Learn about laws that can affect your dental practice and strategies to help avoid costly and time-consuming legal challenges. A Dentist's Guide to the Law discusses legal issues that can arise concerning practice formation, marketing, employment, privacy and data security, disability access, contracts, antitrust, insurance, collections, reimbursement, patient treatment, and more! The user-friendly Q&A format provides easy access to information that can help you stay in compliance with applicable laws.
A Dentist's Guide to the Law addresses key questions such as:
• How do I dismiss a troublesome or threatening patient?
• Can I charge interest on overdue dental fees?
• What are some laws that affect my practice website?
• What can I do about a negative online review?
• What should I do if a law enforcement official asks for information about a patient?
• What does my payment processor mean by "PCI compliant?"
• Can a dental practice use surveillance videos?
• What are some legal considerations when selecting an electronic dental record?
• What are some risks of hiring someone who has been "excluded" from Medicare?
• When can a patient bring a service animal into my dental practice?
The ADA Division of Legal Affairs developed A Dentist's Guide to the Law in response to questions that members have asked over the years about laws that apply to dental practices. Updated to include information about recent legal developments, A Dentist's Guide to the Law includes information on topics such as the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, website accessibility, online ratings sites, and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: How to Use This Book
Chapter 2: Know the Law
Chapter 3: Lawsuits
Chapter 4: The ADA Legal Division
Establishing the Dental Practice
Chapter 5: Practice Formats: The Business/Legal Structure
Chapter 6: Dental Office Design
Chapter 7: Practice Marketing
Chapter 8: Practice Websites
Employment Law
Chapter 9: Introduction to Employment Law
Chapter 10: Office Manual and Policies
Chapter 11: Hiring
Chapter 12: Managing the Dental Team
Chapter 13: Termination
Compliance: OSHA, HIPAA, FACTA, COPPA, and the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Open Payments)
Chapter 14: OSHA
Chapter 15: HIPAA, State Law and PCI DSS: Patient Information
Chapter 16: FACTA: Red Flags And Disposal Rules
Chapter 17: COPPA
Chapter 18: The Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Open Payments)
Business Considerations
Chapter 19: Contracts
Chapter 20: Common Dental Agreements
Chapter 21: Antitrust
Chapter 22: Tax Issues
Chapter 23: Insuring Your Practice
Payment, Collection, and Reimbursement
Chapter 24: Payment and Collections
Chapter 25: Insurers and Other Commercial Payers
The Patient
Chapter 26: The Dentist-Patient Relationship
Chapter 27: Diagnosis and Treatment
Chapter 28: Referrals
Chapter 29: Thorny Patient Treatment Issues
Chapter 30: Terminating the Relationship
