Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, impacted health plans must exchange prior authorization data through standardized application programming interfaces (APIs). The mandate reaches Medicare Advantage organizations, state Medicaid and CHIP fee-for-service programs, managed care plans and Qualified Health Plan issuers on the…
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A South Carolina dental practice was placed on lockdown after suitcases left near the front door led to a bomb threat investigation, WIS reported June 29. The Columbia Police Department and Columbia Fire Department responded to a call of a…
Hackensack, N.J.-based MAX Surgical Specialty Management has entered into two new partnerships in Pennsylvania. The organization added Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, which has locations in Doylestown, Quakertown, Warminster and Chalfont, Pa., according to a June 26 news release shared with…
The Virginia Legislature approved funding for Richmond-based Virginia Commonwealth University to construct a new dental school building as part of the state budget. VCU plans to construct a five-story, 312,000-square-foot School of Dentistry building on its health sciences campus to…
Woodstock, Va.-based Shenandoah Community Health Clinic plans to temporarily suspend its dental services beginning July 1 due to workforce and financial challenges, The Northern Virginia Daily reported June 29. Seven notes: 1. The clinic announced earlier this month that it…
Integrating technology and AI in the right ways, building around people and continuing to focus on relationships are among the keys to success for dental practices and dental service organizations in the next year. There are endless questions facing dental…
California’s 2026-27 state budget preserves Medi-Cal dental funding for another year, delaying $1 billion in proposed cuts until July 1, 2027. Five notes:
Here are six lawsuit settlements that have taken place in the dental industry since June 18:
DSOs could continue to face high interest rates and market volatility that will test their financial stability, according to one executive. Ian Mcnickle, the co-founder and CEO of Icon Dental Partners, recently joined Becker’s Dental + DSO Review Podcast to…
When clinicians don’t trust clinical decision-support tools, they don’t just ignore them. They spend extra time verifying and correcting AI-generated recommendations undermining productivity and compromising the very quality-of-care gains these tools are meant to deliver. At Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting,…
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