Author: Ariana Portalatin

A recent survey by market research company YouGov found the majority of West Virginia voters supported the addition of dental coverage to Medicare.

The University of Louisville (Ky.) School of Dentistry will take over operations at a pediatric dental clinic as part of a partnership between the school and a local nonprofit, WDRB reported Aug. 5.

Chicago-based Aspen Dental recently opened its fifth practice in New Jersey as the DSO continues to expand its footprint nationwide.

A group of healthcare organizations and experts sent a letter to Congress Aug. 3 asking for strengthened dental coverage under Medicare.

The Indiana University School of Dentistry in Indianapolis is seeing 61 percent female enrollment in its incoming class of dental students, WRTV reported Aug. 2.

Tampa, Fla.-based HIPAA compliance company Abyde is partnering with the Association of Dental Support Organizations to provide DSOs and group practices with HIPAA compliance solutions.

Northwell Health's Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City recently named David Hirsch, MD, DDS, chair of its newly established department of oral and maxillofacial surgery.

The Organized Dentistry Coalition sent a letter July 30 to two congressional committees asking them to consider the Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act in future tax legislation.

A Connecticut dentist was arrested Aug. 4 and is being accused of billing Medicaid for more than $200,000 in services he didn't perform, The New Haven Register reported Aug. 5.

Walter Lamacki, DDS, a former ADA trustee who served as president of the Chicago Dental Society, died July 27 at the age of 85.