HOUSTON – A lot of children and moms in our area who are on Medicaid may lose access to their doctors in 2025. In total, 450,000 of the state’s most vulnerable kids and pregnant women may lose access to some … Read More
SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 8, 2024 – As a high school football team dentist back when he was in private practice, Scott Stafford was performing a preseason checkup when he noticed a growth in the palate of a player’s mouth. It … Read More
The Delta Dental Community Care Foundation has announced $16.3 million in funding to nonprofit organizations through an Access to Care Grants Program intended to increase and safeguard access to quality, affordable oral health care. The program is offered across the … Read More
DentaQuest, part of Sun Life U.S., today announced its 2024 Health Access Heroes, who represent forward-thinking individuals or organizations taking action to increase access to health care and optimal health outcomes for people with the greatest needs and fewest resources. … Read More
Dentistry continues its seismic shift as digital technologies reshape patient expectations and operational norms. Experienced dental practitioners are at the forefront of this transformation, embracing innovations to meet the demands of younger patients (and dental professionals) and align with the … Read More
Hal Jeter has been a family dentist in South Point, along the river where Kentucky and West Virginia meet Ohio, for nearly 30 years. He knows the dentist can be scary for kids, so he does his best to make … Read More
The percentage of dentists affiliated with private equity has nearly doubled over the course of six years, according to a paper released Aug. 5 by the ADA Health Policy Institute. According to the analysis, dentists affiliated with private equity increased … Read More
Concorde Career Colleges, the healthcare education division of Universal Technical Institute, Inc., and Heartland Dental yesterday announced a first-of-its-kind partnership to develop a co-branded campus for dental hygiene and dental assistant programs. Heartland Dental is one of the largest dental … Read More
The FTC’s new proposal The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently proposed a rule that could profoundly alter the landscape of noncompete agreements in the United States-and the way that dental practice owners employ clinicians-should it successfully pass. This new rule … Read More
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced several senior staff promotions, appointing Ralph Molina as Deputy First Assistant Attorney General, Joseph Mazzara as Special Counsel to the Attorney General and to the First Assistant Attorney General, Ryan Baasch as Associate Deputy … Read More
AUSTIN, TEXAS, UNITED STATES, July 31, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ — With Texas facing one of the nation’s most significant Medicaid gaps, estate planning attorney Eric Grogan emphasizes the importance of comprehensive Medicaid planning for the state’s residents, particularly those approaching retirement age. … Read More
How often do you go to the dentist? Every 6 months? Annually? How about never? A new study has come out that ranks Connecticut as having the highest percentage of adults in all of the USA that follow-through with their … Read More
Parents and children in Eastern Wake County have something to smile about as Wake County has “cut the floss” at the newest location of the cross-county Regional Smiles program. This program is an expansion of the award-winning Smiles at Sunnybrook … Read More
Nightmare fuel? Maybe – but in a historic moment for the dental profession, an AI-controlled autonomous robot has performed an entire procedure on a human patient for the first time, about eight times faster than a human dentist could do … Read More
Sarah J. Morris, DDS, MAGD, of Fort Worth, Texas, has been nominated by the Fort Worth Academy of General Dentistry (Forth Worth AGD) for the Texas Academy of General Dentistry’s (Texas AGD) Texas Dentist of the Year™ Award. This award … Read More
The Wicomico Youth & Civic Center will welcome dentists from across Maryland at a free dental care gathering this fall. Dentists from across the state will donate their time and services to provide free dental care to hundreds of Eastern … Read More
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — As dentists’ offices across the country struggle to recruit and maintain staff, schools are facing more pressure to prepare the next generation of dental hygienists. Bluegrass Community & Technical College in Lexington is home to … Read More
The Dental Services Market is poised for robust growth, projected to reach approximately USD 788.8 billion by 2033, from USD 457.5 billion in 2023, reflecting a steady CAGR of 5.6% from 2024 to 2033. This growth is primarily driven by … Read More
Deloitte, a global consultancy that reported revenue last year of $65 billion, pulls in billions of dollars from states and the federal government for supplying technology it says will modernize Medicaid. The company promotes itself as the industry leader in … Read More
Alaska children’s tooth health improved over a decade in nearly all parts of the state, showing that multiple dental initiatives and strategies may be paying off, a new state report said. Among children 3 and younger, tooth decay prevalence is … Read More
Dr. Sophon Heng D.D.S. caters to those people who don’t have dental insurance. His clinic provides comprehensive dental care exclusively to uninsured adults in a modern yet modest office in Edmonds. Dr. Heng grew up in Seattle and graduated in … Read More
The Nashville Sounds, Delta Dental of Tennessee, and cityCURRENT recently hosted the third annual Kids Dental Day at First Horizon Park. More than 400 kids of all ages from the Nashville area received free dental screenings, a new pair of … Read More
Pearl announced that it has raised $58 million in Series B funding to accelerate its mission to elevate patient care in dentistry. Left Lane Capital led the round, with participation from Smash Capital, Alpha Partners, and existing investors Craft Ventures … Read More
During a game of Red Rover when she was 16 years old, Rochelle “Roz” Siuvuq Ferry lost a front tooth. Ferry, who is Inupiaq, remembers having to get on a plane to get from her remote Alaskan village to the … Read More
Dental Care Alliance, one of the nation’s leading dental support organizations (DSOs), today announced a historic rollout of Overjet, the world-leader in dental AI. The combination of sheer size and technical sophistication makes this launch one of the most ambitious … Read More
Becker’s has reported on more than a dozen practice closures so far in 2024, several of which have been the result of financial constraints facing owners. Here is how financial challenges have led to the closures of four dental practices … Read More
outh Texas College is set to develop a dental hygiene program, micro-credential classes and a regional healthcare center with the help of a $1 million grant over the next three years. “We have been contemplating, since I arrived here two … Read More
On Veterans Day November 11,1 Americans offer gifts and services to the brave men and women who served in the US armed forces. One of the ways we honor them is by dental professionals providing them with needed oral health-care … Read More
Second quarter earnings beat analyst expectations at UnitedHealth Group, even as the Minnetonka-based health care giant said it saw more expenses in the fallout from a massive cyberattack earlier this year. The company now expects cyberattack costs could reach $2.45 … Read More
During a game of Red Rover when she was 16 years old, Rochelle “Roz” Siuvuq Ferry lost a front tooth. Ferry, who is Inupiaq, remembers having to get on a plane to get from her remote Alaskan village to the … Read More
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new national poll shows that the vast majority of voters across the political spectrum favor adding dental coverage to Medicare. The results of the poll, commissioned by CareQuest Institute for Oral Health® and the Oral Health Progress and … Read More
Georgia’s Medicaid plan that requires work has struggled since it’s implementation in 2022. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had blocked the work requirement from taking effect but a federal judge had reinstated it in 2022 after Georgia sued. … Read More
Jackie Duda spent nearly a year recovering after a life-threatening case of sepsis. Duda, of New Market, Maryland, was never denied medical care, even when bills from her extended hospital stay and doctors’ visits surpassed $250,000. But the 61-year-old hasn’t … Read More
The ADA is expressing opposition to provisions in the fiscal year 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, specifically language that would restructure the National Institutes of Health. In a July 10 letter to House … Read More
As the dental industry deals with ongoing workforce shortages exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, many are looking for solutions to alleviate these challenges. Becker’s recently asked dentists to finish the sentence, “The U.S. won’t resolve its dental workforce shortage until … Read More
Lawmakers in Louisiana and Rhode Island passed bills that hold dental insurance companies accountable, requiring more specifics on what plans are paying for. They fall under the category of dental loss ratio bills, which regulate the portion of insurance premiums … Read More
It took oral health advocates nearly 25 years to persuade lawmakers to provide adults on Medicaid coverage for basic dental care. Gail Brown, one of those advocates, said she saw that investment pay dividends in far less time. Brown was … Read More
About 27% of dentists may drop insurance networks this year, according to a new report from the American Dental Association’s Health Policy Institute. The ADA recently released its “Economic Outlook and Emerging Issues in Dentistry” report for the second quarter … Read More
Though school debt consistently exceeded income for healthcare occupations — except for physicians — between 2017 and 2022, dentists had the highest debt-to-income ratios. The study was published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. If rising education loan debt … Read More
Missouri Medicaid began covering teeth cleanings, and almost no other routine dental work, for adults a few years ago. But the bill for the dentist actually peering in your mouth to check teeth and gums went to the patient. While … Read More
