health

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

U.S. Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin and Rep. Elijah Cummings are urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reconsider its final rule on the children's dental care provisions to be offered in health exchanges starting in 2014.

February 24, 2013

NH reconsiders dental therapist legislation

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

New Hampshire is making another effort to establish a legally defined role for dental therapists, according to a report by New Hampshire Public Radio.

February 21, 2013

HHS releases final rule regarding essential health benefits

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released the final rule on standards related to essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation.

February 21, 2013

Ore. legislation addresses oral health in ACA

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Oregon legislators have introduced three new pieces of legislation related to dental provisions in the impending Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), including the integration of coordinated care organizations and dental care organizations.

January 27, 2013

EDIC offers online app for dental malpractice insurance

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Eastern Dentists Insurance Company (EDIC), a company dedicated to helping its members secure and control the costs of dental malpractice insurance, recently launched an online application for new members.

December 25, 2012

Court upholds Fla. law on sharing medical information

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Defendants in malpractice lawsuits cannot try to circumvent a Florida law that bars them from obtaining confidential medical information about plaintiffs from other doctors or dentists who are treating them, according to a new ruling from the Florida Supreme Court.

December 25, 2012

NY man gets $9.8M in tooth extraction lawsuit

By Donna Domino

A New York jury has awarded $9.8 million in a malpractice lawsuit filed by a man who was hospitalized following a third-molar extraction. The patient's dentist and oral surgeon were found liable for his injuries and for failing to obtain informed consent.

October 15, 2012

NY dentists suffer setback in Small Smiles case

By Donna Domino

A New York judge has rejected attempts by the dental chain Small Smiles and its owners and some employees to dismiss lawsuits filed by parents of children who were treated at its clinics. The lawsuits allege unnecessary treatment, battery, false advertising, malpractice, negligence, and breach of fiduciary duty.

August 26, 2012

Pa. law requires dental malpractice insurance

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Pennsylvania's dentists must carry malpractice insurance under a new law signed June 22 by Gov. Tom Corbett.

July 1, 2012

Calif. dentist, anesthesiologist liable in fatal sedation case

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A Southern California dentist and anesthesiologist lost a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by the daughter of a patient who died after being sedated prior to dental implant surgery.

June 7, 2012

Guidance Endodontics sues law firm over Dentsply case

By Kathy Kincade

Guidance Endodontics may have won its breach-of-contract lawsuit against Dentsply International in 2009, but the company is now suing the law firm that represented it in that case, seeking $148 million for alleged malpractice.

June 4, 2012

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