James Standring, DDS, a dental practice in Crescent City, Calif., experienced a data breach that may have affected the information of 6,658 individuals. The practice began notifying patients in July that their personal information was accessed in a breach that…
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AI moved into the healthcare contact center fast, and the results have been uneven. Some organizations report real gains in efficiency, staff capacity and patient experience. Others never made it past the pilot or applied AI to problems it was…
Sep 23, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- Tara Aldridge, Director of Enablement, Vonage
- Aamer Ahmed, MBA, VP & Chief Experience Officer, Tampa General Hospital
- Philip Quick, Chief System Access Operations Officer, UChicago Medicine
- Jesse Dodd, Director of Patient Access, University of Texas Medical Branch
Chicago-based Phase 1 Equity has added a multi-site orthodontic practice in North Dakota to its network. The acquisition marks the doctor-owned platform’s entry into North Dakota and its fourth practice addition of 2026, according to an Aug. 10 news release.…
Roseville, Minn.-based Park Dental Partners has agreed to acquire Village Family Dental DSO in a deal worth up to $46 million. The Fayetteville, N.C.-based DSO is affiliated with Village Family Dental, a multi-specialty dental group. The deal would mark Park…
An Affordable Dentures & Implants practice in Wichita Falls, Texas, has been damaged after a car crashed into the practice and sparked a fire, according to an Aug. 6 report from NBC affiliate KFDX. Eddie Mawson, assistant fire marshal of…
An orthodontic practice in McAllen, Texas, has closed without warning, according to an Aug. 7 report from KRGV News. The landlord of the office posted a notice stating that the tenant, Senan Orthodontic Studio, had failed to pay rent, leading…
For obsessive-compulsive disorder, the right diagnosis is often missed for years — 17, on average — and throughout that stretch the member remains the plan’s to cover. But diagnosis is only the first gap. Even with a full directory of…
Sep 9, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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Presenters:
- Stephen Smith, Co-Founder & CEO, Noto and NOCD
- Janice Rybicki, LPC, Senior Director, Client & Provider Success, NovaOne
Charlotte, N.C.-based Dentsply Sirona reported $898 million in net sales for the second quarter of 2026, a 4.1% decline from $936 million in the same period last year, according to an Aug. 6 earnings release. Net income attributable to Dentsply…
The Justice Department has filed a complaint seeking to permanently bar a Nevada dental product manufacturer from making and selling its products after the FDA allegedly found the company in violation of federal law. The Aug. 6 complaint names CEO…
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…