68.5 Million Adults in the US Don’t Have Dental Insurance
2023-09-11
An estimated 68.5 million adults in the United States do not have dental insurance, according to new data released recently by CareQuest Institute for Oral
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Organized dentistry leaders share how more voices can sustain momentum for dental insurance reforms
2023-09-08
Dentists regularly rate dental insurance issues among the most important concerns facing the profession today. The good news: Many reform measures that improve how patients
Dental Insurance Hub: ADA’s new locum tenens guide helps dentists faced with absences
2023-08-11
Editor’s note: Dental Insurance Hub is a series aimed to help dentists and their dental teams overcome dental insurance obstacles so they can focus on
ADA seeks feedback on standard for gathering patient data to determine benefits
2023-07-25
A new standard that would help dentists determine patients’ dental plan benefits prior to care is available for comment from the ADA Standards Committee on
Dental Insurance Hub: In-office membership plans give dentists, DSOs a way to provide care through unique business model
2023-07-12
Editor’s note: Dental Insurance Hub is a series aimed to help dentists and their dental teams overcome dental insurance obstacles so they can focus on
Nevada improves medical loss ratio law for dental plans
2023-06-07
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a new medical loss ratio bill into law on June 1 that reaffirms a requirement established in 1983 that dental insurers in that
Dental Insurance Hub: ADA council’s actions support dentist claims and record-keeping
2023-05-31
Editor’s note: Dental Insurance Hub is a series aimed to help dentists and their dental teams overcome dental insurance obstacles so they can focus on
Medical loss ratio bill proposed in Rhode Island
2023-05-22
Meeting of the minds: Representatives from the ADA and Rhode Island Dental Association meet with Rhode Island lawmakers to discuss the medical loss ratio bill.
ADA report on electronic dental benefits available for comment
2023-04-11
The ADA Standards Committee on Dental Informatics has approved for circulation and comment Proposed ADA Technical Report No. 1102 for Electronic Dental Benefits Eligibility Verification.
HPI: 1 in 6 dentists report dropping out of some insurance networks
2023-03-09
Since Jan. 1, about 16% of dentists reported they have dropped out of some dental insurance networks, according to insights from the ADA Health Policy
Court amends schedule in ADA’s class action lawsuit against Delta Dental
2023-03-02
In 2019, the ADA filed a class action lawsuit against the Delta Dental Plans and the Delta Dental Plans Association, and in January, the federal
ADA seeks volunteers to develop standard on gathering patient data to determine benefits eligibility
2023-03-01
The ADA Standards Committee on Dental Informatics is seeking volunteers to develop a new standard that would help with determining patients’ dental plan benefits prior
