Dental Care - Florida families file Medicaid lawsuit charging children not receiving adequate
Florida families file Medicaid lawsuit charging children not receiving adequate care (Sun-Sentinel)
TALLAHASSEE -- Five Florida families filed a lawsuit in Miami federal court on Monday demanding reform of the state's Medicaid system and alleging that thousands of poor and disabled children aren't getting the preventive health care services to which they're entitled.
Florida Physicians Sue State Over Allegedly Inadequate Medicaid Rates, Say Low Rates Lead to Lessened Access to Care (Medical News Today)
The Florida Pediatric Society, the Florida Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and the families of six children enrolled in Medicaid filed a lawsuit on Monday in Miami federal court alleging that Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and three state health care agencies are violating federal law by failing to provide the same level of medical care for children in Medicaid that is available to children with private
Concerns About Use of Dental Therapists in Rural Areas Examined, USA (Medical News Today)
The AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution examined concerns about the use of dental health aid therapists, who do not have state dental licenses, to provide dental care in rural areas, part of a debate over "whether the standards of medical training are being sacrificed in the name of bringing health care to underserved areas."
Vacancies on dental complaint panels (Yorkshire Post)
Mike Waites Health Correspondent VOLUNTEERS are being sought by a new service to resolve complaints about dental care.
A.M. Best Assigns Rating to Western Dental Services, Inc. (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
OLDWICK, N.J.----Nov. 21, 2005--A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of A- to Western Dental Services, Inc. . The rating outlook is stable.
Health Care Costs Shifting (RedNova)
By Diane Levick, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Nov. 21--With health care costs predicted to rise 6.7 percent next year, employers are shifting a bigger share of medical bills to workers -- but have so far been slow to offer a new kind of health plan that often does the same.
Delta Dental assists Benton free clinic (Benton Courier)
The board of directors of Delta Dental of Arkansas has awarded a $5,000 grant to the Christian Community Care Clinic for the purchase of dental equipment.
Cartayas: Care Clinic volunteers of the year (Benton Courier)
Dr. Dan and Linda Cartaya of Benton have been named co-volunteers of the year for the Christian Community Care Clinic, a local nonprofit health care ministry.
Colonial Heights Dental Associates (Kingsport Times-News)
KINGSPORT - Bartley Ford, D.D.S., has opened Colonial Heights Dental Associates, PLLC., at 150-A Clinic Drive, in Colonial Heights. Dr. Ford will assume care for the patients of Dale Pittenger, D.D.S., who recently moved to the Nashville area.
Meeting medical needs: Local health care providers help new evacuees at Lonsdale (Benton Courier)
Medical care turned out to be the most critical need of the 300-plus Hurricane Katrina victims who arrived last week at Springlake Baptist Assembly, relief volunteers report.
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