Dental Practice: Page 460

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

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

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

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

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

Sheri's Solutions: Flexible scheduling

By Dr. Sheri Doniger

In her latest Sheri's Solutions, Dr. Sheri Doniger examines her long-standing policy of offering Saturday hours twice a month. Her reasoning goes beyond just patient convenience, as she also receives more referrals to her practice.

March 17, 2015

Smile Magic dental clinics agree to $4.5M settlement in Texas Medicaid fraud case

By Donna Domino

Four clinics of Texas' Smile Magic chain have agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle Medicaid fraud charges. The whistleblower lawsuit claimed the clinics used paid recruiters to target parents in grocery store parking lots and at bus stops with offers of money and gift cards to bring their kids to the clinics.

March 16, 2015

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