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This is Riz Hatton with the
Becker's Dental P D S L podcast.

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Here's your daily industry news
briefing for today. August 9th,

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California Governor Gavin Newsom
signed a law to provide more clarity to

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dentists on what type of dental
benefit plan they're dealing with.

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Under the new law plans are required to
disclose in multiple ways if it is state

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or federally regulated at the
time of determining coverage.

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According to an August 3rd news release
from the California Dental Association,

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the increased disclosure will allow
dentists and patients to know which

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regulatory entity to contact when
conflict occurs with a dental plan.

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The lack of clarity has been a problem
for dentists as they're unsure what

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type of plan they're dealing with until
the entire billing process has been

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completed,

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which can lead to plans denying coverage
for services that have already been

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provided to a patient.

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The law goes into effect
January, 2025. The release said

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