5 money-saving, stress-reducing articles you must read by the year's end

The impending new year brings with it new laws, regulations, and other changes that may prevent your practice from just going about business as usual. Make a healthy resolution now to stay on top of the changes and check out DPR's top 5 time-sensitive articles offering advice on how to prepare now for the changes coming in 2014.

DentalCodeology: CDT 2014 shifts and coding tips every dental practice should know

Unlike in previous years, CDT codes now undergo annual updates.  This article by Patti DiGangi and Teresa Duncan offers need-to-know information and tips about the upcoming changes to CDT codes. Click here to read more...

Free E-Book: Dentist's Guide to Small Business Tax Deductions 2013

The message of this e-book is simple: don't leave free money on the table. Big changes are in the works for the Section 179 deduction, changes that require dental practices to act now if they still want to take advantage.  This e-book covers everything you need to know about Section 179, plus explains why dental practitioners need to move if they want to save a ton of money. Click here to read more...

The Affordable Care Act: What dentists need to know about properly counting dental team members

President Obama has announced a one-year delay to a key component of the ACA asserting that insurers may extend current plans that would otherwise have been canceled in 2014.  While insurance companies wait for clarification on this component, dental practices need to pay attention to the ACA's provisions mandating employers count their full-time equivalent employees. Click here to read more...

The Affordable Care Act: What you need to know about how it will affect pediatric dental patients

As a follow-up to Kevin Henry'soriginal interview with Teresa Duncan on the ACA's impact on dentistry, the two meet again to discuss how pediatric patients and insurance will be affected.  Among the topics discussed in the video is how 2014 might change as a result of the law and what dental practices should be doing now to prepare. Click here to read more...

5 statistics critical to every successful dental practice

Numbers tells a story. Keeping tabs on relevant statistical information keeps a dental practice in-the-know and ready for change others haven't anticipated.  With that in mind, this article lists the top 5 pieces of statistical information that every practice should know, plus outlines why the practices should know them. Click here to read more...