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PATIENT CREDIT BALANCES

What is a Patient Credit? A patient credit balance is when the practice owes money to a patient and every practice will have some...

Tips for Dentists

Feb 19

Dentist loses three months of data and stomach lining.

HELP, I NEED MY DATA BACK. About 10 years ago, I told my dental client that I needed to examine a copy of his...

Tips for Dentists

Jan 27

Usernames & Passwords – Enforce them!

Another in our series of FraudBuster Tips intended to keep your data secure and help you manage fraud, embezzlement, waste, and abuse in your...

Tips for Dentists

Dec 27

Will my CPA find dental embezzlement?

MANY dentists believe their CPA will uncover embezzlement. The truth is, most CPA’s are unlikely to detect embezzlement in a dental practice; but it’s...

Tips for Dentists

Dec 18

Understanding Audit and Adjustment Reports

Let’s start with the basics. Before you can understand audit trail reports generated by your software, you must know how your practice management software...

Tips for Dentists

Nov 11

Protected: Reasons dentists take cash from their practices.

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Tips for Dentists

Nov 1

Dental Embezzlement Confessions

Every employee was shown evidence of their crime. Every employee was given an opportunity to explain. This is what happened.

Tips for Dentists

Aug 25

How to stay sane when your dental office computers are down.

Plan for the inevitable day when you come to work and the “computers are down” Don’t leave yourself and your patients in a lurch...

Tips for Dentists

Jul 2

Signature Stamps in the Dental Office

A signature stamp is convenient but there's a risk it could be used for fraudulent purposes. To prevent that, download a copy of our...

Tips for Dentists

Jun 30

Disable unneeded LogMeIn, Teamviewer, GoToMyPC, RDP accounts.

More often than you may think, remote access software is installed for a legitimate purpose and then 'forgotten about' and is unintentionally left active...

Tips for Dentists

Jun 14

Dental Embezzlement and Misplaced Trust

The fact is, you have about a 10% chance of hiring someone with unimpeachable ethics and that you can trust never to steal.

Tips for Dentists

May 18

60% of dentists will be embezzled? Let’s do the math!

60% – not me! If you search the Internet for “dental embezzlement statistics”, you’ll find many publications claiming that 60% of dentists will be...

Tips for Dentists

Apr 2

How to Fact Check a Job Applicant’s Resume

Keep applicants with a checkered past out of your dental practice. People can lie or omit critical information on their resume. Download a copy...

Tips for Dentists

Mar 19

How a Simple Government Form Can Turn in Embezzlers

Frank Abagnale advises using Form 1099to turn in embezzlers to the IRS. Frank William Abagnale Jr. is an American security consultant known for his...