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…
It may be a fire, flood, theft, willful destruction or an unexpected car through your front window! A bit of advance planning will go a long way to help reduce your stress when a disaster destroys or leaves your dental practice out of commission for days, weeks or even longer. Make a list – be…
2/11/19- SAN FRANCISCO – A man has been breaking into a dental office in South San Francisco and stealing containers of laughing gas. Surveillance video from the most recent incident on Jan. 25 shows the thief in action as he breaks into the building’s storage room and unscrews the nitrous oxide tanks. A dental assistant…
Here are some dental practice incidents that were caught on camera Teaching your kids to steal. Dental “patients” steal credit cards from practice. The female thief has no clue about computers. Look how she rips the Mac away from the desk! Man caught stealing from dental office Dapper Burglar Steals Plant From Forest Hills Dental…
The Perception of Detection Imagine you are in a hurry and driving much faster than usual. You’re late for an important event that cannot start without you. Suddenly, there’s you see this guy holding up a sign with the words “COPS AHEAD” in big letters. Does your foot instinctively ease off the gas pedal? You…
We often need trusted advisors to help us with our most pressing problems. There are many types of advisors; personal advisors, business advisors, legal advisors, work-life advisors and so on – in fact the list of advisors seems almost endless. Advisors are the people who you must trust for guidance and to act in your…
By Chris Haines – Dental WebSmart Solutions. It may not be surprising to learn that the National Automated Clearinghouse Association stated that only 86% of Dental practices today are submitting claims electronically and only 13% are receiving EFT payments electronically. Starting in November of 2019 is when insurance carriers started enforcing this EFT payment system…
The woman admitted stealing from her former employer, that it had been going on since 2013 and she did it to support her gambling and shopping habits. Looking Back: Sandra Jean Kelley was charged last year WALKER, MN • A 61-year-old Backus woman pleaded guilty to embezzling over $100,000 from a Pine River dental office….
By Brian Hanks (www.brianhanks.com) I got a call from a dental practice owner in Florida last week who wanted to understand something about a buyer doing due diligence on his practice. This dentist owns a practice collecting $800,000/year with 44% overhead – meaning, the doctor was taking home $448,000 year as the owner, and selling…