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How Stormont Vail Health rebuilt utilization review to protect revenue

Utilization review teams face a constant squeeze: manual EHR searches for clinical documentation slow admission and appeal processes, introduce errors and raise denial risk — all while revenue hangs in the balance. Stormont Vail Health confronted these inefficiencies directly. By…

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Chad Yeager, RN, MSN, VP of Quality and Population Health, Stormont Vail Health
Brianna Brown, MSN, BSN, RN-BC, CCDS, Director of Clinical Performance, Stormont Vail Health
Sri V. Suravarapu, MD, MPH, CPE, CHCQM-PHYADV, Medical Director of Utilization Review / Clinical Appeals, Stormont Vail Health

Why positioning injuries still happen in spine cases that follow the rules

Despite time-outs and standard protocols, positioning-related nerve and pressure injuries continue to occur in spine surgery. They tend to strike where teams least expect them — in high-complexity cases, in prone and lateral positions, and in patients whose risk was…

Aug 25, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Jen Anzalone MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSL, NPD-BC, NE-BC, Perioperative Consultant and Surgical Services Nurse Manager, J. Anzalone Consulting

Virtual dental platform rebrands, focuses on medical-dental integration

Los Angeles-based Dentulu, a virtual dental care platform, is rebranding to Dentulu Integrated Health, integrating dentistry, medicine, diagnostics and preventive health services. Under the new brand, the company is expanding its care offerings beyond virtual dentistry to provide medical services,…

Imagen Dental Partners adds Seattle practice

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Imagen Dental Partners recently added a Seattle practice to its network. The dental partnership organization added Floss General + Cosmetic Dentistry, led by Nassim Pietsch, DDS. The practice offers a range of general, restorative and cosmetic services. Imagen…

Texas dental practice suffers data breach

Cure Dental in Belton, Texas, recently suffered a data breach affecting more than 800 patients. The practice said on its website that it detected unauthorized cyber activity on June 25 that potentially compromised the personal information of up to 878…

Texas dental office remains closed amid patient death investigation

Cuddle Kids Dental in Fort Worth, Texas, remains closed following the arrest of its owner, Chrishelle Hemphill, DDS, who was charged after a 4-year-old patient died during a dental procedure in April, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth reported July 23. A…

Lyon College dental school names inaugural medical director for pediatric program

Little Rock, Ark.-based Lyon College School of Dental Medicine has named Ashley McMillan, DDS, as inaugural medical director of its dental program launched in partnership with Arkansas Children’s. Dr. McMillan serves as the associate dean of clinical affairs at the…

130+ DSO affiliations so far in 2026: State-by-state breakdown

DSOs have acquired, opened or affiliated with more than 130 dental offices across the U.S. so far in 2026. Here are more than 130 DSO moves Becker’s has reported on this year. Editor’s note: This list is not exhaustive, and…

8 DSOs making headlines

Here are eight DSOs that have made headlines in the last week: 1. Lincoln, Neb.-based Paradigm Oral Health completed a surgeon-led buyback of BlackRock Long Term Private Capital’s majority ownership stake. 2. A three-tenant retail pad in Lexington, S.C., that…

Oral surgery platform buys back ownership stake from private equity firm

Lincoln, Neb.-based Paradigm Oral Health has completed a surgeon-led buyback of BlackRock Long Term Private Capital’s majority ownership stake. BlackRock Long Term Private Capital acquired a majority interest in the group in 2022. The buyback returns majority control of the…