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Calif. Legislature grills DHCS director over audit report results
By Theresa Pablos
Representatives from the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) responded to grueling questions from the state Legislature last week about how the department plans to fix California's Medicaid dental program, Denti-Cal.
March 23, 2015
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6 ways to improve case acceptance in your practice
By Sally McKenzie
Are you struggling with case acceptance? Practice management expert Sally McKenzie has six tips that can help, from earning your patients' trust to understanding their motivation, using a treatment coordinator, and how and when to follow up.
March 22, 2015
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A lost patient is found
By Richard H. Madow, DDS, and David M. Madow, DDS
What do you do when someone calls your practice and asks a few questions, but he or she just isn't ready to commit to an appointment? Is this patient lost forever? In their latest column, the Madow Brothers show you how to keep these potential patients from slipping through the cracks.
March 22, 2015
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Dos and don'ts for time management: Schedule patients more accurately
By Dr. Roger P. Levin
If your practice has trouble staying on schedule, your scheduling guidelines probably need to be updated. You and your team may have inaccurate impressions of how long it really takes to treat patients. The solution is to rely on facts, not guesswork or old habits, according to Dr. Roger P. Levin.
March 22, 2015
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Ariz. bill on background checks for dentists moves to Senate
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Arizona's Senate Health and Human Services Committee unanimously passed a new bill that would require background checks for dental professionals.
March 19, 2015
Second Opinion: Accurate framework leads to better practice valuation -- Part 2
By Tim Lott, Jason P. Wood, David Zoellick, Galen Van Otterloo, Andy Lemhkuhl, Michael Bark
In the second part of this series, practice valuation experts continue their discussion of how to value a practice correctly. The experts puncture the myth of free-spending dental service organizations and cover why now is a good time to sell.
March 19, 2015
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NM House passes dental therapist bill
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The New Mexico House of Representatives passed a bill on March 17 that would create a new category of dental therapists in the state, according to an article in the Albuquerque Journal.
March 18, 2015
AADR labels U.S. House budget resolution unhealthy
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The American Association for Dental Research (AADR) said it was "deeply disappointed" with the fiscal 2016 budget resolution passed on Thursday by the U.S. House Budget Committee.
March 18, 2015
AGD disagrees with HRSA report on dental workforce
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) said it "respectfully disagrees" with a February 2015 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Workforce report on the national and state-level supply and demand for dentists and dental hygienists.
March 18, 2015
What dentists can learn from CEOs about marketing
By Dr. Roger P. Levin
In the latest excerpt from his book What Dentists Can Learn From Top CEOs, Dr. Roger P. Levin explains how many dentists are held back by a misunderstanding of marketing as a business discipline.
March 18, 2015
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More than 150K patients affected by Advantage Dental hack
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Oregon-based dental services provider Advantage Dental was hacked in February through a company computer infected with malware. The hackers accessed the protected health information of 151,626 patients, including their names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and home addresses.
March 17, 2015
OHSU settles dental negligence claim for $950K
By Donna Domino
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has agreed to pay $950,000 to settle a medical negligence lawsuit after a dental resident permanently damaged a woman's mental nerve while trying to extract an ankylosed primary tooth.
March 17, 2015
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