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Trump nominates Dr. Tom Price as new HHS secretary

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Rep. Tom Price, MD, as the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

November 28, 2016

Second Opinion: Casting a cloud over dental coverage

By Colin Reusch

In this Second Opinion, Colin Reusch of the Children's Dental Health Project looks at what is known about the immediate and longer-term futures of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Children's Health Insurance Program as they relate to oral healthcare under a new administration.

November 28, 2016

More working adults have dental insurance

By Donna Domino

The number of working-age adults with dental benefits rose in 2014, partly because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to new ADA Health Policy Institute briefs. However, the gap between low- and high-income adults who have received dental care has increased, the researchers found.

November 2, 2016

Report: Kids' dental coverage often inadequate, expensive

By Donna Domino

Although mandatory pediatric dental insurance was included in U.S. healthcare reform, coverage is a stark departure from the benefits envisioned by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and those required under Medicaid, according to a new report. Coverage isn't always as comprehensive as it should be and is often unaffordable for families, the authors concluded.

October 2, 2016

Ariz. lifts CHIP enrollment freeze

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Arizona has lifted its freeze on new enrollment in the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

July 24, 2016

Second Opinion: Ga. must correct dental care disparities

By Nicoleta Serban, PhD

While almost 1.5 million Georgia children qualify for public dental benefits, less than 10% of licensed dentists in that state accept public insurance for children, according to Nicoleta Serban, PhD, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In this Second Opinion, she advocates for action to ensure these children receive the care they need.

July 12, 2016

Dental coalition asks to lift FSA contribution limit

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Organized Dentistry Coalition has asked the U.S. Congress to lift the limit on individual contributions to flexible spending accounts (FSA).

May 26, 2016

Fla. to study dental care in revamped Medicaid program

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed a bill that will study possible changes to the way Medicaid recipients receive dental care in that state.

March 27, 2016

CDA urges end to Sacramento County dental program

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The California Dental Association (CDA) is urging state officials to end Sacramento County's managed care dental program, saying that the program has failed to meet the needs of the county's most vulnerable children, leaving many without access to dental care.

January 28, 2016

ADA brief: Consumer dental spending remains flat

By Donna Domino

Spending on dental care remained flat between 2013 and 2014, continuing a multiyear trend, according to a new report from the ADA's Health Policy Institute. Dental care was 3.7% of U.S. healthcare spending in 2014, down from a peak of 4.5% in 2000.

January 6, 2016

CDC: HPV vaccination low in managed care plans

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Female adolescents in the U.S. with health insurance had low HPV vaccination in 2013, according to an October 29 synopsis in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

October 28, 2015

Kaiser expert touts MLPs during ADA webinar

By Donna Domino

Midlevel providers (MLPs) can help dentists expand their Medicaid practices without shrinking their private-pay practices, the associate director of a Kaiser commission on Medicaid said during a recent ADA webinar focusing on a new Health Policy Institute report on dental care utilization.

September 30, 2015

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