The adult orthodontic market has seen a boom in growth over the last few years, largely driven by shifts in patient needs and advancements in technology. Scott Law, DMD, co-founder of Smile Doctors, recently joined the “Becker’s Dental + DSO…
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For Dallas-based Smile Doctors, growth has never just meant adding locations — it’s meant finding doctors who want to build something bigger than a single practice. That philosophy has driven a shift in how the organization structures its deals, which…
Inpatient CDI has traditionally depended on disruptive retrospective queries, fragmented workflows, and clinicians revisiting the record days or weeks after discharge. What changes when context and documentation guidance arrive during the encounter, while the clinical context is still fresh? Health…
Oct 15, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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Clinical reviewers open a utilization management or appeals case and spend most of it assembling evidence — hundreds of pages, several source systems and a fax queue that has outlasted every modernization plan built around it. The determination itself is…
Oct 13, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
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- Mark Miller, Sr. VP of Insurance and Strategic Accounts, Naviant
- Jason Bui, Head of Healthcare, UiPath
Dental schools invested in infrastructure, research and access over the past 30 days — including by a $278 million UCSF expansion, AI-powered oral disease detection grants, new residency programs and clinic expansions in underserved regions. Here are 10 updates to…
Dallas-based MB2 Dental has added 12 new partner practices in the past three months as it continues to grow its network. The dental partnership organization supports more than 800 practices across 45 states. Here are MB2 Dental’s new addition since…
Hawaii Family Dental, a 12-office practice, recently disclosed a data security incident in which an unauthorized individual used a compromised account to access patient information. The practice said it immediately secured its network and launched an investigation after discovering the…
The administrative office of Smileland Dental in Bakersfield, Calif., was heavily damaged in a fire, KGET reported Sept. 10. Dozens of firefighters were called to the scene around 7:30 a.m. local time on Sept. 10. No injuries were reported, and…
The American Dental Association is urging the federal government to retain the Head Start program’s oral health requirements. The program’s requirements include supervised toothbrushing with fluoride toothpaste and additional provisions designed to help children access dental care, according to a…
The California Dental Association expressed its opposition to two ballot measures on California’s November general election ballot, according to a Sept. 9 news release from the CDA. Here are seven things to know: