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Web News MILITARY RETIREES DENTAL MAXIMUMS RESET MAY 1st - 05/04/2008 Military retirees who need dental work should get started as soon as possible. That is because the d ...more HUMANA OFFERS ORAL CANCER SCREENING BENEFITS - 04/01/2008 Beginning April 1, 2008, Humana Dental Insurance will cover enhanced oral cancer screening once a y ...more NPI EXTENSION EXPIRES IN MAY - 03/12/2008 May 23, 2008 marks the final compliance deadline for HIPAA's National Provider Identifier (NPI). Wh ...more AARP COVERS ADDITIONAL CLEANINGS IN 2008 - 03/08/2008 According to a recent AARP press release (01/04/08), the AARP Dental Insurance Plan, administered by ...more INGENIX MEDICAL FEE DATA UNDER FIRE - 02/19/2008 According to a recent editorial in the New York Times (February 18, 2008), the medical fee data comp ...more GUARDIAN OFFERS TEETH WHITENING IN 2008 - 01/14/2008 Guardian, the second largest dental network in the U.S., announced in December that it is now coveri ...more EVIDENCE-BASED DENTAL PLANS PICKING UP STEAM - 01/03/2008 According to Yogi Berra, "The future ain't what it used to be." Dealing with change is never easy a ...more DELTAS ADD BENEFITS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN IN 2008 - 11/27/2007 In 2008, 14 more Delta Dental plans will follow in the footsteps of Aetna, CIGNA, Principal Financia ...more NEW MINNESOTA LAW REQUIRES E-TRANSACTIONS - 10/15/2007 So much for trying to avoid HIPAA mandates by avoiding electronic transactions. A new state law in ...more CDT 2007 CODING CLASSES SCHEDULED - 10/15/2006 January 1st marks the date that our newest dental code set, CDT 2007, becomes effective. Unveiling ...more TRICARE DENTAL PROGRAM CHANGES IN 2006 - 02/13/2006 United Concordia has again been selected by the Department of Defense to administer the TRICARE Dent ...more CHLORHEXIDINE & Rx-STRENGTH FLOURIDES GAIN SUPPORT - 02/01/2006 What do Delta of Massachusetts and Washington Dental Service know that other carriers don’t? Fo ...more ADA & FDA RELEASE NEW RADIOGRAPH GUIDELINES - 03/15/2005 The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently updated its guidelines on dental radiog ...more WHERE DO DENTISTS SEND THEIR OPT OUT AFFIDAVITS? - 07/27/2004 As of February 8, 2004, dentists can now enter into private contracts with Medicare patients, which ...more DELTA OF CALIFORNIA CHANGES FEE FILING SYSTEM - 07/14/2004 Effective May 21, 2004, Delta of California has retired its Composite Fee Filing System. A simpler s ...more AETNA REVISES PERIO POLICIES IN 2004 - 06/23/2004 Great news for dental offices around the country--Aetna has made significant changes to its perio po ...more WHAT DENTAL SERVICES ARE COVERED BY MEDICARE? - 06/15/2004 While many dentists are wasting no time in exercising their new right to "opt out" of Medicare, othe ...more FINAL RULE OUT FOR NATIONAL PROVIDER IDENTIFIERS - 06/02/2004 On January 23, 2004, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Final Rule f ...more DOES HIPAA PREVENT CARRIERS FROM CHANGING CODES? - 05/12/2004 The short answer is: NO. HIPAA does not prevent a third-party payer from providing a reimbursement ...more HOW LONG DO DENTISTS HAVE TO KEEP EOBs? - 04/01/2004 While most states have laws defining a dentist's legal responsibility for the retention of records, ...more DENTISTS CAN NOW OPT OUT OF MEDICARE - 03/06/2004 Effective February 8, 2004, President Bush's Medicare Reforms legislation now allows dentists to "o ...more REGENCE OF WASHINGTON NOW PAYING ON PREP DATE - 01/29/2004 Washington dental offices need to take note: As of January 1, 2004, Regence of Washington now calcul ...more WHAT DOES A SPOUSE NEED TO ACCESS DENTAL RECORDS? - 08/04/2003 This question was posed recently to Bob Lapp, the ADA's main man when it comes to HIPAA. According t ...more

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