Women’s health is too often treated as a narrow benefit category, defined by maternity and annual screenings. The result is a system in which underdiagnosis is the norm, not the exception. For every one woman diagnosed with a serious condition,…
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From new legislation to a successful pilot program, here are five dental insurance updates impacting the dental industry, as reported by Becker’s since June 4:
A former dental office manager was sentenced to 36 months in prison for defrauding Indiana’s Medicaid program, the Post-Tribune reported June 18. Justyn Arch, 39, previously worked as an office manager at Arch Complete Family Dentistry in Crown Point, Ind.…
Here are five recent legislative updates at the state and federal levels that involve the dental workforce: 1. The Rhode Island Senate passed a bill to create a licensure pathway for foreign-trained dentists and hygienists. 2. The federal House Committee…
Here is the number of dentists seven of the largest DSOs in the U.S. support: Note: This list is not exhaustive. Companies are listed in alphabetical order.
Elevate Dental Partners announced the launch of Reimagine, a new interactive financial modeling tool that exposes a hard truth many dentists never calculate: remaining independent often comes at a multi-million-dollar opportunity cost. Built for dentists approaching a future transition, Reimagine…
Langhorne, Pa.-based Infinity Dental has agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations that it misled patients into purchasing expensive dental services by falsely claiming Medicare would cover the costs. The dental group, which does business as Alpha Dental Excellence,…
Filling an open physician role costs more than $500,000. Yet only 39% of healthcare organizations have a formal retention policy and most aren’t using retirement benefits as the differentiator they could be. The problem is that traditional 401(k) plans offer…
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Patient expectations keep climbing while clinical teams absorb a steady load of nonclinical requests, repeated questions and unclear bedside communication. Moving satisfaction scores without adding headcount has become one of the hardest problems in hospital operations. Penn Medicine’s Clifton Center…
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Four in ten U.S. adults have skipped doses, delayed refills, or left a prescription unfilled because of cost, and six in ten now worry about affording their medications. Affordability is usually framed as a patient access issue, but it’s also…
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