From new pieces of legislation to states increasing their dental Medicaid budgets, here are 20 updates on the dental insurance industry that dentists and DSO leaders should know, as reported by Becker’s during the third quarter of 2026. Note: This…
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Here are 10 dental school updates that have taken place since Sept. 8: 1. Forty-eight U.S. dental schools were ranked among the best in the world by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. 2. The University of Rochester (N.Y.) plans to open a new…
Automating routine tasks is only part of AI’s value for healthcare finance. The bigger opportunity is helping teams spot emerging trends, understand performance drivers and forecast results earlier, giving leaders more time to act. But readiness remains a challenge. In…
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- Frank Stevens, Chief Product Officer, Strata
- Josh Wiggins, Vice President of Product Management, Strata
Sartell, Minn.-based Persona Dental recently experienced a data breach affecting 3,386 patients. Persona Dental reported the attack to the HHS Department’s breach portal Sept. 10. The types of protected health information exposed and the specific timeline of the incident have…
Here are eight dental industry acquisitions that took place in September: 1. Dallas-based MB2 Dental acquired Hawaii Pacific Dental Group in Honolulu. 2. Minneapolis-based Park Dental Partners added a dental practice in Phoenix to its network. 3. New Hyde Park,…
By 2027, more than 70% of recently implemented enterprise resource planning initiatives will fail to fully meet their original business goals, according to Gartner. The technology itself is rarely the only obstacle. This session tackles the practical questions that can…
Oct 27, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
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- Harun Rashid, Chief Digital Information Officer, Akron Children's
- Brian Evans, Vice President, Impact Advisors
- Sarah Hickman Auger, Industry Director, Healthcare Marketing, Workday
Demand for glucagon-like peptide-1 therapies has never been clearer. Yet for obesity-indicated GLP-1s, 90 percent of that demand never becomes treatment. Payer rejections, cost concerns and early drop-off drown out the signal between a written prescription and a patient on…
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Orlando, Fla.-based Standard Dental Labs has acquired Dr. Tooth, a dental laboratory business in Dunedin, Fla. Standard Dental Labs projects the acquisition to add more than $800,000 in annualized revenue, nearly doubling its prior estimate of about $822,000 in annualized…
Advantage Dental Services recently agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle allegations that it improperly billed Oregon’s Medicaid program. The dental plan allegedly billed Medicaid for phone calls to patients that were recorded as nutrition and oral hygiene counseling but…
The American Dental Association, the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations and the American Board of Dental Examiners have begun discussions focused on advancing dental hygiene licensure assessment. The collaboration builds on the organizations’ April 2026 agreement to incorporate the…