Let Us Remember Those Who Courageously Gave Their Lives
Let Us Remember Those Who Courageously Gave Their Lives

Here are 7 things you may did not know about Memorial Day   1. It was originally known as Decoration Day   ...

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If You Are Buying a Dental Practice Beware of Caveat Emptor
RECORDKEEPING
If You Are Buying a Dental Practice Beware of Caveat Emptor

I work with Private Equity firms as a partner in their due diligence processes. For my parts, office review and records audits, it is about identifying proficiencies and deficiencies (or what I call ‘opportunities’).  Is the office compliant wi...

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Are You Ready for a Medical Emergency in Your Dental Practice?
ACLS COMPLIANCE TRAINING DENTAL BOARD MEDICAL EMERGENCY
Are You Ready for a Medical Emergency in Your Dental Practice?

911, What's Your Emergency? It is not a matter of ‘if’, but which (and how severe) a medical emergency will occur in yo...

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DEA Compliance Tips You Can Use
COMPLIANCE TRAINING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES DEA DENTAL COMPLIANCE
DEA Compliance Tips You Can Use

There is no need to be afraid of using controlled prescription drugs legitimately but do take time to learn the rules and regulations and periodically evaluation your practice for compliance with controlled substance rules and regulations. Implement...

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Are You Keeping Up with Everything?
ACLS COMPLIANCE TRAINING DEA DENTAL BOARD DENTAL LICENSE EXCLUSIONS MEDICAL EMERGENCY
Are You Keeping Up with Everything?

I tell all my clients to devise a system to track their credentials and their team members' as well....all of them. Dentists can be disciplined by their state Dental Board, disqualified by insurance companies, excluded fr...

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Why Auditing is Important and How It Can Impact Your Practice
CODE OF CONDUCT COMPLIANCE TRAINING RECORDKEEPING RISK MANAGEMENT
Why Auditing is Important and How It Can Impact Your Practice

Daily perspective (pre-bill) audits help identify and minimizes billing errors by ensuring the accuracy of claims before they are submitted. This step alone can help compliance programs pay for themselves. Periodic retrospective audits involve the det...

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Is Your Consent Process Full of BARF?
COMPLIANCE TRAINING HIPAA
Is Your Consent Process Full of BARF?

No matter where you in the U.S. you practice dentistry, there are laws or rules that require you to obtain written, informed consent for treatment from your patients....which is express permission to do what your patients hire you to do for them. Go...

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Is Your Practice Safe?
COMPLIANCE TRAINING FINE FRAUD HIPAA INSURANCE MEDICAID
Is Your Practice Safe?

If the government and third-party payors know you maintain an effective compliance program and have your ducks in a row, you are less likely to get picked on in the first place! We have seen it happen. <...

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Still don't know how compliance and success are related?
CODE OF CONDUCT COMPLIANCE TRAINING CORPORATE COMPLIANCE PLAN RISK MANAGEMENT
Still don't know how compliance and success are related?

Michael Gerber in The ‘E’- Myth (Revisited) illustrates the importance of developing duplicate-able systems. He demonstrates that a business owner’s value is in their system. This makes sense (dollars too, BILLIONS of them!) Look at McDonald's,...

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Tooth Cop's Rules of Recordkeeping
RECORDKEEPING
Tooth Cop's Rules of Recordkeeping

After many years of Compliance Consulting in Dentistry, I have come up with a set of Recordkeeping Guidelines, which I affectionately call: "Tooth Cop's Rules of Record Keeping" Read more