Legal Issues: Page 58

Negotiating your dental office lease: Part 1

By Matthew Odgers, JD

Negotiating a dental office lease is an essential process that affects the overall value of your practice. Failure to negotiate your lease, or a misunderstanding of key provisions, can place unwanted restrictions on your cash flow and your freedom to build out your business, writes attorney Matthew Odgers in the first part of a two-part series.

May 15, 2017

How to get Medicaid dental compliance right

By Andrew Oreffice

One way Medicaid officials look for potential fraud cases is to look at an office's compliance program. As Andrew Oreffice, a senior vice president at Benevis Practice Services writes, having a comprehensive compliance program in place is a good way to get ahead of any issues.

May 7, 2017

ADA settles antidiscrimination charges for $1.95M

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The ADA has agreed to pay almost $2 million to settle two discrimination charges filed against the association.

April 23, 2017

Dental office manager sentenced for stealing $500K

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A former Iowa dental office manager was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for stealing almost $500,000 from her former employer.

April 16, 2017

Legal Cases: Mandibular fracture after implant placement

By William S. Spiegel and Marc R. Leffler, DDS

You use a health history form with every patient. You discuss this form and their health with them and receive their agreement, But, as William S. Spiegel and Dr. Marc R. Leffler write in their latest Legal Cases series, it is impossible to get every condition onto a form. Learn what happened to a new-to-practice prosthodontist who placed implants in a 68-year-old patient.

April 3, 2017

Both sides claim victory in latest ClearCorrect vs. Align ruling

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Both sides claimed victory when the latest rulings in an ongoing patent infringement case between ClearCorrect and Align Technology were handed down by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the USPTO's Patent Trial and Appeal Board on March 24.

March 28, 2017

Conn. woman pleads guilty to healthcare fraud

By Tony Edwards

A Connecticut woman has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud related to her use of the identity of a retired dentist to submit fraudulent bills to insurance companies, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.

March 15, 2017

Lawsuit seeks to reinstate EPA amalgam separator rule

By Tony Edwards

Did your practice purchase an amalgam separator when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new regulations for mercury waste in December 2016? Many did, but developments by the Trump administration have thrown this regulation into question.

February 15, 2017

Calif. 'dentist to the stars' has license suspended

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A California dentist known as the dentist to the stars has agreed to a temporary suspension of her dental and business licenses.

February 9, 2017

Legal Cases: 24 fillings on virgin teeth

By William S. Spiegel and Marc R. Leffler, DDS

A 23-year-old woman presented to a general dentist for a routine exam with no radiographic evidence of decay. Yet on clinical examination, the dentist found that his explorer stuck on the occlusal surfaces of the patient's posterior teeth and recommended treatment. As William S. Spiegel and Dr. Marc R. Leffler write in their latest Legal Cases series, finding a way to document justification for clinical treatment is crucial.

February 9, 2017

U.S. judge blocks Anthem, Cigna merger

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A U.S. federal judge has blocked Anthem's $54 billion acquisition of Cigna.

February 8, 2017

Dentist legally changes name to keep his practice title

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A North Carolina dentist has legally changed his last name to keep the title of his dental practice, according to a story from ABC11 in Raleigh, NC.

January 31, 2017

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