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Are you taking the time to educate your patients on the importance of their dental health and heart disease?  Are you aware of how your daily protocols in our offices and clinics can impact your patients’ health? 

Did you or someone you know fail a tier II anesthesia inspection by the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE)? If so, you/they are not alone. Unfortunately, hundreds of dentists failed a tier II anesthesia inspection. The TSBDE is makin...

As you are probably aware, more and more state boards of dentistry and state legislatures have enacted laws and/or rules requiring things like provider education, patient assessment guidelines, prescribing parameters, big brother is watching progra...

If so, the DEA wants them back. As of October 30, 2021, the Drug Enforcement Administration mandated the use of single sheet DEA 222 Forms for those providers who prescribe schedule 2 controlle...

HIPAA Compliance can save you hundreds of thousands to millions in fines and penalties.  The goalposts for HIPAA compliance change due to new...

Are you HIPAA compliant? Are you sure? There are situations that you can use or disclose Protected Health Information and you do not need a signed authorization to do so. Patients (or in some cases their caregivers) always have the Right of Access. Next, there...

Cyber security threats are continually evolving and they pose a very real and significant threat to dental practices. Ransomware is malicious software that takes over a victim’s hard drive when they click on an infected advertisement, email, attachment, or website and encry...

Safe water to drink, bathe, cook and wash our clothing in is something most of us take for granted. Using clean water in your dental practice can be taken for granted as well! Water safety is an important consideration for dental offices as dental units, due to the s...

There is much to do to comply with all that HIPAA requires. First, consider ‘what’ you have to comply with (Privacy Rule, Security Rule and Breach Notification Rule. The Enforcement Rule prescribes Civil Monetary Pena...

More practices today are use electronic dental records. There are certainly pros and cons of doing so, which is beyond the scope of this blog post. What is important is that the software used today allows providers to template their notes, which are o...