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How to Handle Difficult Employees in Your Health Care Practice
Effectively Marketing Your Medical and Dental Practice While Staying Legally Compliant
Physician and Dental Practice Branding - A Legal Perspective
Background on Indiana’s “Baby HSR” Law - Indiana passed Senate Bill 9 in March 2024, which requires an Indiana healthcare entity involved in a merger or acquisition with another healthcare entity with a value of at least...more
A study at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry developed a chatbot using information reviewed by faculty members to answer questions about clinical procedures. Cortino Sukotjo, DDS, PhD, a professor of...more
ADA, and other organizations move to boost workforce development, training for dental hygienists - In addition to several legislative moves aimed at boosting the training and development of dental hygienists, dental...more
DSOs have been recognizing the strong demand for pediatric dental services, driven by factors such as a growing population of children and expansions in state reimbursement programs. Other factors that are influencing a...more
On Feb. 27, the FBI and HHS issued a warning urging network defenders to review their joint advisory for healthcare organizations to protect against malicious activity after a ransomware group leader said it will be focusing...more
Conceived and founded by 16 doctors, EPIC4 is a unique entity—a Specialty Partnership Organization where dental specialists can maximize potential at all stages of their life and practice. Forming EPIC4 was something of an...more
The physician practice management (PPM) space continues to evolve in response to shifting market trends, demand for specialized care and emerging opportunities in underutilized sectors. While PPM deal volume and the creation...more
Profitable Dental Practices Push to Increase Patient Satisfaction Through Automation - A report by NexHealth, a digital scheduling platform, conducted a survey to determine the state of the dental industry in 2023 by...more
Younger Dentists are Affiliating with DSOs at Higher Rates in the U.S. Financial constraints, stronger need for work/life balance is driving this trend - The ADA Health Policy Institute (HPI) released data in May that...more
Dental practice consolidation to continue in 2023 despite economic uncertainty - Despite the rapid increase in consolidation in the past decade, analysts believe that it is only the beginning for the DSO industry, with...more
AI can improve dental services by complimenting, not eliminating, human performance - Artificial Intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role across a variety of industries and can benefit dental practices...more
Dentists continue to shift toward DSO-supported practices amid ongoing labor challenges - According to the American Dental Association, DSO-supported practices are now considered one of the fastest growing practice models...more
ADA, coalition thanks lawmakers for passing bill aimed at preventing burnout among health workers as pandemic-related challenges continue to affect industry - The ADA and 70 stakeholders praised Congress for passing the...more
Nationwide poll on COVID-19 impacts in dentistry find lowest ‘open as usual’ rate since March - According to the American Dental Association’s COVID-19 impact poll for the week of Dec. 13, 60.5% of organizations...more
Emerging DSOs should consider tangible, intangible issues before growing too quickly: Expert - Chris Salierno, DDS, chief editor of Dental Economics, discusses consolidation in the dental industry, and advises practices...more
Benesch Secures Summary Judgment Win Dismissing Case for SmileDirectClub - In a precedent-setting win for teledentistry pioneer SmileDirectClub and New Jersey consumers, the Superior Court of New Jersey rejected an...more
Dental Practice News - ADA launches pilot programs to provide bridge to practice ownership - The American Dental Association (ADA) Board of Trustees has approved a pilot program to support relationships between new...more