Industry News

The Industry News section helps keep you informed and up-to-date about what’s happening in the dental profession. If there is information you would like to share in this section, please email your news releases to arselia@farranmedia.com. All material is subject to editing and space availability.

American Dental Association Launches New Credentialing Service
The American Dental Association (ADA) announced the national launch of the ADA Credentialing Service.

Using software developed by Wonderbox Technologies, the ADA Credentialing Service represents a significant improvement for both providers and payers over other credentialing options.

The national launch enables dentists throughout the U.S. to enter their credential information one time where it can then be accessed on-demand by multiple health payers. The service replaces the time-consuming, labor-intensive process of filling out an application for each payer network the provider wishes to join.

Payers, hospitals, employers and third-party administrators will use a separate ADA URL to access the credentialing service and download the provider information. The service eliminates the need to contact and follow-up with each provider individually when credentialing dentists, delivering information in minutes that formerly took weeks to obtain.

The ADA is currently providing use of the ADA Credentialing Service as a free service to all members and non-member dentists.

For more information or to register, dental providers can go to ada.org/credentialing.

New Dentist-Owned Company Aims to Provide Practice Growth, Collaboration
A company has formed to give dentists a competitive edge and a solution-based approach to practice growth. The new company, Klear Impakt, is a collaborative dental network and buying group with operations in the U.S. and Canada.

Klear Impakt is free to join in 2016. Members will receive a myriad of services including business solutions, practice management training and tips, professional development, access to marketing consultants, and deeply discounted products and services from large providers of dental care products and services like Henry Schein.

The company’s president, Dr. Jason Sala said the company’s goal is to help private dental practices succeed with everything from their patient experience to their bottom line.

For more information, visit klearimpakt.com.

DCI Donates Approximately $22,000 in Dental Parts
Dental equipment provider DCI has recently announced a new partnership with America’s Dentists Care Foundation, a charitable organization that facilitates Mission of Mercy free oral health care events for the underserved. Since 2000, ADCF Mission of Mercy events have helped more than 222,000 patients and provided $142 million in free oral health care.

Recently ADCF lost one of two trailers containing mobile dental equipment to an accident and fire in St. Louis. To help offset costs, DCI donated more than $22,000 in dental parts.

In addition to this donation, DCI and ADCF have formed a partnership in which DCI will provide the organization with all of the dental replacement parts needed to keep equipment in working order to facilitate the delivery of care through the Mission of Mercy program.

For more information on the ADCF and Mission of Mercy program, visit adcfmom.org.

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