Requests have been made for the Medicaid Dental Manual, which can be found here: https://bms.wv.gov/chapter-505-oral-health-services Please note, the MCOs are allowed to have different pre-authorization requirements; however, they report wanting to be consistent...
State dental boards around the country are reporting a scam in which callers impersonate board investigators or federal agents and claim a dentist’s license is under investigation for illegal prescribing or drug related offenses. Callers may spoof official phone...
WV Medicaid will host virtual workshops on Medicaid updates, April 21, 23, and 29th from 1:30-4:15pm. Please see information below to register or to ask questions. [pdf-embedder url="https://wvdental.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/March-2026-MSFAC-Presentation.pdf"...
The WVDA's HB 4810 - Dental Insurance Transparency sought to set a floor of 85% for dental loss ratios, as well as virtual credit card and network leasing regulations. Although the bill did not pass this session, significant progress was made in advancing the...
Gov. Patrick Morrisey has signed into law a bill that will allocate a portion of the state’s settlement with e-cigarette company Juul to anti-smoking and vaping programs in the state. Morrisey signed House Bill 5691, which will allocate $2.9 million from the state’s...
Last Saturday, the WV Legislature passed HB 5691, which appropriates $2.9 million from the JUUL Labs legal settlement to the WV Department of Health for tobacco prevention efforts in West Virginia! PLEASE call Governor Morrisey and ask him to sign HB 5691 into law! ...
Thanks to WVDA members’ visibility on Dentistry Day at the Legislature in January, a $5 million appropriation for the WVU School of Dentistry was included in a larger bill for higher education! House Bill 5682 was signed by the Governor last week. THIS is why the WVDA...
On Wednesday, the WV House of Delegates passed HB 5691, which appropriates $2.9 million from the JUUL Labs legal settlement to the WV Department of Health for tobacco prevention efforts. PLEASE call your Senator and ask them to support HB 5691! Why? West Virginia...
Is Your Dental Practice a Cyber Target? The answer, increasingly, is yes! Here's what you need to know. Healthcare is now the most attacked sector in the U.S. for cybercrime, and dental practices are a growing target. Your patient files contain a uniquely valuable...