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HHS offers new funding for U.S. oral healthcare
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced nearly $156 million in funding to help more than 400 health centers in the U.S. increase access to oral healthcare services.
June 16, 2016
ADA brief: Is dental insurance worth it?
By Donna Domino
Consumers are paying more in premiums and co-payments for dental insurance than the benefits are worth, according to a new study from the ADA Health Policy Institute. But insurers say the study uses inflated data and flawed methodology.
June 13, 2016
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ADA survey: Adults value oral health -- but don't see a dentist
By Theresa Pablos
The ADA Health Policy Institute has released the findings of a new survey that focuses on how oral health impacts quality of life. The inaugural report found that nearly all U.S. adults value oral health, but only 37% actually visit the dentist annually.
June 13, 2016
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TDIC acquires 3 new insurance companies
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Dentists Insurance Company (TDIC), a subsidiary of the California Dental Association, has signed an agreement to acquire three new dental benefits and insurance companies.
June 12, 2016
New U.S. bill would add dental benefit to Medicare
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives proposes expanding Medicare to include dental coverage.
June 9, 2016
ADA to debut provider credentialing site
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A free, centralized dental provider credentialing database and website will be launched later this summer, the ADA and Wonderbox Technologies announced.
June 7, 2016
Calif. DHCS releases more dental initiative details
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has updated its website with more information about the Dental Transformation Initiative.
June 2, 2016
Changing Denti-Cal: Part 2 -- Will $740M investment fix Denti-Cal?
By Theresa Pablos
What happens when hundreds of thousands more children enroll in California's troubled dental Medicaid program, Denti-Cal? In part two of this series, learn how the Dental Transformation Initiative, a $740 million investment, hopes to improve the system.
May 30, 2016
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Taking the 'Groundhog Day' out of provider credentialing: Part 1
By Mike Lessila
In the 1993 movie "Groundhog Day," Bill Murray's character, Phil, finds himself living the same day over and over again. However, unlike Phil, who found a way to change his life, the repetition of filling out credentialing forms for a payor's network never seems to change. Skygen USA's Mike Lessila proposes a single solution for the issue.
May 26, 2016
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Will expansion swamp California's Denti-Cal program?
By Theresa Pablos
What will happen when about 175,000 additional children become eligible to enroll in California's troubled dental Medicaid program, Denti-Cal? The first of a two-part series explores the origins of this enrollment expansion and a California oral health stakeholder's hopes and concerns for the evolving program.
May 25, 2016
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MetLife launches new dental coverage plan
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
MetLife has launched a new program that provides dental coverage to those ineligible for employer-sponsored plans.
May 24, 2016
Sheri's Solutions: Choice
By Dr. Sheri Doniger
It's a call from a patient you dread: "My insurance company is telling me to go to another practice." In her latest Sheri's Solutions, Dr. Sheri Doniger relates one of those calls at 8 a.m. and spells out the options for a private practice.
May 23, 2016
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