August 11, 2026

Patients Wary of Governments, Companies Pushing AI as a Rural Healthcare Solution

“The risk of signing contracts that rural healthcare organizations come to regret is pretty high.”

Kff Health News

July 08, 2026

Former Dentist Ordered to Pay for Unlawful Prescribing

The judgment stemmed from controlled-substance prescriptions issued after William C. Gardner, DDS, no longer held the state licensure required for federal prescribing authority.

MDSpire News

June 08, 2026

FDA Expands Marstacimab Indication in Hemophilia A and B

Phase 3 BASIS and BASIS KIDS data supported the expanded indication across pediatric and inhibitor-pretreated populations.

MDSpire News

March 02, 2026

Coverage Isn’t Access: Medicaid’s Dilemma

As more states expand adult Medicaid dental benefits, participation remains low and GOP-backed federal cuts threaten to reverse recent progress, raising concerns for physicians and dentists.

Kff Health News

February 11, 2026

CMS proposes reversal of adult dental essential health benefit policy in payment notice 

CMS is proposing to reverse course on a policy that allowed states to include routine adult dental services as an essential health benefit. 

ADA News

February 06, 2026

President signs funding package securing oral health investments

President Donald Trump signed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan spending bill Feb. 3, ending the partial government shutdown.

ADA News

January 16, 2026

Senate passes FY 2026 interior spending package 

A Senate-approved appropriations package includes increased funding for Indian Health Service, or IHS, dental programs.

ADA News

September 03, 2025

FDA Approves Denosumab Biosimilars

The FDA approved Bildyos and Bilprevda are providing new options comparable to Prolia and Xgeva for osteoporosis, cancer-related bone disease, and other skeletal conditions.

MDSpire News

August 08, 2025

Oral Surgeon Settles Over 500K in Billing Fraud Case

The state says the dentist upcoded and double-billed over 3-year period.

MDSpire News

August 01, 2025

3 things you missed in government this week

ADA News is providing a roundup of happenings in government you may have missed this week.

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