Dental Practice: Page 445

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

Calif. kids' dental access bill moves forward

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

California's Assembly Health Committee has voted in support of a bill that would expand the role of dental assistants.

January 15, 2014

Delta Dental gives $50K for scholarship program in N.M.

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Central New Mexico Community College has received a $50,000 grant from Delta Dental of New Mexico to create a scholarship program for students in the college's dental assistant certificate program.

January 12, 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

Dos and dont's for scheduling: Be prepared for patient emergencies

By Dr. Roger P. Levin

With the right systems in place, your practice can cope with patient emergencies more effectively. The key tools involved are the schedule and the phone, and the logical emergency manager for the practice is, therefore, the front desk coordinator.

January 12, 2014

Sheri's Solutions: The patient exit interview

By Dr. Sheri Doniger

When patients leave a practice, how can you find out why they left? In a perfect world, a patient exit interview would be ideal, but, as Dr. Sheri Doniger notes in her latest column, sometimes you may never know why patients decide to leave.

January 9, 2014

Hawaii officials investigate child's dental death

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Hawaiian officials have started an investigation of an Oahu dentist whose 3-year-old patient died after the girl was sedated with different drugs during an extensive dental procedure.

January 8, 2014

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