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SC considers resuming adult dental Medicaid coverage

By Donna Domino

South Carolina health officials and dental providers are hopeful that state lawmakers will reinstate dental Medicaid coverage for low-income adults, saying it will save emergency room costs and help people with painful oral infections who have nowhere else to turn.

January 29, 2014

Covered California to embed kids' dental coverage in 2015

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

California's health insurance exchange, Covered California, will require pediatric dental coverage in all medical plans starting in 2015, after their board voted last week to require this coverage for all pediatric medical plans sold through the marketplace.

January 26, 2014

Calif. insurance exchange to discuss pediatric dental policy

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

California's health insurance exchange Covered California is expected to take action on its pediatric dental policy during a January 23 meeting.

January 22, 2014

ValuePenguin.com offers info on Affordable Care Act benefits

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

ValuePenguin.com is offering examples of pediatric and adult dental benefits that can be purchased on the U.S. government's HealthCare.gov insurance website.

January 19, 2014

Ind. dental patients to get refunds from Allcare

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Some 300 former patients of Allcare Dental & Dentures in Indiana will receive refunds after the chain abruptly closed its offices in 2011, leaving patients stranded.

January 19, 2014

Idaho considers restoring adult dental Medicaid

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Idaho is considering restoring adult dental coverage in its Medicaid program after emergency room costs more than doubled following budget cuts.

January 16, 2014

Conn. includes pediatric dental insurance in all exchange plans

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Connecticut is one of the few U.S. states that includes pediatric dental insurance in all of the health plans that it offers through Access Health CT, the state's health insurance exchange.

January 16, 2014

Dental insurance isn't enough for Americans to seek care

By Donna Domino

Providing people with dental insurance does not necessarily mean they will use it and seek dental care, according to a new study from the University of Maryland published in the American Journal of Public Health.

January 16, 2014

Analyst: Dental insurance industry will grow steadily

By Rob Goszkowski

IBISWorld has begun applying its market analysis to the dental insurance industry after it observed years of growth. Going forward, the company anticipates that there will be even more growth.

January 12, 2014

The new compliance and enforcement landscape and what to do about it

By Greg Ewing, JD, MPH

Last year was quite a year for Texas dentists who provide services to Medicaid patients, families, and individuals with low incomes and resources. As a result of the new powers given to federal and state agencies through the Affordable Care Act, dentists are experiencing crippling payment holds based on mere allegations of fraud.

January 12, 2014

The changing landscape of dental Medicaid: Part 2

By Dr. Michael W. Davis

In the first of this two-part series, Dr. Michael W. Davis explained how the present degree of dental Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse is slowly changing. He continues with an examination of certain practices, then itemizes things to watch for when considering becoming involved in a practice that includes the Medicaid market.

January 8, 2014

The changing landscape of dental Medicaid: Part 1

By Dr. Michael W. Davis

The degree of dental Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse is not sustainable. The taxpayer cannot and should not fund such a dysfunctional program, according to Dr. Michael W. Davis. In the first of a two-part series on the changing landscape of Medicaid and its effect on the dental profession, he explains how this unfortunate reality is slowly changing.

January 7, 2014

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