1. Medical technology company Vivos Therapeutics is partnering with Nexus Dental Systems to create a comprehensive medical billing service for the industry.
2. Insurer Northeast Delta Dental will provide $6 million in funding over three years for dental student loan repayments.
3. Nevada state Sen. Heidi Seevers Gansert filed a bill that would require dental insurers in the state to spend premium dollars on patient dental care.
4. A law to regulate dental payer spending in Massachusetts was signed into law after being approved by voters in November.
5. Eighty-three percent of dentists indicated they support requiring dental plans in their state to spend a percentage of premiums they collect on dental care for subscribers, according to a poll by the American Dental Association’s Health Policy Institute.
6. The Sacramento Kings formed a multiyear partnership with Delta Dental of California to promote oral health throughout the region.
7. A filing mix-up between a Chicago woman’s dental practice and her insurance company cost her $11,000.
8. Revere Partners, the only oral health-focused venture capital fund, partnered with the Seattle Study Club and the Workman School of Dental Medicine at High Point (N.C.) University.
9. CMS established a payment code for dental surgeries performed in hospital operating rooms.
10. Revere Partners is investing more than $10 million in fintech for the dental industry.
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