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Business - Medical and Dental Industry
Referrals and Referral Practices
Referrals in your pediatric practice can flow in and out faster than you can pay attention to them. It's important to pay attention to how often you send out referrals, to whom, and how often you are getting referrals from other practices.
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Salary Negotiation for Dentists
Employers have multiple options when deciding how and when to pay their employees. A decision between the two needs to be made as to which option will work best for both parties.
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Maximizing Each Appointment
Carefully monitoring your time, schedule, and taking advantage of every opportunity is what will make your practice the successful business you had in mind from the very beginning.
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Managing other Dentists
When a dentist makes the decision to hire additional practitioners for their office, he/she must have a plan as to how to manage the new employees.
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Managing the Transition to ICD-10
On October 1, 2015, the healthcare industry made its transition from coding system ICD-9 to ICD-10. The new coding system is said to improve the quality of care and provide higher-quality data for measuring quality, safety, and efficacy.
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Family and Sibling Policies
For your practice to successfully meet the challenges of treating pediatric patients while cooperating with the patients' parents, you need to have strict guidelines in place.
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Financing Options Available to Your Orthodontic Patients
There is great importance in maintaining affordability for the patient throughout their care experience. From regular office visits and emergency care to the final removal and retention phase, providing patients with payment options will help insure affordability for continued care, while instilling confidence in your services.
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Filing Dental vs. Medical Insurance for Your Patients
As an oral surgeon, it can be confusing for your office staff, or even yourself when it comes to filing insurance claims on the behalf of your patients.
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Finding and Retaining the Right Employees
Medical staff members are often the first and last impression from an office, and they can make or break the overall patient experience. They are a reflection of the doctor and an expression of the practice, its values, and philosophy. Therefore, it should be a top priority to find and retain the very best talent.
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