Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed nine bills into law July 15, including one to prohibit dental insurers from forcing dentists to accept credit card payments.
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A new national poll showed that 92% of national voters support adding dental coverage to Medicare.
The Wisconsin Dental Association launched a new program that serves as an alternative to dental insurance.
In an interactive session at Becker's Future of Dentistry Roundtable, Paul Bernard, CEO of InsideDesk, shared insights on innovation in revenue cycle management, drawing on his own experiences operating scaled RCM services and working extensively with DSOs and dental practices.
Long Beach, Calif.-based Dental Health Services suffered an email data breach affecting 4,562 members.
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New Hampshire is currently trying to entice more dental providers to treat Medicaid patients, the New Hampshire Bulletin reported July 11.
Lawmakers in Rhode Island and Louisiana passed legislation to hold dental insurance companies more accountable through dental loss ratio bills.
CMS released several proposals July 10 related to Medicare payments and claims submissions for dental services.
About 27% of dentists may drop insurance networks this year, according to a new report from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.
Aflac's dental and vision divisions partnered with Skygen, a dental and vision benefits technology company, to add automation to Aflac's claims and billing processes.