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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

U.S. court rules dental therapists can receive Medicaid payments

By Melissa Busch

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently ruled that dental health aide therapists in tribal communities in Washington can receive reimbursements from Medicaid, reversing a last-minute decision by the Trump administration.

January 22, 2023

Ill. dentists seek dental insurance reform, more

By Melissa Busch

On January 18, the Illinois State Dental Society set a robust 2023 legislative agenda that includes reforming dental insurance through the passage of a law like one that Massachusetts residents overwhelmingly voted in favor of in 2022.

January 18, 2023

Majority of Americans favor adding dental services to Medicare

By Amerigo Allegretto

A majority of the U.S. population would welcome Medicare expanding its services, with most wanting vision and dental services added, according to a report published on January 10 by MedicarePlanTips.com.

January 16, 2023

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