Dental Practice: Page 385

Dos and don'ts for mastering the art of innovation
By Dr. Roger P. Levin
Like all business leaders, dentists running their own practices need to respond to new challenges and opportunities with innovative ideas. Facing growing competition, you need to differentiate your practice. Whether it's new technology or improved customer service, you need to come up with innovative ways to stand out from the crowd, according to Dr. Roger P. Levin.
September 13, 2015
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Sheri's Solutions: Connections
By Dr. Sheri Doniger
What is the difference between a transactional practice and a relationship-based practice? In her latest column, Dr. Sheri Doniger defines the two types of practices and explains why a relationship-based practice isn't always easy, but it's often the right way to practice.
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United Concordia offers new insurance plans
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
United Concordia Dental is now offering a new, low-cost dental insurance product called Smile for Health -- Basics plans and has expanded the availability of two of its dental plans.
September 10, 2015
Sun Life acquires employee benefits, dental business
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Sun Life Financial announced an agreement to acquire Assurant's employee benefits business for a net investment of $975 million.
September 9, 2015
Liberty Dental names new chief dental officer
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Liberty Dental Plan has named Richard Goren, DDS, as its new vice president and chief dental officer.
September 9, 2015
The Naked Dentist: Creating top 10 plays
By Curtis Marshall
With college and pro football kicking off, game highlights are everywhere. But, as the Naked Dentist writes, to get to the exciting top 10 plays, you have to have a solid game plan and execute the details. In the case of Dr. Hawaii, this means examining the numbers and focusing on hygiene.
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Calif. coalition launches effort against RDHAP policy change
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A California oral health coalition has launched a statewide effort to prevent proposed Medicaid policy changes that would limit registered dental hygienists in alternative practice (RDHAP) to care for the elderly.
September 8, 2015
Office lease negotiating: Part 1 -- Location & relocation
By Matt LaMaster, Esq.
The largest expense for a dental practice, besides employees and staffing, is routinely the cost associated with the office real estate. In the first of a new series, Matt LaMaster focuses on the common traps and negotiating points in offices leases that most dental practices fail to consider when negotiating their lease.
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'How long will this crown last?'
By Richard H. Madow, DDS, and David M. Madow, DDS
How do you respond when you are asked a difficult question by a patient, such as "How long will this crown last?" Will everyone in your practice give the same response? The Madow Brothers offer not only an answer to that question, but a way to get everyone in your office on the same page.
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Texas health commission COO resigns
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The chief operating officer (COO) of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission is leaving his post after eight months working for the agency, which oversees the state's Medicaid program.
September 7, 2015
ADA releases CDT 2016 dental procedure code book
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The ADA has released CDT 2016: Dental Procedure Codes for dentists and dental offices working with third-party payors required to use Code on Dental Procedures and Nomenclature (CDT) codes.
September 7, 2015
HHS proposes protections for transgender people
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a rule on September 3 that prohibits discrimination based on sex, including gender identity.
September 7, 2015
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