Park Dental, which has more than 50 offices in Minnesota and Wisconsin, has reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit stemming from its 2024 data breach. The breach involved unauthorized access to a limited number of employee email accounts, during…
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Gov. Jared Polis has proposed additional cuts to Medicaid dental benefits months after the state cut reimbursements and capped benefits. Five notes: 1. The governor’s proposed 2027-28 budget, published Nov. 1, would eliminate coverage for adult services, saving the state…
California, Florida and Connecticut are among 12 states that have seen the most DSO activity in the last three years. Here is how 13 DSOs have expanded in these states in recent months: California 1. Henderson, Nev.-based PDS Health opened…
DSO-affiliated oral surgery and periodontic offices have spent the most money on supplies in the last 24 months, according to Dentira’s Dental Spend Index. Dentira launched the semiannual index Nov. 2 as the first dental spend benchmark built on procurement…
Smaller DSOs have seen more network growth in the last year compared to larger organizations, according to Dentira’s Dental Spend Index. Dentira launched the semiannual index Nov. 2 as the first dental spend benchmark built on procurement data from 267…
Health plans, health systems and ACOs no longer lack data. Claims, pharmacy, clinical feeds, lab results, social determinants and member-reported data now arrive faster than most teams can absorb. The harder problem is knowing which signals matter early enough to…
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Henry Schein’s dental businesses grew faster than its medical businesses in the third quarter, led by U.S. dental merchandise, according to the company’s third quarter earnings report, which was released Nov. 3. Here are five things to know about the…
The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry has broken ground on a 7,200-square-foot freestanding dental clinic in Decatur, Ala. The center will be located on the Decatur Morgan Hospital’s Parkway Campus, and help recruit, educate, train and retain…
Gov. Mike DeWine announced Nov. 2 that Ohio will invest more than $17 million to launch OhioDENTAL, a program that will bring dental services directly into schools. The dental funding is part of more than $55 million in federal Rural…
Dental practices are facing complex hiring challenges as salary expectations increase and retention issues persist. Here are six statistics and trends pointing to shifts in the dental workforce and recruitment strategies of employers: 1. One-fifth of dentists stated that hygienist…