HR for Health was started in 2010 by a healthcare attorney and a technology guru whose wives are both dentists. HR for Health has now become the leader in providing cloud-based human resources solutions for healthcare professionals. They have created innovative and cost-effective approaches to providing compliance with all HR laws at both the federal and state levels.

I see many dental practices still using paper time sheets or a stand-alone time clock to track time and attendance. Upgrading to a cloud-based platform that is integrated with your human resources management system will provide administrative simplicity, improved accuracy, cost savings, and instant reporting and documentation.

Probably the biggest benefit of hiring a company like HR for Health is the protection and peace of mind you will derive knowing that you are totally compliant with the employee laws in your state. The best way to win a lawsuit is to never have a lawsuit! And lawsuits over wage and hour issues have become all too prevalent. The odds are about one in 10 that you could face an employment charge with the average cost of an employment lawsuit running at about $125,000. EPLI Insurance covers damages for improper firing or discrimination or harassment but does NOT cover wage and hour lawsuits.

For a one time startup fee of $795, and a monthly fee of $225, HR for Health is a genuine bargain for providing required employment documentation, expert guidance with hiring and firing, customized employee handbooks, strategic time and attendance tracking, real-time benefits tracking, and unlimited access to HR specialists and attorneys. Do yourself and your practice a favor by calling David Dee at 401-782-7489. David is knowledgeable and extremely easy to speak with. He would be happy to schedule a free on-line demo so you can see first hand this award winning software.

I don’t usually write updates on companies or vendors so soon after an initial recommendation. I wrote a post about Revenue Well in June 2016. Yet I continue to hear really wonderful feedback on their performance. They deliver their basic product extremely well. That product could be divided into three main areas.

• Appointment confirmation by telephone, text, email, or postcard.

• Reactivation of patients overdue for continuing care.

• Individualized email reminders for diagnosed but un-scheduled dental treatment. Because Revenue Well can read the treatment code in your dental practice management software, these emails can be specifically tailored for the procedure and can also be enhanced by links to videos that describe the treatment. Pretty impressive.

What I also hear about is their ongoing commitment to customer service and customer support. These are the intangibles that in a busy world you might not expect. I have to believe that this commitment is directly tied into their business model. Revenue Well – unlike the majority of their competitors – works on a month to month basis with no guaranteed one or two year contract. If they don’t perform at a high level, they can get fired!

Revenue Well is also very determined to be your marketing partner. They do a great job of creating content that is already in blog and social media format or could easily be converted. So you can incorporate this well-written material directly to your website and/or your Facebook Page in order to help maintain or improve organic search results on Google. Much of the content is seasonal or holiday related and thus can be used appropriately as I am suggesting for proms, graduations, Valentines, Christmas etc. This can all be geared towards engaging a doctor’s patient base in the right way at the right time.

Revenue Well maintains a talented customer support team with answers to questions and solutions to problems. They have accumulated a huge database of analytics so they can advise on what is working and what is not. Please call my friend Kelly Larson at 612-859-3684 to schedule a demo or to get answers to any questions you might have.

I was originally introduced to Six Month Smiles when I attended a two day course in May of 2012. I wrote a blog post about that experience where I compare the benefits of this approach to aligner therapy. Among those benefits would be the ability to fairly easily intrude and extrude and rotate teeth, deliver quicker results, offer a lesser cost option to the patient, and not be so dependent on patient compliance. I then wrote another post in March of 2015 with updates. As we head into 2017, I’d like to keep my readers current with another summary of some exciting new developments that will make Six Month Smiles even easier and more predictable than ever before.

Welcome to Confidex! This new program was launched a few months ago. When you elect this option, for a fee of $110 in addition to your normal lab fee, you will receive a monthly step-by-step written treatment plan guide created by an orthodontic specialist. The plan includes where, when, and how much inter-proximal reduction to perform, where to place the bite guards, and the estimated treatment time to finish the case. This is a terrific life line and a big comfort factor when you are considering starting a case that might be perceived to be more challenging .

Six Month Smiles is now as an option accepting digital impressions that ensure accurate, precise, and quantifiable bracket positioning. With Confidex, you also receive a three-dimensional simulation – similar to the Invisalign ClinCheck – that allows the patient and the dentist to see the case from start to finalization. Although not available now, I have heard that color photography with before and after simulation might be in the works – and that would be an awesome selling tool.

As dental insurance companies continue their efforts to control your fees and the way you deliver dentistry, adding in many cases non covered cosmetic short-term orthodontics to your armamentarium of services seems like a winning strategy. You can contact Umair Ahmed at 408-373-3310 with any questions and certainly visit the website.