The National Council of Insurance Legislators adopted the NCOIL Transparency in Dental Benefits Contracting Model Act, according to a Dec. 27 news release.
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Arthur Bushel, DDS, who taught at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and was an expert of fluoridation, died at age 99, according to a Dec. 26 obituary from The Baltimore Sun.
President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to Alfonso Costa, DMD, a former Pittsburgh dentist who pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud.
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey released a Dec. 21 advisory after receiving multiple concerns from dental patients about surcharges related to COVID-19.
Dental industry stats and COVID-19 news dominated the news cycle in 2020.
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From dentists giving back to their communities to facing lawsuits to handling personal protective equipment shortages to being elected to new offices, here are the dentists that made headlines in 2020, as reported by Becker's Dental + DSO Review.
A Kentucky dentist who pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud received a four-month prison sentence, reports the Lexington Herald-Leader.
The American Dental Association's executive director, Kathleen O’Loughlin, DMD, will retire from her role at the end of 2021 after 12 years of service, the organization said Dec. 16.
A Wisconsin dentist has been charged with healthcare fraud after allegedly breaking teeth intentionally so he could cap them and charge the insurance company, according to a public indictment cited by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Five state dental directors shared how their jobs have changed this year and how they have supported their states' dentists amid the pandemic, as reported by the American Dental Association.