Office Management: Page 212

U.S. firms, lawmakers push repeal of medical device tax

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A coalition of medical device manufacturers is supporting lawmakers' attempts to repeal the new 2.3% medical device excise tax.

February 6, 2013

Mich. may expand Medicaid dental care for kids

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder wants to expand an initiative that provides dental care for the state's low-income children.

February 6, 2013

Texas working to recover millions in Medicaid fraud

By Donna Domino

The Texas Attorney General's Office has so far recovered more than $1 billion from Medicaid fraud investigations over the last 10 years, with $400 million going to the state and the rest going to the federal government. Dental Medicaid fraud recoveries so far account for just $1.8 million of those figures, although dozens of investigations are ongoing.

February 6, 2013

U.S. Bank, DentalOne collaborate on digital billing tool

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

U.S. Bank is partnering with DentalOne Partners to provide a billing and payment tool that will help DentalOne reduce costs and improve efficiency.

February 5, 2013

Dental Diaries: The illusive standalone dental benefit

By Dr. Sheri Doniger

With more baby boomers retiring and many employers cutting or altogether eliminating dental benefits, a growing number of dental patients are looking for alternative sources of dental benefits. Unfortunately, as Dr. Sheri Doniger found, the pickin's are slim.

February 4, 2013

Curve Dental creates custom patient forms for tablets

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Curve Dental has released Storyline, a platform within the company's Web-based dental software that helps customers create custom forms that can be completed by patients using an Apple or Android tablet.

January 30, 2013

HIPAA concerns drive cloud-based data sharing

By Kathy Kincade

Do you use Dropbox, YouSendIt, or email to send images and other patient data to your lab or colleagues? If so, you might want to rethink the practice, given the growing emphasis on HIPAA compliance and patient privacy. Maybe it's time to try "the cloud."

January 29, 2013

ADA urges pediatric dental coverage to stay in ACA

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

In response to recent calls by business groups and insurers for the U.S. government to trim the essential benefits -- including dental benefits -- that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires insurers to offer, the ADA is urging lawmakers to "stay the course" when it comes to pediatric dental care.

January 28, 2013

Health Net awarded Medi-Cal dental contracts

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The California Department of Health Care Services has awarded Health Net of California, a subsidiary of Health Net, five-year contracts to continue providing Medi-Cal managed care dental benefits in Los Angeles and Sacramento counties.

January 28, 2013

Ore. legislation addresses oral health in ACA

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Oregon legislators have introduced three new pieces of legislation related to dental provisions in the impending Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), including the integration of coordinated care organizations and dental care organizations.

January 27, 2013

Dos and don'ts for team training

By Dr. Roger P. Levin

A great team isn't hired -- it's created. Individuals who are excellent team members now didn't necessarily enter your practice that way. Talent needs to be cultivated. When you methodically build a high-performance team, you are helping to ensure long-term practice success.

January 27, 2013

Study: Patients don't like decision-making software

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Increased use of computerized clinical decision-support systems in conjunction with electronic health records leads to greater patient dissatisfaction and could increase noncompliance with preventive care and treatment recommendations, according to a study in Medical Decision Making.

January 24, 2013

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