Episode 19 - States Pass Bills, and Dental Companies’ Poor Performance

In this episode Scott and Jinesh cover a few recent news topics from the dental world, including new laws changing in Pennsylvania to increase dental coverage and restrict insurance companies from paying dentists via virtual credit card. They also discuss the state of Illinois trying to combat insurance companies not paying out doctors for pre-approved treatment, and chat briefly about dental office membership plans. They end by reflecting on the relatively poor recent performance of publicly traded dental companies.

 

0:00 Introduction

1:45 Pennsylvania course corrects, increases dental coverage

7:15 Pennsylvania insurers can't pay via virtual credit card

9:37 Illinois insurers must stick to their prior authorizations

15:35 Dental office membership plans vs insurance

21:26 Size of the dental market

26:50 Poor performance of public dental companies recently