Dental Practice: Page 477

IDA touts dental marketing websites
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Internet Dental Alliance (IDA) has created new dental marketing websites designed to help dental practices build their brands, generate leads, and educate patients.
December 27, 2012
ACI launches dental assistant program
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
American Career Institute's (ACI) newest location in Silver Spring, MD, has announced it will offer a dental assistant training program. The program is currently offered at several other ACI locations in Massachusetts.
December 27, 2012
Beyond Practice Management: Hiring and interviewing -- Part 3
By Don Deems, DDS, FAGD
Part 1 of this series explored preinterview planning and marketing for new applicants. Part 2 focused on how to choose the best applicant for your team. Here, part 3 reviews reference and background checks and how to successfully incorporate new team members into your practice.
December 26, 2012
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EDIC offers online app for dental malpractice insurance
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Eastern Dentists Insurance Company (EDIC), a company dedicated to helping its members secure and control the costs of dental malpractice insurance, recently launched an online application for new members.
December 25, 2012
Court upholds Fla. law on sharing medical information
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Defendants in malpractice lawsuits cannot try to circumvent a Florida law that bars them from obtaining confidential medical information about plaintiffs from other doctors or dentists who are treating them, according to a new ruling from the Florida Supreme Court.
December 25, 2012
Tenn. Dental Association endorses Dental Solutions Rx
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Tennessee Dental Association has endorsed Succeed Management Solutions' Dental Solutions Rx software to manage the human resources administration, employee training, and safety compliance needs of its members.
December 25, 2012
Iowa court upholds dentist's firing of assistant
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that a dentist was justified in firing his female dental assistant because he was worried her presence in his practice would ruin his relationship with his wife.
December 20, 2012
ADA: ACA provisions overlook oral health issues
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A proposed federal rule affecting implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions establishing health benefit plans within the insurance exchanges does not address a number of critical oral health issues, according to the ADA.
December 20, 2012
Straumann wins litigation over dental implant claims
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Straumann has won two important legal battles against DRS International, a maker of dental implants that has been claiming its components are compatible with, and equivalent to, Straumann originals.
December 20, 2012
Orthodontic coverage may be affected by Affordable Care Act
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Orthodontics is one area of dentistry that could be affected by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to Evelyn Ireland, executive director at the National Association of Dental Plans.
December 19, 2012
How will new medical device tax affect U.S. dentistry?
By Donna Domino
While most products made by U.S. dental labs will not be subject to the new federal medical device excise tax, sleep apnea devices, snore guards, and the materials and components that labs use to make many items will be subject to the 2.3% tax. In addition, labs and dentists will likely be forced to pass on the increased cost to their customers.
December 18, 2012
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Cigna's DHMO is largest in U.S.
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Cigna's dental health maintenance organization (DHMO) is now the largest in the U.S., with more than 7,000 general dentist locations.
December 16, 2012
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