The American Dental Association is advocating for operational improvements for dental service payments under Medicare. Three notes: 1. Dental services covered under Medicare are limited to specific procedures in which dental care is considered “inextricably linked” to a covered procedure’s…
Author: Ariana Portalatin
The CareQuest Institute for Oral Health has named Wade Rakes as its new CEO. Mr. Rakes has an extensive background in healthcare leadership, previously serving as chief growth officer at Centene and president and CEO of its Georgia-based subsidiary, Peach…
The number of federally-designated dental professional shortage areas in the U.S. has steadily increased over the years, now hitting 7,229 shortage areas. In the last year, the U.S. has gained nearly 350 dental shortage areas, according to data from the…
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis recently issued an executive order that includes cuts to the state’s Medicaid program. Four notes: 1. Gov. Polis issues Executive Order D2025-014 to help fill the state’s $750 million budget deficit. 2. The executive order includes…
Medicaid funding cuts under the recently passed federal budget could exacerbate accessibility issues in Southeast Ohio, WOUB reported Sept. 11. Seven notes: 1. President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act July 4. The bill is expected to…
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Here are five dental industry fraud cases Becker’s has covered so far in 2025: 1. A woman in Florida was accused of using unauthorized dental practices to run a $11.2 million fraud operation. 2. Tiffany Denyse Young, a former dental…
Here are 11 notable DSO updates from the last two months: 1. Dallas-based MB2 Dental grew its network to 800 practices across the U.S. with the addition of a pediatric dental practice in New York. 2. Houston-based Specialty1 Partners introduced…
Here are five recent dental industry deals worth more than $836 million combined: 1. CrownPoint Partners, a real estate brokerage and advisory firm, closed a dental sale-leaseback portfolio in Ohio for $5.47 million. 2. A retail property in Plover, Wis.,…
The University of Pikeville (Ky.) has received initial accreditation from the Commission on Dental Accreditation for its new dental school. The Tanner College of Dental Medicine will be the first dental school in Eastern Kentucky and is expected to welcome…
The American Dental Association is warning dentists of a phishing scam involving membership renewals. The organization said Sept. 10 that at least one member received a fraudulent email warning them their membership would be suspended unless they clicked on a…