Revenue Cycle Management

Ameritas is now offering a lifetime deductible to new tailored group dental plans at no additional cost. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law to provide more clarity to dentists on what type of dental benefit plan they are dealing with.

Twenty-six percent of dental practices have an in-office dental plan, according to a recent poll by the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute. 

Medi-Cal and the California Department of Health Care Services launched Sealants for a Healthy Smile, a campaign to promote the use of sealants as a preventive measure against tooth decay. 

Here are six regulatory and legislative proposals, bills and acts impacting the dental insurance and benefits industry that Becker's has reported on since June 14:

The North Carolina Association of Free and Charitable Clinics is expecting an increase in patients as individuals lose Medicaid benefits after the unwinding of pandemic rules.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, which has served as legal counsel to Delta Dental of California, was hit with a cyberattack.

CMS is considering adding new dental codes for ASCs and assigning codes to ambulatory payment classifications in its proposed 2024 hospital outpatient prospective payment system and ASC payment system rule.

The American Dental Association has asked CMS for additional provider payment rate transparency on two proposed Medicaid rules.

DentaQuest has launched myDentaQuest in Texas, an app that allows Medicaid and CHIP members in Texas to manage DentaQuest benefits.