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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

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

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

Delta Dental partners with MDE on electronic data services

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Mercury Data Exchange, a provider of real-time electronic data interchange (EDI) services for dental offices, payers, and vendors, is partnering with Delta Dental of Colorado to offer real-time processing services to their provider networks, the companies announced in a press release.

January 17, 2010