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Dental practices must file beneficial ownership reports by Jan. 1, 2025 Reprinted from ADA Morning Huddle, November 14, 2024 Small businesses that meet certain requirements — including many dental practices — must file beneficial ownership information reports by Jan. 1, 2025 before facing penalties. Enacted in 2021, the Corporate Transparency Act aims to mitigate money-laundering operations posing as businesses. It

Reprinted from ADA Morning Huddle, 11/12/24: National media, including Time.com, reported recent claims from former presidential candidate Robert. F. Kennedy, Jr. that the new Trump administration intends to remove fluoride from the nation’s water supply. The ADA’s well-known position on the public health benefits of water fluoridation is cited in news coverage, such as that adding fluoride to water is

The latest issue of the Healthcare Journal of Arkansas features information on Medicaid’s Fee-For-Service program for dental health providers, which rolls out on November 1. The article, by Elizabeth Pittman, is reprinted in its entirety below with the full issue available at this link. SINCE 2018, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) has operated the Medicaid dental program by

Using the latest data from Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) and the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), HPI has just released its annual update on trends in dental care utilization, dental insurance coverage and cost barriers to care among the U.S. population through a series of easy-to-read graphs. Breakdowns by population age, race/ethnicity, income level and insurance type are included.