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Liberty Dental Plan names new CEO, president

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dental benefits administrator Liberty Dental Plan has named Marti Lolli as president and CEO, replacing the company's founder Dr. Amir Neshat.

March 6, 2023

ACAP approves Skygen as preferred vendor

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) has recognized dental benefits management software as a service provider Skygen as a preferred vendor.

February 20, 2023

How to increase case acceptance among Medicare recipients

By Jenn Stoll

It's a new year, which means your patients may have new insurance benefits. With Medicare Advantage premiums declining, more of your patients with Medicare may have opted into this dental coverage. Jenn Stoll explains how to help them make the most of their benefits.

February 14, 2023

Airway Management's sleep apnea device gets Medicare billing code

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Airway Management announced that Medicare can be billed for flexTap, its oral device that treats sleep apnea, using the E0486 Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System code.

February 12, 2023

About half of older U.S. adults lack dental insurance

By Amerigo Allegretto

About half of all older U.S. adults lack dental insurance, according to research published on February 7 in Health Affairs. Furthermore, in 2018, nearly half of older adults received no dental care, the study found.

February 9, 2023

OraPharma to pay $100K to settle false Medicare claim case

By Melissa Busch

Oral health product firm OraPharma has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve claims that incentive compensation it paid to account managers, who were also dental hygienists, resulted in the submission of false claims to Medicare, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

February 8, 2023

What dentists can expect to face in the next 6 months

By Melissa Busch

Looking ahead at the next six months, dentists expect staffing to be one of their top challenges followed by inflation, expenses, and insurance issues, which were the same problems cited the previous year, according to the ADA Health Policy Institute.

February 6, 2023

Dental hygienist responsibilities in coding dental claims

By Estela Vargas and Belle DuCharme

While most dental hygienists cannot legally diagnose dental disease, they still have a legal responsibility to properly code what they do. Coding expert Estela Vargas shares tips for coding common dental hygiene treatments.

January 31, 2023

Week in Review: Court rules on dental therapists and Medicaid | Dental debate over Question 2 | New fronts in the fight against gum disease

By Theresa Pablos

January 27, 2023

Mass. dentist cops to embezzling $1.2M

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A dentist and bookkeeper at a dental practice pleaded guilty to mail and wire fraud for his role in embezzling $1.2 million from his employer and defrauding a U.S. relief fund, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts.

January 26, 2023

Dencap Dental Plans buys Golden State Dental

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Michigan-based dental insurance plan provider Dencap Dental Plans purchased Golden State Dental for an undisclosed price.

January 26, 2023

Debate to Better Dentistry: MLRs for dental plans

By Dr. Michael W. Davis, Michael Adelberg, and Dr. Mouhab Rizkallah

In this series hosted by Dr. Michael W. Davis, two prominent leaders in the dental profession answer the same questions about a hotly contested topic in the dental profession. Today's debate is on medical loss ratios (MLRs) with Michael Adelberg and Dr. Mouhab Rizkallah.

January 23, 2023

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