Dental Business: Page 578

Yelp alters online review program
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dentists and other business owners can no longer pay to have their favorite reviews moved to the top of the page on the Yelp Web site, the company announced April 6. In addition, the company said it will now allow users to see reviews it had filtered out in the past.
April 5, 2010
Patients' dental charts sold at auction
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dan Moore likes to bid on the unclaimed contents of storage lockers sold at auction, according to a report by News 10 TV station, but one recent purchase saddled the Stockton, CA, man with more than he bargained for: thousands of dental charts.
April 5, 2010
Hygiene school planned for Palm Desert
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Loma Linda University School of Dentistry and the College of the Desert community college are planning to collaborate on a dental hygiene school in Palm Desert, CA, according to the Desert Sun.
April 5, 2010
Ameritas expands network
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Ameritas Group has added more than 22,000 dental offices to its dental network in the U.S., bringing the total network size to more than 130,000 providers, the company said.
April 4, 2010
PracticeWorks to buy Windent
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
PracticeWorks Systems, a division of Carestream Health, will purchase the Windent business of HealthSoft, the companies announced.
April 4, 2010
There is hearing, and then there is hearing
By Alan Goldstein, DMD
One involves the auditory nerve and its ability to receive signals. The other is far more complex and sophisticated.
April 4, 2010
FDA hearings address medical radiation dose concerns
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) hearings last week on medical radiation dose represent the agency's serious intentions to resolve the dose dilemma, according to participants at the hearings.
April 4, 2010
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Dos and don'ts for insurance: Make dental insurance an easy subject
By Dr. Roger P. Levin
Insurance is a complex issue for patients and practices alike, but the better a practice handles insurance issues with its patients, the more trust patients will have in the practice.
April 4, 2010
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Ex dental office manager gets 7-year prison term for theft
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The former office manager of a Washington dental clinic was sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing more than $560,000 from the practice and illegally obtaining prescription painkillers, according to a story in the Columbian.
April 1, 2010
SD, Ore. ban fee capping
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
South Dakota and Oregon have approved laws that prohibit insurance companies from limiting fees for dental procedures they don't cover, and several other states are poised to follow suit.
April 1, 2010
CDHP recaps oral provisions in healthcare reform
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Saluting an "unparalleled federal investment in oral health," the Children's Dental Health Project (CDHP) has issued a recap of the oral health provisions in the new U.S. healthcare reform law.
April 1, 2010
ADA offers HIPAA compliance kit
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The ADA is offering a new kit to help dentists comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements.
April 1, 2010
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