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Annual state dental meeting to focus on patient care, comfort
WEST ALLIS, WIS., April 28, 2008 – Nearly 2,000 dentists, dental staff, students and industry representatives from several states will return to the Midwest Airlines Center in downtown Milwaukee this Thursday and Friday, May 1 – 2, for the Wisconsin Dental Association’s 138th Jewel of the Great Lakes Wisconsin Dental Meeting.
Legislative Audit Bureau confirms WDA concerns that state overpaying medical HMOs millions for dental care
WEST ALLIS, WIS., April 18, 2008 – The Legislative Audit Bureau today confirmed Wisconsin Dental Association concerns that Medicaid patients enrolled in health maintenance organizations in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine and Kenosha counties have greater trouble accessing dental care than patients covered under a straight fee-for-service program in the other 68 counties of the state.
WDA Foundation awards $55,635 to 15 dental health programs
WEST ALLIS, WIS., March 19, 2008 – The Wisconsin Dental Association Foundation’s 2008 grants total $55,635 and help support 15 programs that bring oral health care to low-income Wisconsin residents and provide other dentistry-related services.