Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a bill into law requiring insurance companies to provide dental practices with multiple payment options, according to an Oct. 28 news release.
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Texas Health and Human Services Provider Finance has released its fees for dental Medicaid codes for 2025, according to an Oct. 23 report by Texas Dentists for Medicaid Reform.
Federal employee health and dental insurance provider GEHA is planning to lay off more than 450 employees at its headquarters in Lee's Summit, Mo., according to an Oct. 22 report by KMBZ.
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.
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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.