Revenue Cycle Management

Dental benefits provider DentaQuest is limiting the number of additional dentists in its Medicaid network in Texas, according to an Oct. 14 report by Texas Dentists for Medicaid Reform.

Medicare Advantage plan eternalHealth unveiled its 2025 plan options, which includes a dental benefit.

The Illinois legislature recently approved a bill that will regulate third party financing in the dental industry. 

The Oregon Health Authority researched why so many dentists in the state do not accept patients on Medicaid, according to an Oct. 13 report by Willamette Week.

About 36% of dentists have dropped one or more networks in the past year, according to a new report from the American Dental Association.

More than 26% of dentists have dropped out of some insurance networks since the start of 2024, according to a survey conducted by the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute. 

Liberty Dental Plan of California re-upped a dental managed care contract with the California Department of Health Care Services.

Here are seven updates on Medicaid in dentistry that Becker's has reported on since Sept. 13:

The "Live Healthy" legislative package in Florida went into effect Oct. 1, which allocates more than $30 million to raise Medicaid reimbursements for dentists, according to an Oct. 1 news release. 

Put People First! PA recently held a rally calling on legislators to restore adult dental benefits under Medicaid, WHTM reported Sept. 30.