A hacking group has claimed responsibility for a suspected data breach affecting Delta Dental of Missouri. Two dark web monitoring websites, Ransomware.live and HookPhish, posted that the n0n hacking group was responsible for the incident, which reportedly took place Nov.…
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Gov. Jared Polis has proposed additional cuts to Medicaid dental benefits months after the state cut reimbursements and capped benefits. Five notes: 1. The governor’s proposed 2027-28 budget, published Nov. 1, would eliminate coverage for adult services, saving the state…
Here are six updates on dental coverage under Medicaid and Medicare since August: 1. U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson plans to lead the effort to pass the Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act in the next Congress. 2. States save…
HHS and the Justice Department have launched a six-month pilot letting healthcare companies resolve self-disclosed False Claims Act violations through a coordinated civil release. Five notes for dental leaders:
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson will lead the effort to pass the Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act in the next Congress. The bill would repeal the statutory exclusion that currently prohibits Medicare from covering most dental, vision and hearing…
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Every patient brings a different set of circumstances to the dental office. While treatment approaches vary, how patients pay for care can be a deciding factor. The average dental practice reports that as many as 55% of treatment plans go…
States save only about 20 to 50 cents for every $1 they cut from Medicaid dental spending, depending on their federal matching rates, according to a study published Oct. 16 in JAMA Health Forum. The authors analyzed Medicaid fee-for-service dental…
Here are five recent updates pointing to shifts in how dentists are interacting with insurers and other trends in the field: 1. Dental advocates have helped pass 400 dental insurance reform laws across the country over the last few years,…
Nine in 10 voters support Medicare dental benefits, according to a national poll conducted by the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. The organization partnered with Marketing for Change to create this poll, which used a mixed-methods approach and included an…
About 13% of Americans did not get needed dental care in the past year because of the cost, more than twice the rate for medical care, prescription drugs or mental health care, according to an analysis by the American Dental…