ADA: Contact Congress to improve adult access to Medicaid dental benefits
The ADA sent out an action alert April 25 asking members to request Congress’s support of efforts to improve adult access to Medicaid dental benefits.
The ADA sent out an action alert April 25 asking members to request Congress’s support of efforts to improve adult access to Medicaid dental benefits.
The ADA led 14 other dental organizations in thanking Rep. Mike Simpson, D.M.D., R-Idaho, for introducing legislation that would reduce administrative barriers for dentists who participate in
The American Dental Association urged Congress to provide additional funding and resources to the Department of Veterans Affairs Dentistry to meet the dental care needs
In letters to U.S. House and Senate leaders, a coalition of more than 150 national, state and local oral health and advocacy organizations, including the American Dental Association, urged

Presidential visit: ADA President George Shepley, D.D.S., visits the White House on March 24 as the Association’s representative for the White House Conference on Hunger,

The ADA is commending the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for adopting standards for health care attachments transactions and electronic signatures but would like
The ADA commended Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., for introducing legislation that would make comprehensive dental care a mandatory component of Medicaid coverage for adults in
A coalition of dental organizations is urging the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to focus on four critical areas regarding the dental workforce:
Solutions to improve the prior authorization process and promote interoperability “must take the different needs of dental practices and medical practices into account,” according to
The Employee Retention Credit is a refundable tax credit for businesses that continued to pay employees while shut down due to COVID-19 or had significant

A new congressional resolution is recognizing World Oral Health Day , which takes place every year on March 20. The resolution, introduced by Sen. Ben
The ADA, Organized Dentistry Coalition and other health care stakeholders are supporting the Resident Education Deferred Interest Act, or REDI Act, which would allow dental