Bipartisan legislation to expand dental care access for veterans was recently introduced in the House of Representatives. The SMILE for Veterans Act would establish a pilot program within the Department of Veterans Affairs to reimburse dental providers for services provided…
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Dental insurance company United Concordia has launched a new benefits package that shifts focus from treatment to prevention. Concordia Clarus includes up to four cleanings annually, wellness screenings and AI-powered oral health technology, according to a Sept. 25 news release…
The healthcare AI roadmap: From modern operations to agentic work Generative AI can already draft and summarize. The next step — agentic AI that carries out multistep work on its own — is reshaping how healthcare runs finance, HR, supply…
Nov 6, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
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- Max Fisher, Director, Product Management Development, Infor
Most health systems treat physician compensation as an administrative function but a handful of systems are proving that assumption wrong. At MaineHealth, Dayton Children’s Hospital and Cayuga Health, trusted compensation and performance information is changing how physicians, compensation teams, operational…
Oct 28, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
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- Jeffrey Penoyer - MHA, Chief Operating Officer of Cayuga Health & Deputy COO, Centralus Health
- Derek Theodor, Executive Director, Provider Enterprise & Primary Care, Dayton Children’s Hospital
- Michele Mays, Provider Compensation Manager, MaineHealth
- Brett Pinnix, Vice President of Account Management, Simpliphy
- Chris Carson, Senior Advisor, Simpliphy
Nashville, Tenn.-based Chord Specialty Dental Partners has expanded its network into Ohio with the addition of two pediatric dental practices. The DSO partnered with Prairie Kids Dental in West Jefferson, Ohio, and Clover Kids Dental in Columbus, Ohio, marking its…
The Colorado Dental Board has suspended the dental license of Scott Hirsbrunner, DMD, a dentist in Monument, Colo., after determining that he deliberately violated the Colorado Dental Practice Act. An investigation of Dr. Hirsbrunner’s dental practice, White Diamond Dental, found…
Sarasota, Fla.-based Parkview Dental Partners has appointed Jon Gregoire as CEO. Mr. Gregoire spent the last four years as COO of Indianapolis-based P1 Dental Partners. He announced his new role on LinkedIn Sept. 25. Parkview Dental Partners supports more than…
Health systems and physicians largely agree on where digital health should take healthcare. New research shows they often part ways on how to get there. A survey of 100 health system executives and 233 physicians found executives tend to judge…
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Nearly every vendor serving health plans now claims to offer artificial intelligence for clinical review. Far fewer can show how their tools reason or whether clinicians can trust and validate what the AI produces. For utilization management teams, that gap…
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Here are five DSOs that have opened de novo offices in the last month: 1. Salt Lake City-based Nuvia Dental Implant Center opened its first practice in Kansas with a location in Overland Park, Kan. 2. Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental…