Only Half of Dentists Still Accepting Dental Insurance

Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Insurance, Surveys | 7 Comments »

Dentists Dropping Dental Insurances Dentists are sick and tired of dental insurance companies dictating fees and treatments. Just over half of the dentists in this survey said that they had mostly ... Read more..

Federal Employees Could Be Getting Foreign Dental Work

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Editorials, Insurance, US | 4 Comments »

Government Dental Plan Soliciting Bids from Offshore Labs The US government employs several million individuals. As their employer, it's the government's job to provide health care coverage to all of these ... Read more..

Dentists Detest Dental Insurance

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Insurance, Surveys | 5 Comments »

Clear Majority of Dentists Are Eager to Organize Against Insurance Companies When a recent Wealthy Dentist survey asked dentists if they would like to see their colleagues organize against ... Read more..

Dental Insurance and Fee-Setting

Monday, October 8th, 2007 Posted in Editorials, Insurance, Practice Management | 1 Comment »

Setting Dental Fees (and Dealing with Insurance Companies) An auto mechanic changing a muffler has more control over the fees he charges than many doctors. Last week I discussed how to handle ... Read more..

Dental Insurance Is Broken, Say Two out of Three Dentists

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 Posted in Insurance, Surveys | 3 Comments »

Could Michael Moore's SICKO Have Been about Dental Insurance? Is dental insurance just as broken as medical insurance? Two out of three dentists think so. In our most recent survey, 70% ... Read more..

Rollover Plans Aren’t Just for Cell Phones Anymore

Thursday, June 7th, 2007 Posted in Dental News, Insurance | No Comments »

Dental Insurance Picks Up the Rollover Trend A recent dental insurance trend that's becoming ever more popular, "maximum-limit rollover programs" let patients save unused dental benefits to use the following year. ... Read more..

Dentists See Insurance Companies as Enemies: Survey

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 Posted in Insurance, Surveys | 3 Comments »

No Love Lost Between Dentists and Insurance Companies In this poll, we asked dentists: As dentists, what's your gut feeling about dental insurance companies - friend or foe? Great balls of fire! ... Read more..