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Acteon disputes Air Techniques' market share claims
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Acteon is disputing claims made by Air Techniques in a recent press release about sales growth and caries detection device market share.
March 17, 2011
Fla. moves forward with fee-capping bill
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A Florida House subcommittee approved a bill on March 15 that would prevent insurance companies from setting fee caps on dental procedures not included in patients' policies, according to a report by WCTV.
March 15, 2011
Liptak opens office in Fort Myers, Fla.
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Technology consulting firm Liptak Dental Services has opened a new franchise location in the Fort Myers, FL, area, owned and operated by Jim Whitelaw.
March 13, 2011
Working poor face most financial barriers to dental care
By Rosemary Frei, MSc
More than half of employed people in Canada with low incomes fall into the gap between public and private health insurance and hence are not able to access adequate dental care, according to a new study in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry. And the same holds true for the U.S.
March 10, 2011
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Intelimedix integrates dental, medical, pharmacy data
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Intelimedix has expanded its Tru:Insights package to include dental health tracking, reporting, and cost recovery, the company announced.
March 8, 2011
ADA finds 'major flaws' in Pew midlevel provider report
By Kathy Kincade
The ADA is challenging the findings of a recent Pew Center on the States report that claimed to demonstrate how dental practices can profit from adding midlevel providers to their team and improve access to care in the process.
March 6, 2011
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Ill. lawmakers take on fee capping, mobile dentistry
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Illinois legislators have introduced a new bill that would require dental insurance plans to list in the fee schedule attached to the contract every Code on Dental Procedures and Nomenclature (CDT) code upon which the plan imposes a capped fee and the dollar amount of the capped fee.
February 17, 2011
Survey: Patients trust docs but not EHRs
By Rob Goszkowski
A survey of 1,000 U.S. patients who had recently visited both a doctor's office and a hospital found that half of the respondents believe electronic health records (EHRs) pose a threat to the privacy of their health data.
February 16, 2011
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One Call Medical acquires Express Dental Care
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
One Call Medical, a national provider of specialty services to insurance payors, has acquired Express Dental Care, a national dental network that addresses the specific needs of the workers' compensation, auto, and liability industries.
February 15, 2011
Fla. may cut Medicaid dental services
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
As Florida legislators try to trim the state's Medicaid budget -- which is expected to top $21 billion next year -- dentistry may be one of the services that could face cuts, according to a news story in the Miami Herald.
February 9, 2011
2 dental insurance providers merge
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Companion Life Insurance, a provider of group dental insurance, has purchased Total Dental Administrators (TDA), a dental insurance provider and third-party administrator of employer-based dental plans.
January 31, 2011
HealthScape launches dental plan expense survey
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
HealthScape Advisors, a healthcare management consulting firm, has launched its first annual Dental Plan Administrative Expense Survey, which focuses on administrative costs and key operational benchmarks of dental plans only, the company announced.
January 30, 2011
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