Dental Practice: Page 487

Kan. struggles to iron out healthcare exchange details

By Rob Goszkowski

After Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback rejected the recommendations of the Insurance Commissioner of Kansas regarding the state's healthcare exchange, the state may have a more difficult time setting its own benchmarks to comply with the Affordable Care Act.

October 1, 2012

Dos and don'ts for practice finance: Deciding on a satellite office

By Dr. Roger P. Levin

Many dentists have more than one office. This is especially true of dentists early in their careers who are looking to expand their patient base as quickly as possible. The question is -- should you have more than one office?

September 30, 2012

NY dental clinic to pay $1.6M for Medicaid overbilling

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Kaleida Health, the largest healthcare provider in western New York, has agreed to pay the state $1.6 million after an investigation revealed that one of its dental clinics had repeatedly overbilled Medicaid over a seven-year period.

September 27, 2012

Dental Diaries: The best excuse

By Dr. Sheri Doniger

There are certainly reasons for patients to miss their appointments, such as traffic, weather, last-minute office meetings, or a sick family member. But this one tops them all, according to Dr. Sheri Doniger.

September 27, 2012

Ohio Dental Association partners with Lighthouse

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Ohio Dental Association has chosen Lighthouse 360 (Lighthouse Practice Management Group) as its recommended automated patient communications software.

September 26, 2012

Henry Schein takes major stake in dental software firm

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Henry Schein has acquired a majority interest in the Exan Group (Exan), a privately held dental software company whose main product is axiUm.

September 26, 2012

Fair Health offers fee estimator for dentists

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Fair Health has launched an online fee estimator to help physicians and dentists benchmark charges based on specialty and geography.

September 25, 2012

U.S. Army renews $17M dental IT contract with Harris

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Harris has been awarded a $17 million contract to deliver help-desk and sustainment support to the U.S. Army Dental Command's Corporate Dental System located at Fort Sam Houston in Texas.

September 25, 2012

Dos and don'ts for patient management

By Dr. Roger P. Levin

All dental practices should create a short brochure about insurance. Well-informed patients are more likely to accept cases.

September 23, 2012

How to disassemble a dental practice partnership

By Thomas Climo, PhD

When it's time to reassess whether a partnership should continue as is or consider new ownership (including one or more of the existing partners), what's the best-case scenario for all involved? Consultant Thomas Climo, PhD, offers his advice, based on his involvement with dozens of dental practice purchases.

September 23, 2012

Carestream, XCPT partner on treatment planning, patient ed.

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Carestream Dental has formed a new partnership with XCPT, a software company that provides oral health practitioners with treatment planning and patient education solutions.

September 18, 2012

NY dentist sues Yelp over bad reviews

By Donna Domino

A Manhattan cosmetic dentist is suing Yelp over bad reviews, claiming the site lists only defamatory reviews and filters out positive ones. The negative reviews have cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars while boosting Yelp's website traffic, according to the complaint.

September 18, 2012

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