The Dear Doc Podcast™

Doc interviews Michael Graham and Craig Armstrong. TOpics covered include the EIDL and SBA 7A portions of the CARES act. Michael Graham is the Senior Vice President, ADA Government and Public Affairs Dr. Armstrong currently serves as the ADA Trustee for Texas. Hehas held a number of leadership positions within the ADA. Since 2002, he has been an alternate delegate and delegate in the ADA House of Delegates. He was also chair of the ADA Reference Committee in 2015. He is a member of the Texas Dental Association, the Greater Houston Dental Society, the Academy of General Dentistry and the Texas Academy of General Dentistry. In 2015, Dr. Armstrong was the president of the Texas Dental Association, and he was also the president of the Greater Houston Dental Society in 2004 and the Texas Academy of General Dentistry in 2010.

Episode 18 Dr. Char Gaheni Discusses the ongoing Sars COV-2 Crisis and What the ADA is Doing to Helps its Membership During this Time.

Topics covered include business and educational loans, Act of God insurance, Legislative package 3, What the future of dentistry might look like, changes in PPE that are likely to occur as a result of this Pandemic.

Doc interviews Dr. Amanda Wilson, owner of Straight Smiles Solutions, about different ways that offices can decrease their overhead during these challenging times. Doc and Dr. Wilson also talk briefly about a new orthodontic company entering the market. Straight Teeth Solutions is currently looking for Beta users (Founders) in some regions of Texas and Florida. To be considered for inclusion in this limited program, please follow this link and fill out the form. http://Founder.goproalign.com

Last, Dr. Wilson offered a to help plan one case for free for any dentists in TBOD that reach out to her.

Dr. Wilson also gave us the links to some free education that she has put together. All you have to do is follow the links to participate For FREE. Lots of great tips here to reduce your office overhead.

The following links lead to the free education mentioned in the podcast.

Www.straightsmilesolutions.com

www.GPwebinar.com

Special Edition of The Dear Doc Podcast:

Episode 16: Mike Graham, Sr. Vice-President, Government and Public Affairs of the ADA on Legislative Efforts dealing with the CORVID 19 Epidemic

Paul Edwards and CEDR Solutions lawyers have dissected the emergency bill HB 1062. Paul breaks down what they have learned, what they speculate will happen and also takes the time to answer a few of the concerned raised in recent Dear Doc Letters.

Paul Edwards of CEDR solutions discusses posts from TBOD that deal with HIPAA, and HR. In today's episode, Paul discusses a situation where a doctor was accused of making sexual advances against an employee when her told her she was being fired. We also delve into the laws concerning bonuses and discuss how pay them to your team without falling into any of the legal pitfalls.

Lewis Chen was recently featured in Forbes Magazine's Entrepreneur section. Much like the fast food giant, Chick Fillet, Lewis's innovative business model concentrates on limiting their offerings to only three things, Whitening, Straightening and Cleaning teeth. As a Model it might best be described as a Boutique Services. By limiting their offerings, they are able to concentrate on high quality and high efficiency. In this Podcast Dr. Chen tells us a little about the challenges and also the strengths of this type of practice.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danieldambrosio/2020/01/18/take-a-trip-to-beam-street-for-a-new-kind-of-dentist/#3b6c13cb2bf7

Dr. Josh Brower discusses what a Super GP is and the road to becoming one as well as how running a Super GP practice varies from the running of an average GP practice.

Dr. Brower would like to invited everyone to visit with him at The Dentistry Live Summit in Las Vegas Navada on June 26th and 27th.

https://dentistrylivesummit.com/4

This Episode is part of the ongoing mini series elucidating different types of business models in dental practices across the world. In this Episode, Gabriel Shahwan of MB2 Dental, a DSO, Explains MB2's Business Model and addresses some of the challenges that they had early on. Doc and Gabe also discuss the continuum between private practice and the DSO model.

Come out and meet Gabe and other amazing leaders in the dental community at The Dentistry Live Summit

https://dentistrylivesummit.com/

Episode 10 Joe Maio Practice Growth and Management Understanding the P & L . This episode is the first of a Business Mini Series aimed at helping the private practice owner become a better and more informed CEO.