Office Management: Page 209

Smile Brands creates iPad dental charting app
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Smile Brands has developed a Web-based iPad app for dental charting and practice management using coding and design tools from Sencha, according to a blog posting on Sencha's website.
July 9, 2013
Mo. works to improve Medicaid dental system
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed a bill this week that could make it easier for Missouri dentists to treat Medicaid patients.
July 9, 2013
Court rules that Medi-Cal must cover dentists
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
An appellate court ruled today that a California law improperly stopped funding certain medical services, including dental care, which health clinics had provided to Medicaid patients.
July 4, 2013
Delta Dental of Missouri cuts reimbursement rates
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Delta Dental of Missouri is reducing reimbursement to providers who participate in its Premier and PPO networks by an average of 7%.
July 2, 2013
Help wanted: 6 attributes of a SUPERB front office
By Lisa Marie Spradley, FAADOM
Anyone who has managed a dental front office knows how hard it can be to find qualified, motivated front-office team members. Lisa Marie Spradley -- aka the "Front Desk Lady" -- offers her tips for hiring the best front-office team members for your practice.
July 1, 2013
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Software firm offers mobile cloud-based PM system
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Gaargle Solutions has officially launched Dovetail, a cloud-based, mobile electronic medical record and practice management (PM) software designed for dentistry.
June 30, 2013
CDA applauds restoration of adult Denti-Cal benefits
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The California Dental Association (CDA) has issued a statement applauding the governor's signature of a new state budget plan that includes the restoration of adult Denti-Cal benefits slated to begin in May 2014.
June 27, 2013
Sesame Communications allies with NDA
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Sesame Communications, a provider of cloud-based solutions for dental and orthodontic practices, has struck a strategic alliance with the National Dental Association (NDA).
June 26, 2013
Covered California picks 6 insurers for pediatric dental policies
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Covered California has selected six insurers to offer pediatric dental coverage through the state's health insurance exchange beginning in October.
June 26, 2013
Dos and don'ts for team training: Follow the scripts to greater success
By Dr. Roger P. Levin
Scripted interactions with patients help control the relationship and ensure more consistent positive results. Most dentists, once exposed to the concept of scripting, understand its value. Yet even practices that have used it effectively often slip back into bad habits that undermine performance and lead to declining production, poor customer service and increasing stress.
June 23, 2013
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Calif. exchange frees plans from dental mandate
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The California Health Benefit Exchange has persuaded state insurance regulators to eliminate a provision requiring qualified health plans sold through the exchanges to offer pediatric dental benefits.
June 19, 2013
Maine Senate defeats dental hygiene therapist bill
By Donna Domino
Just one day after Maine's House of Representatives approved a bill designed to create a new category of dental care provider, the state Senate voted it down. Late Wednesday night, the Senate rejected LD 1230, which would have allowed dental hygiene therapists to perform some procedures normally performed by dentists.
June 19, 2013
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