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UCLA dental school receives $1.5M grant

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Dentistry has received a $1.5 million grant from Delta Dental of California to launch a community-based clinical education program.

January 15, 2018

Benevis, Kool Smiles settle with DOJ for $24M

By Tony Edwards

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $23.9 million settlement with dental management company Benevis and its Kool Smiles affiliate after a seven-year False Claims Act investigation.

January 9, 2018

Sheri's Solutions: How we gather benefits information

By Dr. Sheri Doniger

Precisely determining a patient's dental insurance coverage should not be complicated, but it is for many offices, writes Dr. Sheri B. Doniger in her latest Sheri's Solutions column. She outlines the process her office uses and the variables she and her team must deal with.

January 8, 2018

CMS clarifies no texting of patient orders rule

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) clarified regulations related to texting by dentists, physicians, and other healthcare providers in a memo issued on December 28, 2017.

January 4, 2018

Practice Rescue: 5 ways to decrease your accounts receivable

By Jill Shue

Do your patients complain about differences between what they were told a procedure would cost and what they were billed? In the debut of the Practice Rescue column, Jill Shue of Custom Dental Solutions offers five ways to decrease your accounts receivable and improve patient communication.

January 3, 2018

CHIP gets temporary funding

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The U.S. Congress passed a short-term spending bill on December 21 that provides temporary funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

December 21, 2017

What you need to know about fee schedules versus write-offs

By Dayna Johnson

When billing a preferred provider organization, does your office use a fee schedule or a write-off system? Dayna Johnson, founder of Rae Dental Management, considers the advantages and disadvantages of both systems to help you determine which is best for your practice.

December 19, 2017

CHIP not included in U.S. government funding bill

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was not included in a stopgap resolution that keeps the U.S. government funded until December 22, 2017.

December 10, 2017

U.S. dental spending jumps 5% to $124B in 2016

By Tony Edwards

Spending on dental and oral healthcare in the U.S. increased to more than $124 billion in 2016, up from $118.9 billion in 2015, according to a new study in Health Affairs. The 4.6% increase in spending outpaced the 4.3% overall healthcare spending increase.

December 7, 2017

U.S. House resolution may provide stopgap CHIP funding

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A U.S. House of Representatives resolution introduced on December 4 may provide short-term funding to keep both the U.S. government and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) operating.

December 4, 2017

5 takeaways about oral health in Texas

By Theresa Pablos

Texas policymakers, researchers, and public health stakeholders met virtually on November 16 to discuss oral health in the Lone Star State. Topics ranged from a record number of kids with public insurance visiting the dentist to a 1993 lawsuit that transformed reimbursement rates.

November 30, 2017

Adults aren't visiting the dentist -- and no one knows why

By Theresa Pablos

Riddle me this: More adults have dental benefit coverage, and fewer adults report cost as a barrier to dental care, yet dental visits stayed flat in 2015. Marko Vujicic, PhD, chief economist for the ADA Health Policy Institute, recently discussed what could be driving these trends.

November 12, 2017

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