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“Coding With Confodence” & “Sleep Medicine, The Oral Appliance”

Cliff’s Notes for September 23, 2012

Cliff Marsh, Henry Schein ……Cell: 201-321-7494……Fax: 201-262-2210…..E-mail: cliff.marsh@henryschein.com

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The reason we do what we do, is so that we can to do what we want to do, when we want to do it!

It’s a tongue twister, but working as a team and making informed decisions, will get us there.

 

 

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

Winston Churchill

 

 

 

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In This Week’s Issue

• The Office Manager – Don’t Let Unused Insurance Benefits go to Waste!

• This Week in Dentistry from the ADA – Campaign on Children’s Oral Health!
• October Dental Seminars “Up-Date”
• Product Review – Coding with Confidence by Dr. Charles Blair!
• The Henry Schein Outlet Store – Special of the Week “!
• “The Root of It Commentary – Sleep Medicine, The Oral Appliance!
• Give Kids A Smile – We are Cliff’s Notes and We Approved this Message!
  

 

 

 

The Office Manager Blog.…………………………………………………………………

Don’t Let Unused Insurance Benefits go to Waste! By Dayna Johnson

September is the perfect time to send out a reminder to your patients who have unused dental insurance benefits. Sending it out now will hopefully get patients to call in sooner instead of waiting until the middle of December when it gets down to crunch time on the calendar. There are two different methods I am going to talk about today: using your Dentrix software to create a mass merge letter and, for those of you using DemandForce, how to merge a list and send out an e-mail campaign.

If you want to send out a letter to patients, Dentrix has a default letter in the “Letters” drop-down menu in the “Miscellaneous” tab on the Office Manager (see the picture below). After you have selected the letter, click on “Edit” so you can select the parameters you want. In the picture below, Figure 1 shows you the letter name that is located in your Dentrix Doc folder. If you want to edit the template of the letter, click on “open template” and you can change the text of the letter. Then, in Figure 2, you can filter the list by procedures codes listed in the patient’s treatment plan and the date when the procedures were added to the patient’s treatment plan. After you have completed this, click OK and then “create merge” and it will search your patient database and merge any patients who meet the criteria into the letter. Voila!

To read Dayna’s Blog, log onto http://thedentrixofficemanager.blogspot.com/

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This Week in Dentistry from the ADA……………………………………………………

Coalition of More Than 35 Leading Dental Organizations Joins Ad Council to Launch First Campaign on Children’s Oral Health!

 NEW YORK, NY, today. August 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — According to a survey released by the Ad Council today less than half (44%) of parents in the U.S. report that their child brushes their teeth twice a day or more. In time for back-to-school season, the Ad Council is joining The Partnership for Healthy Mouths, Healthy Lives, a coalition of more than 35 leading dental health organizations, to debut Kids’ Healthy Mouths, their first joint national multimedia public service campaign designed to teach parents and caregivers, as well as children, about the importance of oral health and the simple ways in which they can help prevent oral disease. The English and Spanish-language public service ads are being distributed to media outlets nationwide

To read the rest of this article, log onto: http://www.ada.org/7284.aspx

 

 

 

 

October Dental Seminars “Up-Date”!…………………………………………………………………..

October 22^nd – Englewood Hospital & Medical Center

• Obstructive Sleep Apnea – Dental Diagnosis & Treatment

6:00 PM-9:00PM … 3-CE’s

http://www.aadsm.org/                                     http://www.aaosh.org

  

Featuring:

Donald Tannenbaum DMD

(Columbia University School of Dentistry)

&

Lev Grinman MD (Medical Director, HomeSleep – Neurologist & Board Certified Specialist in Sleeping Disorders)

This seminar will bring the dentist & staff up to date on dentistry’s connection to the total health concept and a health issue may that affect 70% of the population.

What you will learn:

* A review of the sleeping disorders

* How to identify Obstructive Sleep Apnea in dental patients.

* How to introduce & direct patients to home testing.

* How to choose an Oral Appliance for your patient.

* Techniques for making impressions to create an Oral Appliance.

* Techniques for making adjustments for maximum results.

* Billing the patients’ medical insurance for the Oral Appliance.

* How to implement Dental Sleep Medicine into your practice.

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$75.00/Dr. & $49.00/staff

Tuition waivers are limited and may be available by contacting:

Lawrence B. Goodman, Asteto Labs, HomeSleep, Cliff Marsh or North Jersey Oral Surgery

For More Information or to Register, Call: 201-967-1111

When making reservations you will need to supply credit card information. By using the tuition waiver code CMCN, your seat (s) will be reserved and your credit card will not be charged as long as you register at the seminar. You can cancel your attendance up to October 15^th by calling 201-967-1111

 

October 24^th– Season’s Catering, Washington Township, NJ

Full Day 8:30AM-4:30PM … 7 CE’s

Drs. $129.00 / Staff $69.00

• “The Hybrid Prosthesis: Achieving a Passive Fit” w/Dr. Javier Urquiola, Prosthodontist – Existing techniques for the hybrid overdenture will be reviewed along with a new economical way of restoring your patients and gaining case acceptance.
• “Multi-Unit Screw Retained Posterior Restorations”

w/Dr. Glenn M. Applebaum

• “Building Your Practice” w/DRA Top Choice Speakers.

For more information or to register, call: 1-800-447-7750

 

 

October 26^th – Teaneck Marriott @ Glenn Point

7:30 AM-4:30 PM … 7 Great Seminars to choose from!

Click here for more information & reservations,

or call:  800-686-4200

• “The Million Dollar PPO” w/Dr. Matthew Krieger:

This seminar will provide a detailed blueprint for building a million dollar PPO practice. It will take you from the initial patient phone call through the recare system with predictable and repeatable results.

• “ A Story NOT Silenced by Oral Cancer” w/Eva Grayzel – Oral Cancer

4:29  Eva Grayzel at The Mayo Clinic

Survivor – Motivational Speaker:

Eva’s career as a Master Storyteller and performance artist provides her the skills to communicate her experience as a survivor in a unique and powerful way. Her passion to save lives by publicly telling her intimate and dramatic story took off after her experience as a featured speaker at the 2003 ADA Annual Session.

• “Using Digital Patient Engagement and Social Media in your Practice”

w/Edward J. Zuckerberg, DDS, FAGD & Jason J. Krause, MBD

• “Using TOTAL HEALTH PRODUCTS”, Add the Health / Medical Dimension to Your Practice w/ Christine Taxin. Behaving more like a “Wellness Center” not only changes your relationship with your patients, but your practice can now bill to medical insurance – just like oral surgeons have done for decades!

• Foundations of Dental Office Management w/Teresa Duncan

This new course is designed for doctors or managers with less than five years of management experience or for those desiring a refresher course on the basics of dental office management.

• Free Crown Event – Come and see what the future of dentistry offers utilizing the latest in chairside CAD CAM dentistry.

• Dentrix Digital/Paperless Office – Learn how to optimize your Dentrix Software with simple day-to-day tasks.

 

 

Product Review – Coding with Confidence by Dr. Charles Blair…

Coding with Confidence: The “Go-To” Dental Insurance Guide:

Harness the Power and Simplicity of “Predictive Error Correction” to Dramatically Cut Coding Errors and Boost Legitimate Reimbursement. Yes, now you can! Predict coding errors BEFORE they occur…and easily get a 10,000% return on your investment.

 Dr. Charles Blair – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0gbr4IbfOw

Coding with Confidence: The “Go-To” Dental Insurance Guide, is a road map through the coding jungle, which offers an expert’s advice and guidance on how to legitimately reimburse you for what you do. It’s exactly what the doctor ordered.

At just $109.95 (Henry Schein #368-0263) this manual can pay for itself the very first time you use it. Think about it, if Coding with Confidence helps you correctly code just an additional $50 per day, it may easily translate into an additional $10,000 per year in legitimate revenue. That’s a 10,000% return on your investment!

Coding with Confidence was written specifically to predict, and therefore prevent, typical errors, misuse, and common mistakes in coding. A way to predict errors before you make them! The manual provides expert assistance to practice staff to keep up with the frequent changes, revisions, and deletions in the CDT codes which are now mandated every other year.  This manual is a wonderful gift for all referring doctors! This reference manual will benefit every referring office. Bottom line: it is outstanding, useful information.

Part #368-0263

Alternatively, you may order the coding manual online.

 

 

The Henry Schein Outlet Store: Special of the Week!……………………..

Outlet Store offers are limited in quantity and only available on a first come-first serve basis. The inventory is very fluid so it pays to check back frequently for new listings.

http://www.henryschein.com/us-en/sites/outletcenter/

Tuttnauer VALUKLAVE 1730 Condition: MFR-Reconditioned 
Part Number: 668-2244MR   Manufacturer Part Number: 1730
Catalog Price: $2,419.99 Outlet Price: $1,699.00 (Warranty: 1-Year)

• Fast Cycle Time. 11 minutes from a hot start* (Standard Unwrapped Cycle time)
• Automatic shut off at the end of both the sterilization and dry cycles
• A long life electro polished chamber and door
• Double safety locking device prevents door from opening while chamber is pressurized
• Drain valve is located on the front, allowing for quick and easy draining of water reservoir
• Dual safety to protect against overheating
• International certifications

Product Categories

OVERSTOCKED:	New Products that are in the manufacturer’s original sealed package SAVINGS UP TO 35%
DEMO MODEL:	Open-box products that have had no clinical use SAVINGS FROM 35% TO 50%
RECONDITIONED:	Products in excellent condition, restored to the manufacturer’s specification SAVINGS UP TO 80%

All products include comprehensive warranties backed by Henry Schein

 

 

 

 

The Root of It Commentary………………………………………….

Dental Sleep Medicine, The Oral Appliance

Oral appliances are a front-line treatment for snoring and mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea. This small plastic device fits in the mouth during sleep like a sports mouth guard or orthodontic retainer. Oral appliances help prevent the collapse of the tongue and soft tissues in the back of the throat, keeping the airway open during sleep and promoting adequate air intake. Oral appliances may be used alone or in combination with other treatments for sleep-related breathing disorders, such as weight management, surgery or CPAP.
Download the Ins and Outs of Oral Appliance Therapy   

Standards of Care

• Patients with primary snoring or mild OSA who do not respond to, or are not appropriate candidates for treatment with behavioral measures such as weight loss or sleep-position change.
• Patients with moderate to severe OSA should have an initial trial of nasal CPAP, due to greater effectiveness with the use of oral appliances.
• Patients with moderate to severe OSA who are intolerant of or refuse treatment with nasal CPAP. Oral appliances are also indicated for patients who refuse treatment, or are not candidates for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, cranofacial operations, or tracheostomy.

To read the rest of this article, log onto: http://www.aadsm.org/whatisdentalsleepmedicine.aspx

Give Kids A Smile…………………………

Today is Sunday September 23rd. Please see the attached GKAS registration Form & register with the ADA after October 1^st. Registrants can receive up to 50 free exam kits from Henry Schein!

“I have spoken of a thousand points of light, of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the Nation, doing good. I will go to the people and the programs that are the brighter points of light, and I will ask every member of my government to become involved. The old ideas are new again because they are not old, they are timeless: duty, sacrifice, commitment, and a patriotism that finds its expression in taking part and pitching in.”

George H.W. Bush

“We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”

Ronald Reagan

 

Join the ADA on Friday, February 8, 2013 to Give Kids A Smile

Call Cliff @ 201-321-7494 for details…It’s feels good to “give back”

 

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Henry Schein Dental

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