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Insurance: Page 76
Ill. bill seeks coverage for sedation of special needs patients
By
DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A bill sponsored by Illinois legislators would require insurance companies to cover sedation during dental procedures for special needs patients.
April 15, 2015
U.S. Senate passes CHIP funding bill
By
DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Following the lead of the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate passed a bill on April 14 to continue funding the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
April 14, 2015
Insurance marketplace enrollment offers practice growth opportunity
By
Tony Edwards
As enrollment in the U.S. health insurance marketplace increases to almost 12 million people, general dentists should use this opportunity to attract new patients, according to Marcia Vannuccini of Guardian Life Insurance Company of America.
April 13, 2015
GAO report on CHIP: More access but fewer dental visits
By
Donna Domino
Children enrolled in the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) had higher rates of dental access and more checkups than privately insured children, but fewer in the program actually visited dentists, according to a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
April 9, 2015
ADA, Pew criticize Supreme Court ruling on Medicaid reimbursement
By
Donna Domino
The ADA and the Pew Children's Dental Campaign are criticizing the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that dentists and other private healthcare providers cannot sue to force states to raise their Medicaid reimbursement rates, saying low reimbursement may keep many dentists from treating these patients.
April 8, 2015
U.S. Supreme Court rules providers can't sue states over Medicaid rates
By
Tony Edwards
Dentists and other private healthcare providers cannot sue to force states to raise their Medicaid reimbursement rates, according to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued on March 31.
April 1, 2015
Ariz. dentist introduces U.S. dental insurance bill
By
DrBicuspid.com staff writers
U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (R-AZ), has introduced the Dental Insurance Fairness Act of 2015, which, if passed, would coordinate dental benefits and allow consumers to use providers who are not in their network.
March 29, 2015
U.S. House passes CHIP funding bill
By
DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on March 26 to continue funding the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), but it will be at least another two weeks before the Senate votes on the bill.
March 26, 2015
Calif. Legislature grills DHCS director over audit report results
By
Theresa Pablos
Representatives from the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) responded to grueling questions from the state Legislature last week about how the department plans to fix California's Medicaid dental program, Denti-Cal.
March 23, 2015
Smile Magic dental clinics agree to $4.5M settlement in Texas Medicaid fraud case
By
Donna Domino
Four clinics of Texas' Smile Magic chain have agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle Medicaid fraud charges. The whistleblower lawsuit claimed the clinics used paid recruiters to target parents in grocery store parking lots and at bus stops with offers of money and gift cards to bring their kids to the clinics.
March 16, 2015
DentaQuest names new chief information officer
By
DrBicuspid.com staff writers
DentaQuest has appointed Dan Sheehan as its new chief information officer.
March 11, 2015
CDA, others advocate for improved Medi-Cal reimbursement rates
By
DrBicuspid.com staff writers
In a hearing on Wednesday in Sacramento, CA, the president of the California Dental Association (CDA) and other experts testified that California's very low Medi-Cal reimbursement rates had become an access-to-care issue when it comes to the state's children receiving necessary dental treatment.
March 3, 2015
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