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DiNet/Payers Edition enhances online claims submission
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Biscom will introduce the DiNet/Payers Edition version of its DiNet dental image communications platform during the Yankee Dental Congress this week in Boston. DiNet provides secure point-to-point delivery of dental radiograph images and periodontal charts as claim attachments.
January 27, 2010
Health Net offers adult Medi-Cal dental benefits
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Health Net of California is offering dental benefits to Medi-Cal beneficiaries in Los Angeles County, the company announced. Due to California's financial crisis in 2009, the state terminated adult dental benefits from the Medi-Cal program, which serves the medical and dental needs for the state's low-income families and the elderly, disabled, and blind.
January 27, 2010
Maine bill requires dental insurance at birth
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dental insurance policies would have to start at birth under a bill being considered in Maine, according to the Maine Public Broadcasting Network.
January 24, 2010
Mass. may require insurance to cover varnish
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
All health insurers in Massachusetts would have to cover fluoride varnish for patients at moderate to high risk of caries under the terms of a bill proposed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
January 24, 2010
Apex launches online claims system
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Apex EDI is introducing a new claims reimbursement system for dental offices, Apex OneTouch. The company also announced that it said it has been recognized as a preferred e-claims provider by the Crown Council, a multinational alliance of dental teams.
January 21, 2010
Wis. weighs options for improving access to care
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Wisconsin currently has enough dentists to meet the state's demand for access to quality dental services, although access for low-income and uninsured individuals remains a challenge in some areas, according to a new report commissioned by the Wisconsin Dental Association (WDA).
January 19, 2010
Medicaid dentists may get electronic records money
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dentists who treat large numbers of Medicaid patients could get money for health information technology under a rule issued last month by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
January 17, 2010
Delta Dental partners with MDE on electronic data services
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Mercury Data Exchange, a provider of real-time electronic data interchange (EDI) services for dental offices, payers, and vendors, is partnering with Delta Dental of Colorado to offer real-time processing services to their provider networks, the companies announced in a press release.
January 17, 2010
Delta Dental of Michigan president steps down
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
James Epolito, president of Delta Dental of Michigan, has resigned, according to a story in the Lansing State Journal. He had been in the position since April 2009.
January 14, 2010
Delta Dental of Virginia expands network
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Delta Dental has expanded its coverage to include small businesses, effective Jan. 1, according to a news story in the Insurance and Financial Advisor.
January 14, 2010
Blue Cross, Blue Shield offers new Ill. PPO
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois has introduced a dental preferred provider organization (PPO) plan for individuals and families.
January 14, 2010
Dental groups fight 'Cadillac' insurance tax
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Several major dental organizations have joined a coalition opposing a proposed tax on expensive U.S. health insurance plans.
January 13, 2010
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