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New Anthem tool helps bridge the medical-dental divide
By Theresa Pablos
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has launched an online tool that gives dentists access to a patient's medical history and current prescriptions. The tool is the first step to better integrate dentists into Anthem's medical ecosystem.
August 11, 2019
2019 08 09 22 47 3265 Medical Dental Record 400
CDA: Pause before postpayment chart review
By California Dental Association staff
Has your practice received a phone call from an insurance plan asking to conduct a postpayment chart review? Are you a contracted provider for that plan? The California Dental Association (CDA) provides an overview of this situation and recommends pausing before agreeing to a review if you are a noncontracted provider.
August 1, 2019
2018 01 18 00 55 4855 Insurance Policy 400
Liberty Dental debuts value-based insurance program
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Liberty Dental Plan has debuted a dental insurance program designed to reward providers based on patient health outcomes.
July 18, 2019
2018 01 18 00 55 4855 Insurance Policy 400
New product: Quip launches consumer dental platform
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Oral health company Quip has launched a new platform that allows consumers to book and pay for dental services.
July 14, 2019
2019 07 15 05 26 8836 Phone Smartphone 400
Private insurance boosts preventive care in older patients
By Tony Edwards
Researchers found that having private dental insurance increased preventive service use by older patients by 25%. Adding a dental benefit to Medicare could significantly increase dental service use in this population, they noted.
July 11, 2019
2017 03 07 16 16 47 356 Woman Senior 400
Business & Industry Insider: Private insurance boosts preventive care in older patients
By Tony Edwards
July 9, 2019
Medicaid-accepting dentists inclined to promote fluoridation
By Melissa Busch
Pediatric dentists who accepted at least one new Medicaid-insured child each month showed greater willingness to advocate for community water fluoridation programs in a recent study.
July 8, 2019
2016 11 18 16 51 55 157 Fluoride 400
Study finds common oral surgeries aren't profitable
By Theresa Pablos
Some common oral surgery procedures are not profitable, according to a study published in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Without sedation, oral and maxillofacial surgeons can lose hundreds of dollars for popular procedures, including routine and surgical extractions.
July 2, 2019
2019 07 03 00 29 7820 Money Dollar Bandaid 400
More than 70% of U.S. adults support dental therapists
By Theresa Pablos
More than 70% of U.S. adults support the idea of dental therapists, according to new survey data from Pew Charitable Trusts and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. The findings demonstrate adults with private and public insurance appear open to new healthcare models.
July 1, 2019
2017 10 30 19 46 4857 Survey Checklist 400
Insurance data show drop in opioid prescriptions by dentists
By Tony Edwards
An insurance company studied internal data and found that general dentists reduced the number of days of supplied opioids prescribed by 9% over a three-year period, according to research presented at the 2019 International Association for Dental Research meeting.
June 24, 2019
2018 11 30 22 33 4595 Pills Bottle2 400
Dental expenses qualify for new tax-preferred account
By Theresa Pablos
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published a rule on June 20 that expands the use of health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs). The new policy creates a special type of HRA that employees can use for dental premiums and other qualified medical expenses.
June 20, 2019
2018 01 18 00 55 4855 Insurance Policy 400
Wash. dental group adds new insurance plan
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Willamette Dental Group and medical insurer Premera Blue Cross have created a new dental insurance plan.
June 18, 2019
2018 01 18 00 55 4855 Insurance Policy 400
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