‘That’s Wrong’: Dental Insurance Mix-up Costs Chicago Woman $11,000
A Chicago woman’s new set of teeth should have left her smiling; instead, she’s mouthing off to the Morning Insiders about an $11,000 bill she … more
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Corporate Owned Life Insurance: Who Is the Actual Beneficiary?
Who is the beneficiary of your corporate owned life insurance? A rather simple question but one that is often misunderstood. If one were to dust … more
Weekly Wisdom: Insurance Billing and Delisting Issues for Dentists
In this episode of Weekly Wisdom, Josh Koziebrocki of Koziebrocki Law discusses insurance companies and the recent delisting issues in dentistry. Subscribe … more
7 Ways to Streamline Dental Insurance Claims Processing
Processing dental insurance claims can be a complex and confusing task. But if you can identify your bottlenecks and redundancies while automating certain manual tasks, … more
10 Ways to Ensure Successful and Ethical Dental Insurance Billing
Dental insurance billing is one of the most critical operations at a dental office. No matter how efficiently you’re producing and delivering quality patient care, … more
Dentists Offering Membership Plans for the Uninsured
Nevada dentist David White has seen diseased and rotted teeth in the mouths of patients who routinely put off checkups and avoided minor procedures such … more
Insurance Companies Cut Group Plan Premiums Including Dental
Canadian insurance companies are slashing premiums as claims fall, in a bid to help small- and medium-sized businesses grappling with Covid-19. Canada Life has announced … more
B.C. Dentists Say They’re Being Denied $36M in Pandemic Insurance Due to Lack of Order to Close Completely
B.C. dentists say they’ve been unable to collect pandemic insurance because the province’s current directives do not clearly require that dental offices close so they can … more
How Aviva is Responding to Dentists’ COVID-19 Claims
Aviva Canada is promising guidance to dentists who want to submit claims arising from provincial government orders shutting down non-essential services. Aviva writes TripleGuard, a … more
Insurer Says It Will Pay Dentists’ Claims for Pandemic Coverage
Aviva Canada CEO Jason Storah says the insurance company will “stand by” its pandemic coverage for dentists who followed provincial orders to close down their … more
Dentists Fighting to Get Insurance Payouts Because Office Closure Seen as ‘Voluntary’
Thousands of Canadian dentists who followed industry recommendations to shut down their practices nearly two weeks ago because of the COVID-19 outbreak have still not … more
Pandemic Coverage: The Big Unknown for Dentists
Are Canadian dentists covered for business interruption or commercial liability arising from the COVID-19 pandemic? That is open to question right now for some existing … more
Rest Assured Your Patients Are Insured (And Ready To Use It)
Don’t underestimate the willingness of your patients when it comes to dental insurance. Most patients have it (more than you think) and if presented with … more
Avoiding smokers and big spenders on dental care
As healthcare reforms promote more preventive care and associated healthy-seeking behaviour, some controversies emerge. I notice, for example, that American employers in their efforts to … more
Drilling away at dental costs! New website, new insurers’ approaches shake up market
By Kristen Gerencher – Market Watch – Vital Signs – June 13, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Got teeth? If you lack dental insurance or … more
Do the math!
From CNBC.com – by Margo D. Beller – June 10, 2011 One had an idea: create a website allowing uninsured consumers to compare prices and … more
Signs of a recovery – no more cat food and Hamburger Helper dinners
After a jaw-clenching recession for dentists in 2010, ADMIT IT!! – 2011 seems to be the year for the oral health profession to get back … more
5 tips for marketing your dental practice
I’m old enough to remember, two early dental entrepreneurs who were excoriated and taken to court for appearing in an ad related to the Holiday … more
OMG – Microsoft got something right!!!!
If you aren’t yet familiar withMicrosoft’s HealthVault, you will probably be more than slightly impressed after watching the introduction video. Health Vault is a free, … more