Dental Practice: Page 373

Do-TheDoc updates e-document delivery system

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Do-TheDoc has released an update to its Send-TheDoc electronic document delivery system.

January 7, 2016

Keystone launches redesigned website

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Keystone Industries unveiled its newly redesigned website, which includes improved e-commerce capabilities.

January 7, 2016

Calif. gets poor grade for kids' oral health services

By Donna Domino

California received a D+ grade for not providing enough oral health services for the state's children, according to the new "2016 California Children's Report Card" by the advocacy group Children Now.

January 7, 2016

ADA brief: Consumer dental spending remains flat

By Donna Domino

Spending on dental care remained flat between 2013 and 2014, continuing a multiyear trend, according to a new report from the ADA's Health Policy Institute. Dental care was 3.7% of U.S. healthcare spending in 2014, down from a peak of 4.5% in 2000.

January 6, 2016

4 tips to improve recall and grow your practice

By Sally McKenzie

Patient retention ratios are far below what they should be for practices to thrive in today's competitive environment, according to a survey by practice management consultant Sally McKenzie. In her latest column, she offers four tips to help improve your practice's recall numbers and grow your bottom line.

January 6, 2016

Mo. adult Medicaid dental services may receive funding

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced that an estimated $35 million to be collected from delinquent taxpayers in the state will pay for expanded dental care for low-income residents in 2016.

January 5, 2016

FTC fines Henry Schein $250K over patient data encryption

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Henry Schein Practice Solutions will pay $250,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the company falsely advertised the level of encryption it provided to protect patient data.

January 5, 2016

ADA brief: Dentists’ earnings to stay stagnant

By Donna Domino

Dental spending remains sluggish five years after the economic recovery, according to a new report by the ADA's Health Policy Institute. The amount of empty chair time coupled with a wave of new dental graduates mean dentists' earnings will probably stay stagnant, the authors concluded.

January 5, 2016

UCSF rethinks oral health education -- for med students

By Theresa Pablos

In fall 2015, all 149 first-year medical students at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) learned how to perform a basic oral health screening and apply fluoride varnish -- the first of many steps to better integrate dental with other healthcare professions at UCSF. DrBicuspid.com speaks with Dr. Susan Hyde, one of the leaders of the program, and others involved.

January 4, 2016

Tab32 offers free dashboard module

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Tab32 has launched a new, free dashboard module for its electronic health record (EHR) users.

January 3, 2016

Sheri's Solutions: Chip card readers

By Dr. Sheri Doniger

Does your office have one of the new Europay, MasterCard, and Visa (EMV) chip card terminals? Dr. Sheri Doniger decided to be an early adopter of this technology, intended to increase credit card security. In her latest column, she explains why.

January 3, 2016

Dos and don'ts for case presentation: A lower close rate may be a good sign

By Dr. Roger P. Levin

You may have excellent case presentation skills and a great close rate, but your production remains flat. How can this be? More often than not, the answer is not how treatment is presented but what treatment is presented. In his latest Practice Success tip, Dr. Roger P. Levin explains how a lower close rate may actually be a good sign.

January 3, 2016

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