A grand jury indicted a man in Atlanta for performing cosmetic dental procedures without a dental license, according to a Dec. 11 report from WSB-TV 2 Atlanta. Brandon Dillard, who called himself a “top veneer specialist” was arrested in 2024…
The Latest
Patient experience is no longer a “nice to have” — it’s a core driver of growth, retention and reimbursement. Yet many health systems are falling short due to one persistent barrier: data that is fragmented, inaccurate or untrusted. To meet…
Presented by:
Inpatient care makes up just 7% of healthcare encounters but drives disproportionate costs and contributes to rising financial strain, even bankruptcy for patients. Low value care erodes hospital margins yet is difficult to define. Ardent Health launched a systemwide initiative…
Jan 21, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
Presented by:
Presenters
Susan Hughes
Vice President Case Management, Ardent
Mukul Mehra
Senior Physician Executive CDS, Premier’s Stanson Health
Petoskey-based North Central Michigan College has unanimously approved a dental hygiene degree, the school’s first for-credit dental offering. The three-year program will have one year of general education and introductory dental coursework and two years of classroom and clinical instruction,…
A dentist in Follansbee, W.Va., is planning to retire at the end of the year after more than 40 years of service, according to a Dec. 15 report from The Intelligencer. Michael Pipo, DDS, opened his first dental practice in…
As more patient monitoring devices connect to clinical networks and EHRs, health systems face a new frontier of cybersecurity risk. A Becker’s–Philips survey of 100 healthcare leaders found that only half feel their organizations have a moderately or highly mature…
Presented by:
Maine Rep. Anne-Marie Mastraccio has prefiled a bill for the 2026 legislative session that would expand the scope of practice for independent dental hygienists If passed, the would allow independent hygienists to administer local anesthesia or nitrous oxide analgesia as…
Integrated oral healthcare provider Smile Generation and Delta Dental of Massachusetts are seeing early positive results for their saliva testing collaboration. The initiative offers chairside, saliva-based assessments to DDMA members at participating dental practices in Massachusetts. The saliva assessment measures…
Isaac OneHealth, a clinical dental AI platform developed by Trust AI, has achieved a perfect score on the most difficult questions on the United States Medical Licensing Examination. The platform is the second AI system to receive a perfect score,…
A Texas man was given probation for practicing dentistry without a license, myrgv.com reported Dec. 9. Gerardo Casas, 50, pleaded guilty to three counts of dentistry act violations Dec. 8 and was sentenced to deferred adjudication. He also must pay…