Tools for Deterring Embezzlement

Since fraud and embezzlement are major problems in dental practices, it’s nice to know you have a tool to potentially identify check fraud.  Positive Pay is an automated fraud detection service offered… Continue On +

How to Permanently Plan for Temporary Disability (Part I)

Some of the most important planning in business relates to making preparations for the unexpected.  The businesses that have protections and safeguards in place to weather unforeseen circumstances are more often than… Continue On +

Why Would One Want to Form an S-Corporation?

As with other corporations or LLCs, an S-corporation can provide its owners with legal protection; also known as Assets Protection or Limited Liability.  This can help protect the owner if someone decides… Continue On +

How Does Your Team Want to Receive Feedback

Someone once posted the following, “What is the shortest word in the English language that contains the letters: abcdef?  The answer is feedback.  Don’t forget that feedback is one of the essential… Continue On +

When Values Become Roadblocks

Have you ever considered if the values you instill in your team ever create roadblocks? For example, at the now-defunct and infamous WorldCom, management instilled the value of optimism at all times. … Continue On +

Don’t Hide Your Value

Someone once said, “It’s not enough to give the customer excellent service.  You must subtly make him aware of the great service he is getting.”  How effective are you at making your… Continue On +

Dealing With the Rising Cost of Health Care

As we continue to see the cost of health care increase and outpace inflation, it is important for employers to make sure they have a health plan that is best for them. … Continue On +

When We Are Pushed to Our Limits

Have you ever wondered what you are capable of doing if you were really pushed to your limits?  Teenager Tony Cavallo may not be alive today if his mom had not tapped… Continue On +

The Mental Stretch of Innovation

You never know when a different way of looking at things may turn into a key innovation.  Consider the findings of Virginia Apgar, anesthesiology professor at Columbia Medical School. In 1952, Virginia… Continue On +

Waiving Dental Deductibles and Co-payments

It is common for dentists, who want to help certain patients, to provide dental treatment for just what the insurance pays.  No co-payment or deductible is collected.  It is also common for… Continue On +

Forgiveness

What is forgiveness?  Look no further than a bumper sticker to find a fitting definition.  “Forgiveness is giving up all hope for a better past.” Imagine how much time we would save… Continue On +

Innovation is the Catalyst for Solving Big Issues

Big problems often call for innovative ideas.  This is especially true when your task is to fight malnutrition.  Howarth Bouis, an economist at the International Food Policy Research Institute, was determined to… Continue On +