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Dental Benefits/Insurance Plans

ADA News

• Vendors named for new federal supplemental dental coverage (May 8, 2006)
• ADA supports outreach program for uninsured (April 14, 2006)
• Direct reimbursement presentation on ADA.org (March 9, 2006)
• ADA and payers convey concerns, ideas (March 8, 2006)
• Third-party audits: What dentists need to know to protect themselves (Dec. 16, 2005)
• Medicaid dental coverage for children gets boost (Nov. 1, 2005)
• Employees opt for dental coverage when offered: BLS (Aug. 31, 2005)
• Study: States working to reach more kids with dental care (Jan. 24, 2005)

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The Journal of the American Dental Association

• The Differences Between Dental and Medical Care: Implications for Dental Benefit Plan Design  (June 2006)
• The Ins and Outs of Dental Insurance  (February 2005)
• A Comparison of Dental Services Received by Medicaid and Privately Insured Adult Populations  (January 2005)
• Self-Reported Oral Health of Enrollees in Capitated and Fee-for-Service Dental Benefit Plans  (November 2004)
• Self-Reported Satisfaction of Enrollees in Capitated and Fee-for-Service Dental Benefit Plans  (October 2004)
• Recent Trends in Dental Visits and Private Dental Insurance, 1989 and 1999  (May 2003)
• Private Dental Coverage: Who Has It and How Does It Influence Dental Visits and Expenditures?  (November 2002)
• The Impact of Insurance Coverage on Children's Dental Visits and Expenditures, 1996 (August 2001)
• The Impact of Universal Access to Dental Care on Disparities in Caries Experience in Children  (March 2001)

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Additional Resources

• ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct
• AGD/ADA Web Event October 21, 2004: Third-Party Payers Live Chat Transcript | PDF file/33k
• Direct Reimbursement
• Managed Care
• Resource Manual for Support of Dentists With HBV, HIV, TB and Other Infectious Diseases
• Sample Letters for Third-Party Payers and Employers & Authorization Form

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