Reimbursement
California's reimbursements for these dentists have long been among the lowest in the nation, and they have not changed since 2001.
Another 2.9 million renewed their coverage as the deadline for January coverage looms.
"Eligible professionals" will submit eCQM data according to the 2015 specifications for their 2016 fourth quarter reporting.
Five of the six drugs with the highest cumulative price increases over the study period were marketed by Valeant Pharmaceuticals.
Introduced in House and Senate, bill would allow people who miss initial enrollment deadline to sign up in the fall, coverage would begin the month after they enroll.
Eager Republicans are pushing for a bill to hit President-elect Trump's desk in January, experts doubt timeline.
Southern states carried the highest percentages of adults at risk of being shut out by insurers.
Over four-year timetable, HHS ordered to clear hundreds of thousands of appealed claims.
Since state's law was passed in 2011, no health insurer has taken advantage of it.
One model will test whether a four-step process to integrate shared decision-making into routine clinical practice lowers cost while improving quality.