Background
Progressive Dental is located in Clearwater Florida. It is a small, less than 50 people, marketing company that specializes in marketing for dentists. The building that Progressive Dental is currently located in, is a lease that includes all outside, electrical, and plumbing maintenance. There are approximately 38 employees, each with their own workstation. Most of the computers are connected via wifi, and the printers are connected to the server. The services that Progressive Dental currently provides includes video for testimonials, website building, continuing education credits, website hosting, search engine optimization, pay-per-click, and social media.
Intro
This document contains the Contingency Plan for Progressive Dental. It is intended to serve as the guidelines for the information, tasks, and procedures that would be necessary to facilitate the Progressive Dental management’s decision-making process and it’s prompt response to any interruption of the department’s normal business proceedings. This is important, if the cause of the interruption requires a resumption of operations that cannot be accomplished by normal operations.
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Therefore, it is essential that the information and action plans remain viable and be maintained. To that end, this introduction is intended to introduce and familiarize its readers with the organization of the plan.
It is incumbent upon every individual who receives the Progressive Dental Contingency Plan, or any parts thereof, to ensure that attention and resources are committed to the maintenance and security of the document and its contents.
Since the plan contains sensitive information, All of the contents of this document should be labeled, “Limited Official
Blue Cross and Blue Shield will review the report and materials, taking into consideration alternative adequate Course of Treatment, and will notify you and your Dentist of the estimated benefits which will be provided under this Benefit Section. This is not a guarantee of payment, but an estimate of the benefits available for the proposed services to be
4. describe actions to take where any concerns with the agreed care plan are noted
What outside information not mentioned in the documents does this document bring to
If you are a dentist who is overwhelmed with setting up accounting and billing procedures and marketing your practice, or you are outsourcing
For my process report, I have chosen the topic of the CMS-1500 health insurance claim form. In the medical insurance field, the current popular form of billing is the use of the 837P (Professional) format, which transmits health care claims electronically.
Many low income areas have dental therapists as part of their local dental team. Many people in these areas have never been to a dentist or do not go every six months as recommended this poses many other health problems. There has been case studies and data showing that in these areas dental health
The reason for this report was to explain the steps that were taken to create and implement this action plan and the outcomes. My three actions were established to help carry out my vision of bringing together
Hundreds of years ago, the dental profession and the medical profession was perceived as two separate entities, however, this bifurcated health system has created an epidemic in oral disease with our aging population (Nagro, 2016). Dentistry should be more closely integrated with medicine and the health care system, however, organized dentistry has fought to stay a monopoly. They have protested regarding dental personnel being independent, even in the advancement of serving more rural areas, just as they repelled being part of Medicare. Finally, there are a few states that have alternative choices for a dental hygienist to travel to people who can’t get to a traditional dental office. Some of these states include Minnesota, Colorado, Oregon,
Along with dental procedures, I observed various work dynamics while shadowing. I realized that social responsibility, leadership, teamwork, and communication are all important factors in a dental office. I am thankful for my past experiences that helped me to develop all of these skills. While shadowing I saw that it is crucial for a dentist to communicate not only with his staff but also with his
Also, I will come up with a plan to diverse the dental workplace. First, I will create a brochure in order to convince the dentists why it is important to hire more minority health care providers. My brochure will include the hardships that patients and workers have experienced while trying to get treatment or a job in dentistry. For example, one my friends had a difficult time finding a job as a dental assistant after graduation the dental assistant program because there’s not a lot African-American dental assistant in Arkansas. This brochure will be an eye opener for many dentists making them more aware and understanding to their patients and employees hardships and needs. Also, it will lead them to step out their comfort zone and hire more people outside their race. However, this will make the patients more comfortable to receive dental care because they will see more people that look like them. In addition, having a diverse team in dentistry will have a positive outlook on the
The Korean War started when the communist North Koreans sent troops into the non communist South Koreans. When this happened North Korea fought back against them, to protect their freedom. When this happened the UN also came to help South Korea win the battle. This war took place from 1950-1953 after World War II and before the Vietnam War. This was a terrible war that took the lives of 36,914 Americans. This also took the lives of many more North and South Koreans.
As a freshman college student I did not expect that through a fulfillment of graduation requirements, I would stumble across this particular Latino studies curriculum. When I registered for this course my mind was just focused on the fact of attending and perhaps learning a thing or two about my heritage. I also expected to find myself in a position of easy success for this course, and while I believe that I was quite successful, it was not as simple as I projected. The reason behind some of the challenges that I faced were because, unlike most college courses were students are just mindlessly completing homework assignments or writing essays for the purpose to be critiqued, this course engaged emotion and made the students truly immerse themselves
Provide an action plan for the implementation and communication of the solution. Your action plan should include actions, timescales and required
It includes also the preparation of procedures needed to communicate these plans to all concerned.
Although many Americans have good oral hygiene due to fluoride and making everyday good decisions, others do not have any access at all to oral health care. Over the years, dentists have been trying to demonstrate the importance of oral care. (“Access to Dental Care”) From commercials to campaigns, dentists will continue to demonstrate to their patients as well as to the people who don't have insurance the importance of oral health care. They will teach them preventative care and some techniques on how to prevent from getting any diseases.