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Affordable Care Act Increased Dental Coverage Rates in Medicaid Expansion States

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) increased rates of dental coverage by 18.9 percentage points...

Adult Medicaid Recipients in Delaware Now Have Dental Coverage

Adults in Delaware who receive Medicaid will automatically get dental coverage as part of...

Media Drives Justice with Medicaid Fraud

On August 10, 2020, Judge Catherine A. Mauzy of the 126th Texas District Court...

Michigan Medicaid Expansion Improves Oral and Systemic Health

The most vulnerable residents of the nation’s most populous state say their health including...

HHS to Distribute Relief Funds to Medicaid and CHIP Providers

Health and Human Services (HHS) will distribute $15 billion in provider relief funds to...

A Lack of Awareness Impacts the Care of Medicaid Dental Patients

Children and adults on Medicaid are not receiving enough dental treatment. Only 50% of...

“Hoverboard Dentist” Found Guilty of Medicaid Fraud

Seth Lookhart, DMD, a dentist in Anchorage, Alaska, drew a lot of negative attention...

Massachusetts Dentists and Office Manager Indicted for Medicaid Fraud

A federal grand jury in Boston has indicted a Worcester dentist, a Chelmsford dentist,...

North Carolina Dentist Settles Medicaid Fraud Case for $567,125

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has reached a $567,125 settlement with High Point...

Operation Root Canal Targets Dental Medicaid Fraud in North Carolina

Operation Root Canal is an ongoing program of the North Carolina Department of Justice...