Webinar: What is Medicare Advantage?
2022-04-11
A free ADA webinar will educate participants on the differences between Medicare and Medicare Advantage – also known as Medicare Part C plans – and
Medicare
CMS changes rules so Medicare Advantage plans can pay dentists who have opted-out
2022-03-08
Beginning Jan. 1, the Medicare opt-out status no longer applied to supplemental dental services covered by dental insurance companies through Medicare Advantage plans. “Medicare Advantage
Letters: Medicare
2021-12-13
This letter to the editor is in response to the Oct. 11 ADA News article “Expanding Medicare: What Every Dentist Needs to Know.” One thing
Medicare dental benefit not included in House of Representatives-passed legislation
2021-11-19
Washington – The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better legislative package Nov. 19 without an expansion of dental benefits within the Medicare
OC-Based Health Plan for Medicare Recipients Expands Into 6 Calif. Counties
2021-11-17
Brand New Day, a Medicare-approved health plan that offers myriad benefit options designed to meet members’ special needs, will expand into six additional California counties
White House framework eliminates dental benefit proposal from spending bill
2021-10-29
The White House released a framework Oct. 28 on President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better spending package that removes a proposal to create a dental
Expanding Medicare: What every dentist needs to know
2021-09-29
As Congress looks at expanding the Medicare program to include dental care, the ADA News interviewed ADA President Daniel J. Klemmedson, D.D.S., M.D., to discuss
Organizations ask CMS to identify ‘coding solution’ for dental surgeries
2021-09-22
Baltimore — The ADA, American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons are asking the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Ways and Means advances proposal calling for expanded Medicare
2021-09-11
Washington — The House Ways and Means Committee Sept. 10 advanced key parts of a $3.5 trillion spending bill that includes a proposal to expand
ADA urges dentists to ask Congress to oppose Medicare Part B dental benefit proposal
2021-09-10
Washington — The ADA is calling on dentists nationwide to contact their members of Congress to oppose a legislative proposal that would put dental care
Dr. Natalia Chalmers selected as CMS’ first chief dental officer
2021-09-09
Washington — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has named Natalia Chalmers, D.D.S., Ph.D., the agency’s first chief dental officer. Dr. Chalmers, a pediatric
Dental organizations to lawmakers: Current Medicare Part B structure won’t work for dentistry
2021-09-03
Washington — The ADA and 10 other dental organizations are committed to providing oral health care to vulnerable seniors and all Americans but say they
