We want to make our dental practice clients aware that dental hygienists—whether full-time or part-time, permanent or temporary, or even if only working for one day—do not qualify as independent contractors under Federal or State law. Dental hygienists are almost always employees and should be paid as employees. We certainly understand that some dental practice […]
Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), a business associate agreement is a contract that ensures that business associates appropriately safeguard protected health information. It also serves to clarify and limit the permissible uses and disclosures of protected health information by the business associate, based on the relationship between the parties […]
Purchasing or starting a dental practice will be one of the largest financial decisions of your professional career. It is important to work with a bank that understands the specific financial needs of the industry. Once you have decided on the bank(s) you want to work with, you will be asked to submit various financial […]
Since keeping your practice healthy in the long-term means not just quality care for your current patients, but continuing to bring in new ones, it is important to know the best place to find them and search engines are an increasingly popular hangout. Using a search engine to do everything from buying a book to […]
