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Studies urge adding adult dental benefits to Medicare
By Kathy Kincade
With Americans generally living longer -- and keeping more teeth in the process -- what happens to their oral health after they retire, when they often require more dental care but have lost their dental coverage? A series of papers in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry suggests that Medicare is the answer.
January 28, 2010
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DiNet/Payers Edition enhances online claims submission
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Biscom will introduce the DiNet/Payers Edition version of its DiNet dental image communications platform during the Yankee Dental Congress this week in Boston. DiNet provides secure point-to-point delivery of dental radiograph images and periodontal charts as claim attachments.
January 27, 2010
Health Net offers adult Medi-Cal dental benefits
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Health Net of California is offering dental benefits to Medi-Cal beneficiaries in Los Angeles County, the company announced. Due to California's financial crisis in 2009, the state terminated adult dental benefits from the Medi-Cal program, which serves the medical and dental needs for the state's low-income families and the elderly, disabled, and blind.
January 27, 2010
Aspen Dental employees to give 'An Hour for Haiti'
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Aspen Dental Management is launching a program that gives its employees the option of donating the equivalent of one hour's pay to the American Red Cross for Haiti relief and development.
January 25, 2010
Maine bill requires dental insurance at birth
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dental insurance policies would have to start at birth under a bill being considered in Maine, according to the Maine Public Broadcasting Network.
January 24, 2010
Mass. may require insurance to cover varnish
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
All health insurers in Massachusetts would have to cover fluoride varnish for patients at moderate to high risk of caries under the terms of a bill proposed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
January 24, 2010
Apex launches online claims system
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Apex EDI is introducing a new claims reimbursement system for dental offices, Apex OneTouch. The company also announced that it said it has been recognized as a preferred e-claims provider by the Crown Council, a multinational alliance of dental teams.
January 21, 2010
Oral health lacking in patients with severe mental illness
By Rosemary Frei, MSc
A new meta-analysis reveals a 61% lifetime prevalence of suboptimal oral health among people with serious mental illness, lending further weight to the need for dental and mental healthcare providers to coordinate efforts.
January 20, 2010
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Wis. weighs options for improving access to care
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Wisconsin currently has enough dentists to meet the state's demand for access to quality dental services, although access for low-income and uninsured individuals remains a challenge in some areas, according to a new report commissioned by the Wisconsin Dental Association (WDA).
January 19, 2010
Dental groups in last battle for healthcare reform
By Laird Harrison
As the bumpy, tortuous trip toward an overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system approaches its end, dental organizations are making their last grasp for the steering wheel.
January 19, 2010
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Medicaid dentists may get electronic records money
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dentists who treat large numbers of Medicaid patients could get money for health information technology under a rule issued last month by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
January 17, 2010
CDHP chair appointed to Medicaid/CHIP panel
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
U.S. Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro has appointed Burton Edelstein, D.D.S., M.P.H., founder and chair of the Children's Dental Health Project (CDHP), to serve on a panel overseeing the government's health insurance programs for the indigent.
January 17, 2010
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