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Dental Protection Australia

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  • Summary

  • The Dental Protection Australia podcast channel discusses the key and current dentolegal risks and issues affecting dental practitioners across Australia. The Dental Protection advisory team provide helpful advice and guidance on how to steer clear of dentolegal risks, assisting you to provide safe and high quality dental care for your patients. RiskBites provides short, bite sized guidance for some of the issues impacting the profession right now.
    Dental Protection Australia Pty Ltd (DPLA)
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Episodes
  • RiskBites - Potential pitfalls of aesthetic dentistry

    RiskBites - Potential pitfalls of aesthetic dentistry
    Jun 22 2024
    Aesthetic dentistry is an exciting area of dentistry, one that has accelerating in growth and popularity among patients and practitioners alike. While it can be very rewarding, it doesn’t come without its own specific set of risks and complications. Risks that are often far reaching and more challenging than routine dentistry.

    In this episode of RiskBites, Senior Dentolegal consultant Dr Annalene Weston and Dr Kiran Keshwara from Dental Protection discuss the potential pitfall of aesthetic dentistry and provide helpful tips and advice on how to avoid such issues arising in the first place.
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    9 mins
  • RiskBites: I have received an audit letter from a health fund/Medicare

    RiskBites: I have received an audit letter from a health fund/Medicare
    Jun 8 2024
    “Why me?” Dr Mike Rutherford and Dr Annalene Weston discuss why you may have received an audit letter.

    Further Resources
    https://www.dentalprotection.org/australia/publications-resources/dentolegal-articles/articles/i-have-received-an-audit-letter-from-a-health-fund-or-medicare
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    This episode is part of our podcast series, RiskBites, which provides short, bite-sized guidance around some of the key issues impacting the dental profession right now.
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    11 mins
  • RiskMatters: David Hallett – Why are item numbers so important?

    RiskMatters: David Hallett – Why are item numbers so important?
    May 25 2024
    Join Dr David Hallett and Dr Annalene Weston in our latest RiskMatters podcast ‘Why are item numbers so important?’. This insightful discussion on dental item numbers will cover the appropriate use of the ADA glossary codes and in contrast their inappropriate use. Listen as we explore key topics such as why dental practitioners are audited by health funds and Medicare, how the process works and what the best possible outcomes are. Also, find out why dental records are important when it comes to verifying the claims you make.

    1.25 – Who writes the Glossary?
    1.56 – Health Funds and billing in a multi-appointment procedure
    4.45 – Medicare regulation and the use of the Glossary codes
    5.30 – Why was I selected for a Medicare or Health Fund audit?
    11.35 – Upcoding
    17.00 – Release of patient records to Health Funds
    19.55 – Dental records and their importance in verifying claims
    24.10 – Audit outcomes
    31.05 – Potential consequences of a negative audit finding on your provider number
    37.10 – Splitting treatment codes over Health Fund years
    42.23 – Study model or working model?
    46.10 – Treating friends and family members
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    51 mins
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