Lasers in hygiene - RDH
... is geared toward hygienists, other members of the team would also benefit from an understanding of laser science and the appropriate insurance codes used for ...

Reading your patient - DentistryIQ
Reading your patient. By Teresa Duncan, MS Have you ever watched the show “Lie To Me”? It follows a group of deception experts as they solve crime. ...

No More Paper, No More Books - Dental Economics
... EHRdebate. Carol Tekavec has written a piece on DentistryIQ in which she brings up many troubling issues about the EHR and security. ...

Risk management: The importance of staff disclaimers - Dental ...
... OSHA. Dentists are also frequently accused of falsely elevating insurance codes or of illegal drug or prescription practices. Charges ...

Revolutionary care - RDH
... doxycycline, efficient piezo root instrumentation, the use of regenerative proteins such as Emdogain and Gem21, and the proper use of insurance codes and fee ...

Tips for practice growth in difficult times - Dental Economics
by Carol Tekavec, CDA, RDH. ... Carol Tekavec, CDA, RDH, is the president of Stepping Stones to Success and a practicing dental hygienist. ...

Challenging financial arrangements - DentistryIQ
By Teresa Duncan Our most recent meeting in beautiful Vancouver featured full meeting rooms and inquisitive crowds -- our favorite kind! ...

The diagnosis-driven claim form - DentistryIQ
In this article, Patti DiGangi and Teresa Duncan explain that the changes within the most recent Current Dental Terminology (CDT 2009-2010) -- the codes we use ...

Recordkeeping Basics: Good for Patients, Essential for You! ...
Recordkeeping Basics: Good for Patients, Essential for You! by Carol Tekavec, CDA, RDH. ... Lidocaine 2% 1:50,000, exp. 2/11. Adm. by CD Tekavec RDH. No N2O needed. ...

Bisphosphonates - RDH
Bisphosphonates. Click here to enlarge image. What hygienists need to know. by Carol Tekavec, CDA, RDH. Bisphosphonates are a class ...

Orthodontic relapse and the need for an interdisciplinary solution ...
... Step 6: The insurance game You can find the insurance codes — the same ones that orthodontists use — for setting fees and receiving payment by going ...

AADC 2009 spring workshop to focus on "Navigating Change&#034 ...
... "The Dark Side of Dental Insurance, Episode IV" A panel headed by Tom M. Limoli, Jr. President, Limoli and Associates/Atlanta Dental Consultants, Inc. ...

Understanding coding - RDH
... our practices. Teresa Duncan, MS, presents several programs on coding and insurance and how to make it all work for you. She also ...

Products: In-Depth Focus - Dental Office
... Written by Carol Tekavec, CDA, RDH, an insurance columnist and ADA Seminar Series speaker with 28 years of clinical hygiene experience, this brochure is the ...

<b>Practical Claims and Coding column: "Code Changes ...
By Carol Tekavec, CDA, RDH. ... Carol Tekavec, CDA, RDH, is the president of Stepping Stones to Success and a practicing dental hygienist. ...

AADC elects 2008-09 officers - Dental Economics
... The affiliate liaison is Tom Limoli, Jr. Limoli is the prevailing expert on proper coding and administration of dental insurance benefit claims. ...

Hard to Code - RDH
... Carol Tekavec CDA RDH is a practicing dental hygienist, author of the Dental Insurance Coding Handbook 2005-2008 and a patient brochure, "My Insurance Covers ...

Seamless patient comfort - Dental Economics
... My good friend, Carol Tekavec, CDA, RDH, put together a great booklet of Informed Consent Forms that you cannot afford to be without. ...

Reader's Forum - RDH
... In conclusion, I would like to thank Anastasia Turchetta and Teresa Duncan for doing the research needed to compile the articles in RDH. ...

Occlusal splint therapy course offered - Dental Economics
... The instructors will discuss individualization of care, troubleshooting, scheduling, fee structures, and insurance codes (medical and dental) so participants ...

Is it really about time? Overcoming the real barriers to complete ...
... followed regularly, you will not only greatly reduce your malpractice risk but ... clinician, speaker, author, and trainer who led successful dental practices for ...

The Multispecialty Practice - DentistryIQ
... With today’s dental management software, it is relatively easy to maintain ... sure your specialists are very competent and your malpractice insurance company is ...

Interview with Steven Guttenberg, DDS, MD, Immediate Past ...
... I referenced at the beginning of this response also point out that, in this day and age, not utilizing CBCT to place dental implants borders on malpractice. ...

Developing an Effective Records Retention Policy for Your Practice ...
... Act as if all documents, records, or e-mails will be read in a courtroom — In the unfortunate event of a malpractice suit against a dental practice, dental ...

What would it take for my practice to go paperless? - DentistryIQ
... Many practices are unaware that the government is mandating that all patient records, both medical and dental, be electronic by the year 2014. ...

No More Paper, No More Books - Dental Economics
... The electronic health record is getting closer to ... officially stated as “medical records,” the implication ... has been conducted on the Dental Economics® Web ...

Transitioning from film to digital: sensors and suggestions ...
... Filing cabinets full of paperwork are being replaced by electronic medical records. ... are becoming a tool of the past as the dental profession embraces ...

Leveraging Change - RDH
... It is up to the dental profession to shore up the everyday assets of interoperability, using technology, electronic health records, and evidence-based decision ...

Brave new move in a bright new year, and it's free! ...
... Our “active” members will continue to receive all their current benefits, including professional liability insurance, accidental death and dismemberment ...

Ask the Expert Series: Five answers to holiday party HR questions ...
... holiday parties. My liability insurance carrier recently informed me that such activities can carry significant liability risk. Can ...

Ask the Expert Series: Five answers to holiday party HR questions ...
... holiday parties. My liability insurance carrier recently informed me that such activities can carry significant liability risk. Can ...

Interview with Steven Guttenberg, DDS, MD, Immediate Past ...
... But now we are hearing about liability insurance carriers worried about dentists not interpreting all of the data that is available on these scans; ie, missing ...