Picture your next capital plan: inpatient beds, ambulatory surgery capacity, virtual programs, clinic footprint, and the workforce to support them, all defined down to the last decimal. Now picture getting the balance wrong in your most lucrative service lines. Healthcare…
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Dental school curriculum is built around technical, procedure-focused training, but research suggests that focus can wear down students’ empathy. The University of Iowa College of Dentistry in Iowa City is trying to change that by teaching empathy and patient-centered communication…
Health plans are measured on member experience, security, quality and efficiency. Yet one capability quietly underpins all four: Knowing, with confidence, exactly who each member is. As member data spreads across digital and assisted channels, that confidence erodes. Duplicate records,…
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Every premium-labor shift, every unfilled specialty role and every room that stays dark reflects a staffing decision. Such decisions are usually one made reactively, one coverage crisis at a time. Workforce shortages, rising case complexity and growing financial pressure are…
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For years, private equity has been the default exit for DSOs looking to cash out or raise capital. Park Dental Partners’ December IPO may be a sign that’s starting to change — and some industry watchers say it won’t be…
The Missouri Dental Hygienists’ Association and a licensed dental hygienist have filed a lawsuit seeking to block a proposed Missouri Dental Board rule that would allow expanded-function dental assistants to perform supragingival scaling and comprehensive periodontal charting. The petition, filed…
As dental organizations navigate growing complexity — from AI adoption to workforce pressures to multispecialty integration — the clinical leaders steering patient care strategy have become critical members of the team. Here are five chief dental officers and chief clinical…
Chicago-based Aspen Dental has continued its 2026 growth by opening a new location in Merced, Calif. The practice is led by Avni Sharma, DDS, managing clinical director, and provides services including emergency dentistry, dentures, implants, crowns, bridges, oral surgery and…
Health systems deliver complex care every day. Far less of it reaches the final bill intact. Between the bedside and the claim sits a patchwork of quality teams, coders, retrospective reviews and post-discharge vendors, all working to reconstruct decisions already…
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From the openings of new de novo locations to partnerships with existing partnerships, the DSO industry continued to make moves in September. These six states saw at least two DSO moves in September, as reported by Becker’s, including practice openings,…
