Revenue Cycle Management

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, NBC affiliate News4 reported Dec. 9. 

A law to regulate dental payer spending in Massachusetts was recently signed into law after being approved by voters in November, ABC affiliate WCVB reported Dec. 8.

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.

The Sacramento Kings have formed a multiyear partnership with Delta Dental of California to promote oral health throughout the region.

A filing mix-up between a Chicago woman's dental practice and her insurance company cost her $11,000, CBS Chicago reported Dec. 5. 

Revere Partners, the only oral health-focused venture capital fund, has partnered with the Seattle Study Club and the Workman School of Dental Medicine at High Point (N.C.) University.

CMS recently established a payment code for dental surgeries performed in hospital operating rooms. 

Revere Partners, the only oral health-focused venture capital fund, is investing more than $10 million in fintech for the dental industry.

Here are nine dental payer updates Becker's has reported on since Oct. 18:

Massachusetts voters recently greenlighted a first-of-its-kind initiative to reform dental insurer spending.