The first round of refund checks has been sent out to former patients of a now-closed dental practice in Woodbury, Minn. Woodbury Dental Arts, led by Marko Kamel, DDS, closed in March 2024 after the practice “ran out of money,”…
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North Carolina legislators are considering a bill that would change how members are appointed to the state dental board. The North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners is currently made up of six members, all of whom are selected by…
Every missed or under-documented diagnosis — malnutrition, pressure injuries, respiratory failure — costs hospitals an average of $10,000 in reimbursement per patient, while quietly inflating length of stay and readmission rates. Across a health system, these gaps compound into a…
May 28, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
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- Jason Cohen, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Inpatient Qventus
- Katie Saindon, Senior Director of Product Management Qventus
Hospitals spent $43 billion in 2025 chasing payments insurers already owed them. Payer tactics have grown more sophisticated, more automated and harder to detect — and many of the most financially damaging losses, including DRG downgrades, never trigger a formal…
Jun 2, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- Tami Knobbe, EVP, CorroHealth
- Anne Robertucci, MS, RHIA, Vice President, Clinical Revenue Cycle Prisma Health
- Rebekah May, MBA, MSN, RN, CDI Director, Clinical Revenue Cycle The University of Kansas Health System
- Penny Jefferson, Director, Clinical Documentation Integrity Services University of California Davis Medical Center
- Richard Nagengast, Vice President, PB Revenue Cycle Mount Sinai Health System
Many hospitals still rely on generic clinical risk scores to flag high-risk patients. The challenge: those scores aren’t built to map to how CMS Star Ratings, HRRP, VBP and Leapfrog measure performance — which means quality improvement effort can be…
Jun 1, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
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- Nik Rao, CEO, Dexur
Most physicians spend about one-third of their working hours in the EHR and on administrative tasks — time that comes directly out of patient interaction, judgment work and recovery between cases. AI is starting to shift that calculus, but for…
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The dental hygiene program at Cabrillo College in Aptos, Calif., has been placed on probation after a visit from the state hygiene board, Santa Cruz Local reported April 30. Five notes: 1. Cabrillo College’s dental hygiene program is the only…
The American Dental Association is urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate competition and transparency within the dental insurance market. Four notes: 1. The FTC launched the Healthcare Task Force in March to enhance regulation enforcement and oversight of anticompetitive…
The Organized Dentistry Coalition is urging lawmakers to continue support for federal oral health programs within the Department of Health and Human Services. The coalition warned in an April 30 letter that cuts listed in President Donald Trump’s proposed budget…
Henderson, Nev.-based PDS Health has joined AARP’s AgeTech Collaborative to enhance healthcare for the aging population. The AgeTech Collaborative includes more than 700 member organizations working together to improve people’s lives as they age. PDS Health is the first non-startup…