Revenue Cycle Management

Regular preventive dental visits for Medicaid patients were linked to improved healthcare outcomes such as lower dental costs and fewer oral surgeries, according to a recent study by the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. 

The Maryland Legislature is considering a bill that would add adult dental coverage to the state's Medicaid program, ABC affiliate WMDT reported Jan. 25. 

Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation awarded more than $7 million to 38 organizations in Colorado to improve oral health equity.

Oral healthcare use and spending rates are lower during the first four years of life and in young adulthood than any other periods of life, according to findings published in The Journal of The American Dental Association.

Delta Dental of New Mexico will integrate the NovoDynamics dental insurance service into its dental insurance claims processing system, NovoDynamics said Jan. 12. 

Where dentists practice plays as big a role as experience in determining their income.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services implemented a base dental reimbursement rate increase Jan. 1.

National dental expenditures dropped 1.8 percent from 2019 to 2020, according to data cited by the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

Houston-based human resources company Insperity has extended its contract for employee medical and dental coverage with UnitedHealthcare, Insperity said Jan. 3. 

Dental billing company eAssist Dental Solutions brought in $1 billion in insurance collections for dental practices in 2021.