Dental advocates have helped pass 400 dental insurance reform laws across the country over the last few years, according to the American Dental Association. Four notes: 1. The milestone builds on the more than 100 dental insurance reform bills introduced…
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The next generation of dentists is reshaping what a practice looks like — from building multilocation groups to expanding access in underserved and rural communities. Whether they’ve stayed independent, joined academia or partnered with a DSO, these early- and mid-career…
For any group operating under payer contracts, reimbursement now shifts with every policy change, fee schedule update and contract renewal and revenue can slip before anyone notices.One place that happens quietly is the professional component of clinical pathology. This webinar…
Oct 16, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CDT
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- Daniel Higgins, MBA, CPB, Director Account Management, Medusind
Complex spine deformity surgery leaves little margin for ambiguity about who says what, and when. The Best Practice Guidelines for the Execution of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Spine Deformity Surgery set out what sound practice looks like. This session brings the…
Oct 28, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
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- Jason B Anari, MD, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Benjamin B. Bruins, MD, Attending Physician, Division of Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Alier Franco, PhD, CNIM, Area Clinical Manager, SpecialtyCare
Salt Lake City-based Nuvia Dental Implant Center has opened its first practice in Kansas with a location in Overland Park, Kan. Nuvia Dental Implant Center locations provide permanent teeth in 24 hours with the All-on-4 and All-on-6 methods, according to…
Since 2022, providers and payers have worked to master the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution process—its eligibility rules, batching limits, deadlines, and documentation standards. Now the next phase has arrived. Those changes are already reshaping out-of-network recovery. The fee…
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Irving, Texas-based U.S. Oral Surgery Management has hired Cheryl Polmatier as its senior vice president of payer relations. Ms. Polmatier has 30 years of experience in healthcare, including more than two decades focused on dental provider networks, according to a…
Rostyslav Stepanenko, DMD, plans to close his practice in Mansfield, Conn., at the end of this year, The Chronicle reported Sept. 22. Dr. Stepanenko will return home and volunteer dental services to soldiers in Ukraine after practicing dentistry in the…
Big Rapids, Mich.-based Ferris State University wants to expand its hygiene program in order to help address the state’s workforce shortages, upnorthlive.com reported Sept. 21. The university is seeking to renovate its allied health building to allow more students into…
Picture the quote a model scores cleanly that an experienced underwriter would stop on: thin data on a small group, a trend that breaks from the population, a circumstance the model has not seen before. AI is taking on more…
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