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Do's and don'ts for systems improvement: Moving beyond tasks to targets
By Dr. Roger P. Levin
A management system is a step-by-step description of how team members should handle tasks at the practice. To achieve the greatest possible success for your practice, you need to set goals for yourself and your staff -- and reach them by designing new systems to hit specific performance targets, according to Dr. Roger P. Levin.
September 11, 2016
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New version of ScanWriter launches at CDA Presents 2016
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Document management solutions provider Personable has launched a Dentrix-connected version of its ScanWriter software at the CDA Presents 2016 conference in San Francisco.
September 8, 2016
Practice Management Insider: Corporate dentistry challenges & better patient relationships
By Tony Edwards
September 7, 2016
Outlast, outperform, and outsmart corporate competitors
By Jen Butler, MEd
With corporate dentistry expanding, the private practice owner can sometimes feel outgunned. But, as stress management consultant Jen Butler writes, there are ways to outlast, outperform, and outsmart the competition by embracing strategic and people planning.
September 7, 2016
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Dentistry is getting it wrong
By Dr. Alvin Danenberg
We've seen numerous treatment and technological advances in oral healthcare, according to periodontist Dr. Alvin Danenberg. While he celebrates these advances and their impact on oral health, what he'd like to see is an emphasis on teaching patients the real causes of tooth decay and gum disease. As he writes, eliminate the cause of a disease and you eliminate the disease.
September 6, 2016
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3 ways offering raises just because hurts your practice
By Sally McKenzie
Do you give your team members an annual raise? Did your practice grow? Did they earn it, or did you give them one just because? As practice management consultant Sally McKenzie writes, there are good reasons to have clear expectations as to how your staff can earn their pay raise.
September 6, 2016
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Get smart with your staff: Part 2 -- 4 key management tips
By Kevin Tighe
In the first part of this series, Kevin Tighe of Cambridge Practice Consultants discussed how to look at staff disagreements and noncompliance in terms of the bigger picture of practice productivity. In part two, he offers four key management tips to improve the efficiency, productivity, and profitability of your practice.
September 5, 2016
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Dos and don'ts for building patient relationships: Getting to know patients is golden
By Dr. Roger P. Levin
The better your relationships with patients, the more likely they are to stay with your practice, come in for appointments regularly, and trust your advice. To establish and strengthen practice-patient relationships, you and your staff should use a technique known as the Golden 10 -- learning at least 10 personal facts about each patient, according to Dr. Roger P. Levin.
September 4, 2016
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Update: NJ dentist suspended after bacterial infections
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The New Jersey oral surgeon linked to 15 cases of bacterial endocarditis has had his practice suspended, according to an Associated Press report.
September 1, 2016
Court: Ohio dentist's advertising lawsuit can proceed
By Donna Domino
An appellate court has ruled that a lawsuit filed by an Ohio dentist regarding advertising as a specialist can proceed. The suit focuses on an Ohio law that forbids dentists from advertising as specialists when they also perform general dentistry.
September 1, 2016
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Conn. dentist to pay $1.4M to settle false Medicaid claims
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Pediatric dentist Jesus Villegas, DDS, and his two dental clinics in Connecticut have agreed to pay nearly $1.4 million to settle false Medicaid claims, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.
August 31, 2016
ADA releases 2017 code manual
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The ADA has released CDT 2017: Dental Procedure Codes, the latest edition of codes for documentation and reimbursement. The new codes will go into effect on January 1, 2017.
August 31, 2016
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