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Week in Review: New antibiotics study | Dental spending skyrockets | Practice management tips for 2023
By Theresa Pablos
December 16, 2022
Dental spending skyrocketed to $162B in 2021
By Melissa Busch
Although U.S. healthcare spending grew less than 3% to about $4 trillion in 2021, dental services expenditures made a major turnaround, increasing by about 16% to nearly $162 billion, according to a study published online on December 14 in Health Affairs.
December 14, 2022
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HPI: 8 out of 10 dentists support dental insurance reform
By Alex Dagostino
Dentists largely support dental insurance reform, according to findings from the ADA Health Policy Institute's Economic Outlook and Emerging Issues in Dentistry poll. More than 1,100 dentists responded to the poll, which was conducted from November 8 to November 13.
December 13, 2022
2020 05 28 19 36 5895 Dentist Male Patient Female 400
Nevada dentists seek dental insurance reform
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Nevada Sen. Heidi Seevers Gansert (R-Reno) filed a dental insurance reform bill to raise the requirement that insurance companies must spend on patient care, according to the Nevada Dental Association.
December 11, 2022
2016 08 15 14 01 32 982 Law Books 400
Week in Review: Meet the Cuspies semifinalists | Call for expanded Medicaid benefits | Debate to Better Dentistry
By Theresa Pablos
December 9, 2022
Dentistry seeks Medicaid dental benefit for U.S. adults
By Melissa Busch
Leaders and organizations in healthcare and dentistry, including the ADA and the American Dental Hygienists' Association are asking U.S. lawmakers to add extensive adult dental benefits to every state Medicaid program to improve oral health equity and access.
December 8, 2022
2020 09 17 16 38 0936 Insurance Coverage 400
Inflation tops COVID-19 for reasons to delay dental care
By Alex Dagostino
U.S. adults are more likely to report concerns about inflation and rising prices than concerns about COVID-19 as reasons to delay dental care, according to public opinion research released on December 7 by the Delta Dental Institute.
December 7, 2022
2022 04 04 03 32 2588 Dentist Woman Patient 400
Md. dentist sentenced to federal prison for fraud
By Alex Dagostino
Dr. Edward Buford III of Silver Spring, MD, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit mail and healthcare fraud, according to a November 18 press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland.
November 27, 2022
2019 12 06 17 18 0360 Prison Jail Money 400
WHO calls for universal oral health coverage by 2030
By Alex Dagostino
The World Health Organization (WHO) called for universal oral healthcare coverage in a commentary published on November 18 in The Lancet.
November 22, 2022
2019 07 18 21 11 3927 Who Flag 400
Technology is moving dentistry forward despite gloomy data
By Dr. James V. Anderson
According to statistics, production is down, collections are stagnant, and operational costs are through the roof, causing many dentists to panic. Dr. James V. Anderson shares one key point missing from the big data.
November 21, 2022
2019 09 24 21 39 2685 Anderson James 400
ADA urges dentists to support Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
By Alex Dagostino
The ADA is urging U.S. dentists to contact their senators and ask that they support the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act.
November 17, 2022
2016 08 15 14 01 32 982 Law Books 400
CMS establishes new code for dental surgeries performed in hospitals
By Alex Dagostino
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has agreed to establish a new dental billing and payment system to improve access to dental surgeries performed in hospital operating rooms, according to the ADA.
November 16, 2022
2022 11 17 14 54 8942 Hospital Corridor Gurney 400
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