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How many patients cut dental coverage to make ends meet?

By Melissa Busch

Dental coverage was the third most common policy that people in the U.S. opted to scale down or eliminate in 2020 to reduce expenses, according to a survey from the personal finance website ValuePenguin.

January 20, 2021

Part 2: Your 2021 dental practice (real) growth plan

By Curtis Marshall

The dental industry is entering 2021 wondering what the year will hold in terms of patients and production returning to the dental practice. How can you ensure your practice is prepared for success in uncertain times? Curtis Marshall offers some advice in this second part of a two-part series, including thoughts on finding the right patients, the daily huddle, and more.

January 20, 2021

The importance of dental insurance verification in the new year

By Lynne Leggett

As we enter a new year, dental consultant Lynne Leggett believes that dental practices that prioritize their relationships with their patients will continue to distinguish themselves from other practices that do not. This includes the ability to work seamlessly with their insurance, for the sake of both patients and the efficiency of the business.

January 19, 2021

Public comment period set for Iowa pediatric dentistry potential benefits

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Iowa Department of Human Services said it will hold public hearings on January 20 and 21 to amend the Iowa Wellness Plan Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver to provide dental benefits for children through prepaid ambulatory health plans.

January 11, 2021

Weno Exchange offers free e-prescribing service

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Weno Exchange is offering a free e-prescribing service to dental providers who need to electronically prescribe controlled substances (EPCS) to satisfy Medicare's Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act.

January 6, 2021

5 steps to build self-awareness and grow your practice

By Dr. Robert Maguire

If your goal for 2021 is to build your dental practice, begin by becoming more self-aware, writes Dr. Robert Maguire. In this article, he takes readers through his own journey of self-awareness and the dividends it has paid him, personally and professionally.

January 6, 2021

Examining your leadership style heading into 2021

By Dr. James V. Anderson

During these challenging times, it may be proactive to evaluate your leadership style and ask yourself whether it is working, says Dr. James Anderson. Are you feeling confident about what you do? Have you been able to motivate and lead your team to keep your practice profitable and productive? These are just some of the questions to ask yourself as 2021 begins.

January 5, 2021

Dental providers leave Medicaid due to COVID-19

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

COVID-19 has caused 8% of dental providers to disenroll in Medicaid, according to recent data from the ADA's Health Policy Institute.

December 22, 2020

The question you must answer about troublesome employees

By Lynne Leggett

What constitutes acceptable behavior from your team members? What happens when one of them crosses that line? Is it time for that person to leave, or is he or she coachable? These questions and more were recently posed during a discussion between dental consultant Lynne Leggett and a dentist. Their conversation could change the way you look at your team members and next steps during a difficult time.

December 22, 2020

Do's and don'ts for planning the morning meeting

By Dr. Roger P. Levin

COVID-19 has thrown quite a few challenges at dental practices. Unfortunately, whenever chaos is thrust upon a business, its employees often give up on the normal rituals that have made them successful in the past. In dentistry, the morning meeting is still critically important and must not be abandoned, writes Dr. Roger P. Levin.

December 20, 2020

Podcast: A New Year's resolution for every dental assistant and dentist

By Kevin Henry

What's one of the biggest issues in dental practices today, according to Curtis Marshall of Dental Intelligence? It's the fact that many dentists and dental assistants aren't on the same page when it comes to patient communication and what's best for patients and the business. In this short podcast, Marshall offers some opinions on what can be done to fix that disconnect heading into 2021.

December 17, 2020

Dominion expands individual dental coverage to Conn.

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dental and vision insurer Dominion National announced that it will begin offering individual dental coverage in Connecticut on January 1.

December 16, 2020

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