Legal Issues: Page 88

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

Texas dentist sued over crown material

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A Texas dentist has been sued for allegedly lying about the quality of materials he used to construct a patient's crown.

June 3, 2012

'Dentist to stars' pays $641K in malpractice lawsuit

By Donna Domino

A Southern California dentist paid the award in a malpractice lawsuit that accused her of leaving a patient with nerve damage and irreversible pulpitis after she prepped 22 teeth and performed laser surgery in three hours.

May 20, 2012

75% of U.S. citizens drink fluoridated water

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Nearly three-quarters of Americans (73.9%) now get their water from municipal systems that use fluoridation, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

April 30, 2012

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