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Are you the cleanup crew? Discovering the patient accounts are a mess
Jill Nesbitt Oral & Dental HealthcareCongratulations! You just got the job as dental office manager for a really nice dentist. This dentist is kind and friendly, the office is beautiful and although you wish you were making a little more money everything is starting out great.
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Using multiple entities in your practice’s asset protection planning
David B. Mandell, JD, MBA, and Jason M. O'Dell, MS, CWM Healthcare AdministrationYou may understand that it is a significant liability risk to put all of a practice's "eggs" into one basket. But what's the solution? For your practice, it may be as simple as using multiple baskets. In fact, using multiple entities to run a business is quite common in many types of business outside of medicine.
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Finding the needle in the EOB haystack
Jill Nesbitt Oral & Dental HealthcareHave you had to send money back to a dental insurance company? You may have received a letter informing you that a patient received benefits but turned out to be ineligible. Now the insurance company wants its money back.
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Recent advances in periodontal tissue engineering
Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani Oral & Dental HealthcareTissue engineering is a promising field in science with the purpose of regenerating damaged tissues and organs via three components: responsive cells (stem cells), scaffolds and morphogenes.
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More than 1 dentist in your practice? Be sure they’re paid correctly
Jill Nesbitt Oral & Dental HealthcareI received a phone call recently from an associate dentist wondering if he was being paid correctly. He noticed that although his production was higher than the senior dentist, his collection was lower. This seemed to be a trend over the past several months, and he thought it might be worth taking a look.
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Corporations 101: What you need to know about this standard business entity
David B. Mandell, JD, MBA, and Jason M. O'Dell, MS, CWM Healthcare AdministrationMany firm owners use a corporation as part of their corporate structure — either for the main business or for ancillary business units. In this article, we examine the basics of corporations, with a focus on their asset protection benefits and weaknesses.
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New to dentistry? Jump-start your knowledge
Jill Nesbitt Oral & Dental HealthcareI recently received a phone call from a new dental practice administrator of a three-location group practice. She had years of hospital administration experience and management expertise, but was new to the dental field. She accepted the position to manage this group practice and immediately set to looking for resources to help her quickly learn dentistry.
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The big issues facing your dental practice
Jill Nesbitt Oral & Dental HealthcareHow's your office going these days? Are your schedules full? Everybody paying on time? Insurance all caught up? Beyond these everyday challenges, there are big changes facing the dental field that affect almost everyone.
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ICD-10: Everything you need to know
Maria Frisch Healthcare AdministrationICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), a medical classification and coding system. The compliance deadline for ICD-10 is Oct. 1, 2015.
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Does social media have a place in healthcare?
Joan Spitrey Healthcare AdministrationJust like many of you, I have been on the Facebook bandwagon for quite some time. I have really enjoyed it as I have lived all over the country, and it has been a great way to keep up with old friends. But does it have a place in a healthcare career or profession?
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