Remaining compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act can be an arduous but necessary task for dentists. The ADA has resources for dentists interested in finding out more about keeping their practices electronically secure. Visit ADA.org/hipaa to learn more about the law, how to comply and read news articles on HIPAA Issues. To help dentists implement… Read More »
Starting a new dental practice? If you’re opening a new dental practice, there are many things to consider, including licenses, local requirements, supplies, insurance, infection control and OSHA, just to name a few. This checklist and related resources can be used as a starting point to address many of the issues dentists encounter when opening new practices. For… Read More »
The regulatory environment is full of ever-changing regulations that can make it difficult for dentists to ensure they’re up-to-date on, and in compliance with, the many regulations that need to be followed in the practice. To make it easier for dentists to become more knowledgeable about certain key federal regulations, the ADA Council on Dental Practice is sponsoring… Read More »
One of most important decisions any dentist will make is whether to participate in a managed care dental plan or not. There are several considerations when making this decision: Register Now for the webinar, Third-Party Payer Contract: The Most Important Decision. This webinar will discuss common contractual clauses within third-party payer contracts and their potential implications. In addition,… Read More »
One day, I was searching my name on Google (don’t act like I’m the only one that does that), and I saw some interesting things come up that made a few light bulbs go off in my head. The first thing was my name on some website about rating your doctor. I never filled out a profile on… Read More »
When starting a new practice, you look for every possibility to keep costs down. You are already concerned with paying the loan for the practice, your rent and your staff on top of personal expenses such as dental school loans, home mortgage, etc. Whenever there is a non-immediate expense, you look to postpone it, which is what happened… Read More »