DSOs in 2026 face four disruptors reshaping competitive strategy across the dental sector. Private equity investment is resurging — oral surgery is the only dental specialty that avoided…
Healthcare staffing firm Cross Country Healthcare has agreed to be taken private by Knox Lane, a private equity firm with $3.5 billion in assets under management, in an…
Health system revenue cycle leaders are reporting measurable AI results in 2026 — not from replacing staff, but from deploying it as a proactive prevention layer. At a…
Healthcare and business leaders have entered the “agentic era” — where AI no longer just responds but acts autonomously, managing files, making judgment calls, and running workflows while…
Multi-specialty platforms — organizations consolidating multiple clinical disciplines under one management structure and financial model — are attracting serious private equity capital alongside single-specialty supergroups. The Bloom Organization…
April 2026 brought another active month of dental group M&A, with several DSOs expanding their practice networks through acquisitions and new partnerships. TUSK Practice Sales advised transactions including…
Dentistry operates with tighter feedback loops, simpler billing structures, and more integrated workflows than most healthcare settings — making it a natural proving ground for operational AI. MedCity…
Periodontal disease intersects with more than $1.3 trillion in annual U.S. healthcare spending — spanning diabetes management, cardiovascular disease, dementia, and preterm labor — yet remains largely absent…
Hospitals and health systems are already deploying AI across clinical documentation, patient scheduling, triage, and diagnostic imaging — and seeing meaningful results. AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack…
PDS Health — the first DSO to integrate dental and medical records using Epic — is expanding its model through a partnership with the University of the Pacific,…
