HealthStream Ventures
Sam Strain
Emcee
Samantha (Sam) Strain is a Partner & Chief Development Officer at HealthStream Ventures. She is well-known throughout dentistry for her work in mergers and acquisitions representing the buyer. Sam’s expertise and keen insights range from understanding the present and future state of dental consolidation, why dentists join a DSO as well as emerging groups who desire to form a DSO. Sam is honored to serve as an Advisory Board Member and Strategic Dental & Healthcare Consultant to many high-profile organizations.
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Lynne Leggett, BS, FAADOM
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Jena E. Taft, Esq.
Dykema
Whistleblowers
Jinesh Patel
UptimeHealth
Leveraging Tech to Nurture Your People
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What the Dental Compliance Institute Can Do For Your Practice
If the ever-changing regulatory environment has you questioning your current compliance programs, you’ve come to the right place! The Dental Compliance Institute will elevate your confidence and competence through accurate, timely content and courses in easy to understand formats.
- Expert Interviews: Recorded audio interviews with industry experts in the areas of OSHA, HIPAA and Risk Management
- Member Articles: Blogs/Articles that help you unravel and understand regulatory requirements.
- Closed Cases: Dental compliance and legal cases that illustrate best practices and risk prevention strategies.
- Private Members Forum: For assistance with compliance, regulatory and risk management questions.
- Tools and Resources: Suite of free Compliance Tools and Resources to enhance your compliance program.
- Discounted Course: Member only rates for our HIPAA, OSHA and Risk Management train the trainer courses.
Our 14 Day Promise
We believe that membership of the Institute for Dental Compliance & Risk Management provides incredible value, with expert content, trusted advisors and nationwide networking through our members forum. However if for any reason you feel the membership isn't for you, email support@dentalcomplianceinstitute.com without 14 days and we'll refund your payment.
The Importance of Compliance
Since the beginning of the pandemic, regulatory enforcement has accelerated. In 2020, OSHA proposed nearly 4 million dollars in penalties arising from violations relating to coronavirus, some of those penalties included dental offices. In fiscal year 2021, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had recovered $5.6 billion from False Claims Act (FCA) cases. As more dental services are covered by Medicare, this has a direct impact on the quality of your recordkeeping. In 2022, eight dental practices and/or DSO’s settled alleged HIPAA violations with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). The largest dental settlements were $80,000 and $62,500, respectively. Situations like these can result in:
- Loss of reputation
- Loss of patient trust
- Financial consequences of fines or penalties
- Possible reporting to the dental licensing board with the potential to impact your dental license
- Plan of correction and possibly monitoring by the enforcement agency
Join the Dental Compliance Institute today! Elevate your compliance, protect your practice, and enjoy peace of mind.
My confidence has increased and self-assurance abounds! Thanks to the Institute for providing this great opportunity for myself and others to grow.
Sherrie Busby, EDDA, CDSO, Corporate Trainer
The Institute made the learning process and implementation easy for me. If I ever needed clarification as I was learning, I could always ask and someone was there to help.
Barb Houser, CDSO, CDSH, Practice Administrator
With the right information we can all make better, more informed decisions that will help to prevent breaches and fines – because really none of us want those headaches do we?!
Cynthia Burstadt, Dental Coach and now CDSH
There are many sources of information, from books and free courses to guidance passed on secondhand from colleagues. In a regulatory landscape that is ever-changing, with new responsibilities and unknown risks, is this really enough?
Will it ensure your practice is protected from the fines, penalties, and negative press if a complaint is filed against it or if you have a random inspection?
No.
And it certainly won't put you in a position of confident compliance.
The path to confidence is knowledge — knowledge gained directly from experts, firsthand. Knowledge that you can trust and depend upon.
At the Institute for Dental Compliance and Risk Management we want to give you the knowledge, skills, and tools to not only tackle the compliance challenges your practice faces today, but the confidence that you'll be able to truly safeguard your practice, your patients, and your team for the future.
Staying up to date with compliance is essential. But do you have time to spend hours trawling through pages of information on Google, or reading books and guides to get the answer to one question? Especially if you're still left with that feeling of whether the answer is right for your specific circumstances?
Our member articles and closed cases are focused and to the point. Our expert interview recordings and more in-depth and perfect for getting immersed in the topic when you have more time - like during your commute.