Dental Embezzlement Six Red Flags
Dental Embezzlement Six Red Flags
Dental Embezzlement Six Red Flags
We don’t accept checks! Listen to this dishonest dental office employee tell a patient to “bring in cash” This employee liked to steal cash from the practice and when cash was not coming in fast enough, she decided to help the process along by calling patients to tell them to “bring in cash.”
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85% of dental embezzlers will display at least one of these red flags.
If this happened to you – what would you do? The Front Desk Manager claimed she was doing nothing wrong. When a patient paid with cash, the Front Desk Manager would pocket the cash and then use her own credit card to pay the bill. This allowed her to collect Frequent Flyer Miles and other…
HELP, I NEED MY DATA BACK. About 10 years ago, I told my dental client that I needed to examine a copy of his practice management data. I offered the dentist three options: Dentist: “I’ll send you a backup copy of my data.” Me: “Sounds good, do you have a USB flash drive.” Dentist: “Yes,…
Spooky Fiction vs Fact SPOOKY MYTH FACT There are over 300 ways to steal from a dental practice. There are less than 24 ways to steal. Dental embezzlers can always outsmart you. Most dental embezzlers are first time offenders that do not have a college degree. They are less trustworthy, but not smarter than a…