Native America Needs More Dentists
Many Native American and Alaskan Native communities don’t have enough dental professionals to provide adequate oral healthcare. For example, the Cheyenne River Sioux.
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AGD Urges Federal Government to Allow Dentists to Administer COVID-19 Vaccine
The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) is urging federal health officials to permit qualified and licensed dentists to administer COVID-19 vaccines. In a.
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ADA Seeks Coordination in Changes to Health Breach Notification Rule
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Health Breach Notification Rule requires vendors of personal health records (PHRs) and related entities to notify consumers following.
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Dentist Indicted on Kickback and Fraud Charges
A federal grand jury in Maryland has indicted licensed dentist Edward T. Buford III of Silver Spring, his business partner Kasandra Vilchez-Duarte of.
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Benco and Patterson Decline to Appeal FTC Decision
After Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell held in his initial decision that two of three respondents named in a Federal Trade.
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Don’t Condemn All FQHCs for the Unethical Behavior of the Few
After reading the article “FQHCs Churn Patients in a Big Scam” published on October 16, 2019, I feel it is appropriate to react.
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FQHCs Churn Patients in a Big Scam
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are IRS 501c nonprofit medical, mental health, and dental clinics. The federal government requires these entities and their.
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St. Louis Dentist Indicted for Medicaid Fraud
Dr. Yun Sup Kim of St. Louis is under federal indictment for allegedly defrauding Illinois Medicaid out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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How Does Your State’s Oral Health Stack Up?
The ADA Health Policy Institute (HPI) has published “The Oral Health Care System: A State-by-State Analysis,” which examines data from all 50 states.
