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This is Riz Hatton with the Becker
Stencil Castillo. So podcast.

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Here's your daily industry
news briefing for today,

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August 16th from a tuberculosis
outbreak to a C M S

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proposal,

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here are five federal updates affecting
dentistry that have taken place since

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July 17th. One,

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federal and state health officials began
investigating a tuberculosis outbreak

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connected to recalled human bone
tissue products sold to hospitals,

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surgical centers, and dental clinics. Two,

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the American Dental Association is
pushing for dental professionals to show

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their support for the reauthorization
of the action for Dental Health Act

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three. The Biden Harris administration
announced its plans to eliminate

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$39 billion in federal
student loans for more than

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804,000. Borrower borrowers

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four C m s is considering adding new
dental codes for ASC and assigning codes

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to ambulatory payment classifications
in its proposed 2024 hospital outpatient

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perspective payment system
and a S C payment system. Rule

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five,

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the American Dental Association and the
American Academy of Pediatric Industry.

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Ask the human,

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ask the health resources and Services
administration to keep a national

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performance measure for oral health.

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Okay.