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Starmount, AlwaysCare bring benefits to Wyoming
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Starmount Life Insurance and its sister company, AlwaysCare Benefits, are now offering their services in Wyoming. Starmount and AlwaysCare now offer life, dental, vision, disability, and other forms of employee benefits to employers, health plans, and individuals in 48 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
May 6, 2010
U.S. bill would ban fee capping nationwide
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would prohibit most dental insurance companies from capping fees for procedures they don't cover throughout the U.S.
May 5, 2010
Iowa governor signs fee-capping bill
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
It's official: Insurance companies in Iowa can no longer set fees for services they don't cover.
May 5, 2010
TeleVox upgrades practice management software
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
TeleVox Software is upgrading its T.Link practice management software to T.Link EC at no charge. The program is designed to help dentists and orthodontists build and strengthen practice and patient communications through a single Web-based system, according to the company.
May 3, 2010
MetLife offers new dental plans
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
MetLife is offering a new dual-option dental plan for businesses with 25 to 499 employees designed to control costs, the insurer said.
May 3, 2010
Curve Dental buys patient education software firm
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Web-based dental software developer Curve Dental has acquired Orasphere, a developer of dental patient education videos that can be viewed on a dentist's website, a computer, a DVD, or an Apple iPod Touch.
May 3, 2010
Delta Dental eyes $474M Mich. contract
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Delta Dental of Michigan expects to win a $474 million contract to supply dental benefits to Michigan state employees, retirees, and eligible dependents at a meeting of the state's administrative board May 4, according to Crain's Detroit Business.
May 2, 2010
First Pacific to roll out new practice management software
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
First Pacific is gearing up to release the newest version of its practice management software program. The software is currently being installed in beta offices, with a targeted release date in the third quarter this year.
May 2, 2010
Patterson releases Caesy Enterprise Suite 9
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Patterson Dental has introduced Caesy Enterprise Suite 9, the newest version of its server-based patient education software for both operatories and the reception area.
April 27, 2010
CDA adopts Lawson software
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The California Dental Association (CDA) is adopting the Lawson S3 Enterprise Financial Management suite and Lawson Business Intelligence, according to Lawson.
April 26, 2010
NJ dental association sues to stop fee capping
By Laird Harrison
Infuriated by insurers who cap fees for procedures they don't cover, dentists around the U.S. are asking state legislatures to outlaw the practice. Now the New Jersey Dental Association is taking a different approach: suing the insurance companies.
April 26, 2010
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Research firm offers iPhone tips for dentists
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Research and Markets is selling a webinar about iPhone tips for dentists. The 60-minute webinar describes 15 applications for the iPhone that might be useful in a dental practice and offers suggestions for making better use of e-mail, messages, the calendar function, and other standard features.
April 25, 2010
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