1. Long Beach, Calif.-based Dental Health Services suffered an email data breach affecting 4,562 members.
2. Cal Dental USA added NBA Champion and ESPN Sports analyst Kendrick Perkins as a partner at their Cal Dental of Atlantic office in Bell, Calif.
3. Some Medi-Cal Dental providers are still working through processing times and unpaid claims issues stemming from the Change Healthcare cyberattack in February.
4. Loma Linda (Calif.) University School of Dentistry received a $4 million grant to develop a biomarker using artificial intelligence to identify patients with the highest risk of developing oral cancer.
5. The California Dental Association plans to appeal a recent decision in its lawsuit against Delta Dental of California.
6. The Union of American Physicians and Dentists agreed on a deal with Los Angeles County-owned hospitals to get cost-of-living increases and bonuses for unionized physicians and dentists.
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