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The Basis of Your Success
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The Dental Hygiene Coding Kit
may be the most critical of the kits.
This exciting update to your hygiene department is a built-in
soft-tissue management course, a dental insurance coding course and an anti-litigation
course. You will immediately see a tremendous increase in the confidence
with which treatment is presented. The staff will believe that the
treatment is a bargain, even at the new fees. Please read what Dr Oaks
has to say in the right-hand column.
The laminated page, it's a
complete dental hygiene coding sheet! Every diagnostic and treatment dental code that you
need for everyday dental hygiene care. Several "soft-tissue management" courses
use it (informally) as a guide for their strategies. The dental treatment and
dental coding are both state-of-the-art. The dental hygienists' job is complex.
They "help" with the periodontal diagnosis, they help with the
restorative diagnosis and treatment plan, they usually present the case
and explain it again after the doctor leaves the room. If you are going
to move away from the "prophy on everybody style" of practice and start to
make a diagnosis, you need the new dental hygiene codes and some training on the new
issues of dental hygiene coding.
No less important is the Audio-CD
which discusses the huge upswing in
litigation over non-diagnosis of periodontal disease.
Patient and
ATTORNEY awareness of the relationships between heart disease,
cardio-vascular diseases of all types, diabetes and many others, make it
insanity squared to not record a diagnosis today. Use in combination
with the UCR table for the 2005 dental fees to go along with the CDT
2005 codes.
The Workbook has the
printed slides to go along
with the seminar. See the dental codes that are being discussed.
Understand quickly why the fees are they way they are. See evidence of
mounting litigation. Do YOU know how to use these codes: D0140, D0150, D0160, D0170 and
D0180. If not, you lose more money, each day, than the complete combo
costs. .
A Prophy may be the single most risky procedure that a dental office
could perform today. It could cost you your license for "failure to
diagnose."
A DENTAL LICENSE INVESTIGATION EVEN IF YOU'RE INNOCENT?
(from Dentaltown.com)
http://www.dentaltownbenefits.com/5560/PD_80205.htm
"It can and does happen. Here's why ...
According to state law, ALL complaints
received by a state licensing board must be investigated.
And since ALL are investigated, there's no such thing as a
"small" complaint.
That means you must
defend yourself against all complaints, no matter how
frivolous – or even if you're completely innocent!"
Links to
diabetes detection and dental hygiene
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THE HYGIENE CODES HAVE
CHANGED AGAIN ARE YOU CURRENT? |
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A word from Dr. Woody Oaks" What you
don't
know can hurt you and even if your office doesn't take insurance,
you may still be losing thousands of dollars per year.
Let me give you an example. In one practice (where I consult) we
analyzed the hygiene department using information from Dr. Del
Webb's Insurance Seminar. We corrected a fee that was way under the
UCR (for that zip code) and made some coding corrections (wrong #'s
for certain procedures). The net result was a gain of $16.50/per
hygiene visit! So if that practice works 200 days/year and sees only
8 hygiene patients per day, that's an increase of $26,400 with no
extra work! Can you believe it?
Now most of this additional income is net income because fixed
costs, supplies, wages, etc. stay relatively the same. The only
difference comes in proper UCR pricing and correct coding. All of
this is completely legal...it's like taking a tax deduction
you didn't know
existed.
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The Hygiene Coding
Kit includes the Audio-CD, the Laminated "cheat-sheet" for the back
and the workbook
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Priced Separately
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$169
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UCR + Hygiene Kit Combo
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$299 +
$169 = $468
Save with the combo, only...$399
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For the best
deal get the complete kit, everything,
for only $697 Call
1.877.628.3366 Now. Don't put it off again. |
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(See
how a patient's unfounded complaint led to one Townie facing
an Office of Professional Discipline investigation.)
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You NEED the Hygiene Coding Kit and the UCR
Table in order to see a patient in the hygiene room tomorrow. Then
someone has to sell it and collect the money, so you need the Myths
and Magic. How will Delta Dental handle the new codes? Sounds like
you need the Complete Coding Resource manual. Together, they provide a comprehensive yet
easy-to-use set of tools that seamlessly integrate highly profitable
management, communications, and coding techniques.
With the Complete Combo, experienced and novice front office managers can implement these superior techniques easily, quickly and affordably.
The most experienced will enjoy the added power and flexibility found in one place. Skills typically learned only in multiple seminars over multiple years, at a cost of thousands of dollars and many lost office hours, will be learned quickly with this system.
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Dental hygienists
help in detecting diabetes
By Marconi Calindas
Reporter
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Dental hygienists do not only help you keep your teeth
healthy; they can also help detect diabetes, according to a
recent study on the "Connection between Gum Disease and
Diabetes."
Seventh Day Adventist Dental Clinic resident dentist and
hygienist Lori DeMaine said recent studies have found a link
between gum disease and diabetes, with signs of the disease
often appearing in the mouth.
"Diabetic patients have a greater chance of developing
infections generally," DeMaine said.
She said 95 percent of diabetics have developed some form of
gum infection. It has been found that severe gum disease may
increase the risk of developing diabetes, and may make it
more difficult to manage blood sugar levels, she added.
There is good news, though, for patients who receive
treatment for gum disease, as their condition could be
controlled with less insulin, she said.
DeMaine said dental hygienists can now notice signs of
diabetes during routine oral health exams. She said foamy
saliva and usually a dry mouth are common signs of diabetes.
Diabetic patients often lose more teeth compared to patients
without the condition.
Diabetes is an illness in which the body does not produce or
properly use insulin, which is needed by the body to convert
sugar and other food "that we eat into energy to carry us
throughout the day."
She said being overweight and not exercising also contribute
to the risk of developing diabetes, though the cause of
diabetes remains a mystery.
Recent studies by the American Diabetes Association showed
that about 18 million people in the United States have
diabetes. An estimated 13 million are aware of the
condition; however 5.2 million people have no idea that they
have this disease, she said. In the United States alone
200,000 die every year due to diabetes.
"Here on Saipan, diabetes is a big problem and concern, with
a large portion of the population living with diabetes. Of
more concern are a number of people who are unaware that
they too are suffering from diabetes."
According to the American Diabetes Association, diabetes
that goes unchecked or untreated can result in serious and
life-threatening complications, such as blindness, kidney
disease, heart disease and stroke, and nerve disease that
lead to limb amputation.
DeMaine said October is National Dental Hygiene Month.
"If you have not seen your dental hygienist this year yet,
make an appointment soon," she said.
Dental hygienists inform patients about proper oral hygiene
and treat gum disease to prevent the condition from
advancing and complicating other diseases, she said. Dental
hygienist, she said, also helps patients understand the
connection between oral health care and overall health.
For more information on diabetes, check out the website at
www.diabetes.org.http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=51292
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