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ADA Asks Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to Prioritize Oral Health

The ADA has asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to prioritize...

DentaQuest Applauds Reopening of Federal Healthcare Marketplace

DentaQuest said that it applauds the Biden Administration’s decision to reopen the federal healthcare...

Affordable Care Act Increased Dental Coverage Rates in Medicaid Expansion States

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) increased rates of dental coverage by 18.9 percentage points...

Community Catalyst to Assume Children’s Dental Health Project Operations

The Children’s Dental Health Project (CDHP) will transition its online public health policy and...

Healthcare Reform Report Holds Significant Implications for Dentistry

On October 12, 2017, President Donald Trump directed the departments of Health and Human...

Report Cites Ongoing Shortcomings in Pediatric Oral Health

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) has released its second State of Little...

Dental Loss Ratios and Questionable Bedfellows in the Insurance Industry

Insurance industry dental loss ratios (DLRs) represent expenditures for patient services as a percentage...

Medicaid: A Prime Driver Behind the Nation’s Opioid Epidemic

On January 17, 2018, the US Senate’s Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...

Medicaid Expansion Yields Mixed Results for Dental Visits

Dental coverage for adults is an optional benefit under Medicaid, offered by about half...

Pediatric Dental Care Requires New Policies to Improve

This February, dentistrytoday.com celebrates National Children’s Dental Health Month with news stories, interviews, and...