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Author: Ariana Portalatin

Ssun Health founder Eric Nuss is facing multiple legal challenges after the DSO’s failed business venture, ABC affiliate Denver 7 reported Sept. 8. Four notes:  1. Ssun Health was founded in 2018 and grew to support more than 10 practices…

Warsaw, Ind.-based Bowen Health has expanded its services to include dentistry for the first time. The dental services will be offered at the organization’s new integrated health clinic, which opened Sept. 8. The clinic also provides primary care, mental healthcare,…

Atlanta-based Georgia School of Orthodontics has named Dr. Nandakumar Janakiraman its chief academic officer and dean. Dr. Janakiraman previously served as the school’s director of research for six years, according to a Sept. 9 news release. He is a diplomate…

Chicago-based Phase 1 Equity has added its first New Jersey practice.  The orthodontic practice marks the DSO’s seventh partnership this year, according to a Sept. 9 news release. The DSO now supports 18 doctors and 25 locations.  The deal comes…

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Here are four Medicaid updates Becker’s has reported on since July: 1. A new report from the American Dental Association’s Council on Advocacy for Access and Prevention found that only seven states are meeting network adequacy standards for Medicaid. 2.…

A new report from the American Dental Association’s Council on Advocacy for Access and Prevention found that only seven states are meeting network adequacy standards for Medicaid. The ADA council recently conducted a survey of Medicaid networks and analyzed CMS’…

A former dental office manager in Florida was sentenced to 15 years in prison for defrauding the dental practices where she worked, Business Observer reported Sept. 8.  Tiffany Denyse Young, 54, pleaded no contest earlier this year to multiple fraud…

CrownPoint Partners, a real estate brokerage and advisory firm, recently closed a dental sale-leaseback portfolio in Ohio for $5.47 million. The portfolio includes five properties in Mansfield, Warren, Sidney, Akron and Eaton, according to a Sept. 8 news release. The…

DSOs will have to place more emphasis on doctor retention in the near future if the industry faces dropping dental school enrollment. Barry Lyon, DDS, the dental director for Main Street Children’s Dentistry and Orthodontics and the chief clinical auditor…

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