Section 1557 is the nondiscrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This brief guide explains Section 1557 in more detail and what your practice needs to do to meet the requirements of this federal law. Includes sample notices of nondiscrimination, as well as taglines translated for the top 15 languages by state.
Provides expert insights and full-color photos related to building, renovating, or refreshing dental office space. Contributors include dental architects, design consultants, and practicing dentists.
Provides dental practices with sample job descriptions, guidelines for handling hiring and terminations, performance evaluations, and salary reviews.
Provides dental practices with guidelines on implenting a branding strategy, website development, print and digital marketing, referral generating techniques, and advertising.
Provides an overview of key financial concepts for managing the business side of a practice including finanical policies, dealing with dental benefit plans, managing risk and preventing fraud, and defining and controlling fixed and variable costs.
Proven techniques for providing an outstanding dental patient experience. Covers informed consent, referrals, patient reactivation and retention, and patient dismissal.
Provides legal guidance for dental practice formation, marketing, employment, privacy and data security, disability access, contracts, antitrust, insurance, collections, reimbursement, patient treatment, and more. Covers the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, website accessibility, online ratings sites, Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Includes sample agreements for associateships.
Provides sample employee policies and procedures, forms, and worksheets to help dental practices develop an employee handbook. Covers employee compensation and benefits; internet and social media communication; employee conduct; job descriptions; employment applications; sample interview questions for hygienists, dental assistants and front desk staff; employee motivation and appreciation.
Provides over 200 sample letters and emails, website content, Facebook and Twitter posts, and text messages. Topics include insurance letters explaining how insurance works, UCR, and coordination of benefits, past due notices, letters for hiring and terminating employees, vendor letters, welcome letters for adults and children, and patient forms for every day office use.