Office Management: Page 196

Sheri's Solutions: The Three Stooges

By Dr. Sheri Doniger

In her latest Sheri's Solutions, Dr. Sheri Doniger, relates an unexpected experience of how not to address your staff and what respect means to every member of your team.

January 20, 2014

ValuePenguin.com offers info on Affordable Care Act benefits

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

ValuePenguin.com is offering examples of pediatric and adult dental benefits that can be purchased on the U.S. government's HealthCare.gov insurance website.

January 19, 2014

Ind. dental patients to get refunds from Allcare

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Some 300 former patients of Allcare Dental & Dentures in Indiana will receive refunds after the chain abruptly closed its offices in 2011, leaving patients stranded.

January 19, 2014

Idaho considers restoring adult dental Medicaid

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Idaho is considering restoring adult dental coverage in its Medicaid program after emergency room costs more than doubled following budget cuts.

January 16, 2014

Conn. includes pediatric dental insurance in all exchange plans

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Connecticut is one of the few U.S. states that includes pediatric dental insurance in all of the health plans that it offers through Access Health CT, the state's health insurance exchange.

January 16, 2014

Dental insurance isn't enough for Americans to seek care

By Donna Domino

Providing people with dental insurance does not necessarily mean they will use it and seek dental care, according to a new study from the University of Maryland published in the American Journal of Public Health.

January 16, 2014

Analyst: Dental insurance industry will grow steadily

By Rob Goszkowski

IBISWorld has begun applying its market analysis to the dental insurance industry after it observed years of growth. Going forward, the company anticipates that there will be even more growth.

January 12, 2014

The new compliance and enforcement landscape and what to do about it

By Greg Ewing, JD, MPH

Last year was quite a year for Texas dentists who provide services to Medicaid patients, families, and individuals with low incomes and resources. As a result of the new powers given to federal and state agencies through the Affordable Care Act, dentists are experiencing crippling payment holds based on mere allegations of fraud.

January 12, 2014

The changing landscape of dental Medicaid: Part 2

By Dr. Michael W. Davis

In the first of this two-part series, Dr. Michael W. Davis explained how the present degree of dental Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse is slowly changing. He continues with an examination of certain practices, then itemizes things to watch for when considering becoming involved in a practice that includes the Medicaid market.

January 8, 2014

The changing landscape of dental Medicaid: Part 1

By Dr. Michael W. Davis

The degree of dental Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse is not sustainable. The taxpayer cannot and should not fund such a dysfunctional program, according to Dr. Michael W. Davis. In the first of a two-part series on the changing landscape of Medicaid and its effect on the dental profession, he explains how this unfortunate reality is slowly changing.

January 7, 2014

WSDA launches dental referral program for kids

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Washington State Dental Association (WSDA) has established a toll-free number and website to help parents connect their children to local dentists that accept their children's insurance.

January 6, 2014

New qualities of leadership emerge in study

By Tony Edwards

For most dentists, leadership within their practice is defined as providing the best care for their patients, report the authors of a recent study in the Journal of the American Dental Association on leadership perceptions, values, and experiences.

January 5, 2014

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