The Northeast Delta Dental Foundation awarded the Wentworth-Douglass Foundation $21,000 to support the Wentworth-Douglass Community Dental Center in Dover, N.H.

A Washington, D.C., dentist was found guilty of failing to pay district taxes and will have to pay $286,000, district Attorney General Karl Racine announced June 4.

The Dental Access Partners and Minnesota Dental Association are urging state Sen. Michelle Benson, R-Ham Lake, to approve a proposal that would change the state's Medicaid dental program.

Revenue cycle management company Vyne Dental recently acquired Operability and the company's patient engagement platform, OperaDDS.

The American Dental Association Health Policy Institute launched a poll at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to track the economic impact on dental offices.

Dental insurance market competitiveness is linked to dental practice structure, according to research cited by the American Dental Association.

Health insurer Delta Dental will be sending out a survey to its patients nationwide in an effort to gain insight into the patient experience and enhance patient-centered care, according to a May 19 press release.

Naperville-based Delta Dental of Illinois has tapped Jason Grinter, DDS, as dental director, according to a May 17 news release obtained by Becker's.

Two Texas-based dentists paid $3.1 million to resolve allegations that they defrauded the state Medicaid program and violated the False Claims Act, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas.

Revenue cycle management company Vyne Dental launched a new web-based dental billing platform to ease handling and organization of information for dental practices of all sizes.

Insurance company Colonial Life recently added three dental plans to its list of coverage options.

COVID-19 increased prices of necessary gear such as personal protective equipment and disinfectant, and California dentists want insurance companies to pick up the costs, Kaiser Health News reported May 5.

Almost all dentists are using their COVID-19 relief funding to retain staff, according to the American Dental Association's latest COVID-19 economic impact survey.

The Code Maintenance Committee has accepted and approved the inclusion of eight pandemic-related CDT procedure codes in CDT 2021, reports the American Dental Association.

Delta Dental has indefinitely postponed scheduled fee cuts for 2,200 specialist dentists in California, according to an April 5 update from the California Dental Association.

Though the National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards recognized anesthesiology as a dental specialty in 2019, Delta Dental doesn't credential anesthesiologists in some regions of the U.S., reports the American Dental Association.

The California Dental Association is voicing concerns about proposed reimbursement reductions for Premier provider contracts with Delta Dental of California.

Compared to 2019, dental practice revenue declined 6 percent in 2020, according to Dental Intelligence data from 3,677 U.S. dental practices.

A Georgia dental practice's lawsuit was dismissed March 1 by a federal judge who said Cincinnati Insurance doesn't have to cover the practice's COVID-19 related losses, reports Law360.

The American Dental Association is urging Congress to consider changes to the Paycheck Protection Program in the next COVID-19 relief package.