Alaska Dental Society News & Updates

10/4

Dentists renewing their licenses in 2019 are required to have 2 hrs of CE in opioids, pain management and addiction. only dentists without a DEA number are exempted from this requirement.

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Executives say they lost their jobs at one of Alaska’s largest hospitals for reporting improper billing of Medicare, Medicaid

In a federal whistleblower lawsuit, two former officials for one of the largest hospitals in Alaska claim they lost their jobs for trying to stop illegal billing practices and raising other concerns.

The former executives accuse the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium of engaging in potential billing violations that resulted in the nonprofit receiving millions of dollars of improper payments from Medicare and Medicaid.

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ADA meets with U.S. Surgeon General
ADA President Joseph P. Crowley and President-elect Jeffrey Cole met with U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, M.D., Oct. 9 to discuss the state of oral health in the U.S.
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New California law requires transparency in dental benefits
A new California law will require dental insurers to create a standardized benefits form to help patients better understand their benefits.
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Modernizing the initial dental licensure process
Calling for the modernization of the dental licensure process, the ADA, the American Dental Education Association and American Student Dental Association have teamed up to become the founding members of the Coalition for Modernizing Dental Licensure.
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