The Woodlands, Texas-based Blue Cloud Pediatric Surgery Centers recently applied for state approval to open its first ASC in Massachusetts. The pediatric dentistry chain filed a Determination of Need application June 13 to take ownership over Northeast Ambulatory Center, a…
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Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental added six offices to its network in July. The DSO opened four de novo locations and added two affiliations, according to a blog post on its website. The four de novo offices are Dental Care at…
Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Imagen Dental Partners recently added a Texas practice to its network. The dental partnership organization added Laughlin Dental in Pasadena, Texas, led by Lloyd Laughlin, DDS. The practice’s services include general, restorative and cosmetic dentistry. Imagen Dental Partners…
Remote patient monitoring vendors often promise effortless care — and leave practices with high staff burden and inconsistent billing. Waco Heart & Vascular, a private cardiology practice in Waco, Texas, hit that wall: denied claims and vendor fees left its…
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Massachusetts is requiring dental insurance companies to provide rebates to consumers for failing to meet dental loss ratio standards. Six dental insurance companies — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Guardian Life Insurance Company, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Insurance…
Many health systems invest heavily in analytics but still wrestle with fragmented reporting, unclear governance and inconsistent data standards. Those gaps grow more consequential the moment a major analytics or reporting build enters the picture. Children’s Mercy took a different…
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- Brett Generaux, Senior Director Data Governance & Analytics, Children’s Mercy Hospital (Kansas City, Missouri)
- Warren Teachout, Director of Decision Support, Medical Informatics, Children’s Mercy Hospital (Kansas City, Missouri)
- Michael Sayer, Senior Director of Data Science, Children’s Mercy Hospital (Kansas City, Missouri)
- Glenn David, Senior Director of Digital Health, Nordic
- Anthonio Darling, Director Digital Health, Nordic
Several states have approved additional funding or moved forward with legislation aimed at improving the dental workforce. Four updates: 1. Nevada Senate Bill 495 would allow individuals to receive a dental hygiene license without completing a dental hygiene program that…
Hot Springs-based Arkansas Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons recently experienced a data breach that may have impacted patient information. The practice learned of potential unauthorized access to its network April 7. An investigation confirmed that files containing patient information were acquired…
Ownership of a dental practice in Pennsylvania has changed hands, with a new dentist taking over, according to an Aug. 5 report from The Daily News. Micah Garber, DMD, is now the owner of Saxton (Pa.) Family Dental, with Michael…
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