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Credentialing software firm expands into dental
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Sy.Med, a provider of credentialing software in the healthcare industry, has expanded into the dental market with its Sy.Med OneApp software.
April 17, 2012
Texas hearing exposes ongoing dental board issues
By Donna Domino
The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners should address patient complaints faster and dentists' disciplinary actions should be more accessible, according to testimony from patients, dentists, and lawyers during a hearing April 11 before the Texas Public Health Committee.
April 12, 2012
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More states initiate fee-capping legislation
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Three more U.S. states are moving forward with fee-capping legislation that will impact dental insurance providers, according to the Academy of General Dentistry's state advocacy page.
April 11, 2012
Colgate told to discontinue some toothpaste claims
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has recommended that Colgate-Palmolive modify or discontinue certain advertising claims for the company's Sensitive Pro-Relief Toothpaste, including claims that the product works faster than Sensodyne.
April 9, 2012
NYT op-ed piece supports dental therapists
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Laws allowing midlevel providers should be encouraged, because there aren’t enough dentists to provide care for the 5.3 million additional children who will be entitled to it under the Affordable Care Act’s pediatric mandate in 2014, according to an opinion piece in the New York Times.
April 8, 2012
Calif. radiation law to take effect July 1
By Eric Barnes
A new radiation protection law slated to go into effect this summer would require California radiologists -- including oral and maxillofacial radiologists -- to add radiation dose levels to their reports and report radiation overdoses to patients, physicians, and state regulatory officials.
April 2, 2012
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Principal Financial expands dental network
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Principal Financial Group has added more than 11,000 dentists and specialists to its in-network dental providers, boosting the total to 80,000.
April 1, 2012
Ask Marty: What was new at the Chicago Midwinter Meeting?
By Dr. Marty Jablow
A: Believe it or not, the most exciting products I saw at the meeting involved dentures. Yes, dentures!
March 22, 2012
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Web tool lets patients compare dental insurance costs
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
DentalPlans.com has launched the Dental HyGenie Plan Finder, which the company designed to help people search for and compare dental plans based on savings for specific procedures offered by the plans in their area.
March 22, 2012
More U.S. states consider expanding hygienists' duties
By Donna Domino, Kathy Kincade
What hygienists are allowed to do and where they are allowed to do it would change in a number of ways under proposed bills being considered by states across the U.S. The debate heated up last week in Connecticut during a hearing before the state Public Health Committee.
March 21, 2012
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Fla. dental managed-care rollout for kids stalled
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has delayed a statewide rollout of Medicaid dental services to children through a managed-care system, according to a news-press.com story.
March 18, 2012
Fired Mich. dentist claims religious discrimination
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A Michigan dentist claims he was fired from his job as manager at Midwestern Dental in Dearborn because he is Jewish and the office caters to a predominantly Arabic patient population.
March 15, 2012
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