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Senate passes $3.5T budget plan to add dental to Medicare

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The U.S. Senate has passed a $3.5 trillion budget plan that adds dental coverage to Medicare, according to an August 11 National Public Radio report.

August 15, 2021

Families USA applauds Senate budget resolution

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Families USA commended the U.S Senate for passing a $3.5 trillion infrastructure package that sets the stage for new healthcare legislation, including the addition of dental benefits to Medicare.

August 15, 2021

Pearl receives patent for AI fraud detection software

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology developer Pearl said it has received a U.S. patent for software to detect fraud, waste, and abuse in radiographic dental insurance claims.

August 11, 2021

Disaster assistance available to Calif. Dixie Fire victims

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal Dental, and Henry Schein are offering assistance for those affected by the Dixie Fire, ravaging the northern part of the state.

August 10, 2021

Conn. dentist charged with filing fraudulent Medicaid claims

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A North Haven, CT, dentist has been charged with filing $200,484 in fraudulent Medicaid claims between 2016 and 2021 for dental work that allegedly was not performed, according to Connecticut's state Division of Criminal Justice.

August 8, 2021

Delta Dental to offer legal insurance through ARAG

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Delta Dental of Iowa has announced a partnership with ARAG to offer legal insurance and identity theft protection to its customers with fewer than 250 employees.

August 5, 2021

The question that determines dentistry's future

By Dr. Marc Cooper

Who will dentists need to be in the future that they are not now? Dr. Marc Cooper explores why this question is a reflection of the dental industry's paradigm shift from dental practice to healthcare practice and why the answer will determine industry's future winners and losers.

August 4, 2021

Second Opinion: Dentistry is essential -- only when it wants to be

By Dr. Caroline Zeller

With personal protective equipment and vaccines on the line, the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted dentistry to tout the importance of oral health. But why hasn't the profession always been this vocal? Dr. Caroline Zeller asks the hard questions in this riveting opinion piece.

August 1, 2021

Second Opinion: Dental therapists needed for oral health equity

By Dr. Steven Krauss

In this Second Opinion, Dr. Steven Krauss offers his response to a commentary by dental thought leaders who proposed five strategies for using the Medicaid program to increase oral health equity. Krauss argues that employing dental therapists should also be a solution.

July 29, 2021

Can Medicaid provide oral healthcare equity?

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Can Medicaid provide oral healthcare equity to poor Americans? Three thought leaders from the American Association of Pediatric Dentistry explored that question in a commentary published in the July edition of the Journal of the American Dental Association.

July 29, 2021

Dental visits lag for publicly insured patients

By Hannah Welk

By August 2020, privately insured patients were visiting the dentist at about the same rate as before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study in the Journal of the American Dental Association. But dental utilization still lagged by 7.5% for patients with public insurance.

July 28, 2021

Dental Practice Made Simple: Raising your fees

By Theresa Pablos

Have you raised your fees lately? If not, now is the time, according to Dr. Roger P. Levin in the latest episode of Dental Practice Made Simple. A small increase can help your practice keep up with inflation for materials, technology, and staffing.

July 27, 2021

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