PPE, Pricing and Patient Population

<p>Ep 2</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this alliterative episode Kevin brings up a recent court case brought against a dental office for not providing proper PPE. It was a matter of time before the cases started to show up. What could this mean for future litigation? Teresa is concerned about city flight and what that does to urban practices. How do you build up your numbers when your patients don’t work or live near your office? These are definitely interesting times. </span></p> <p><strong>Episode 2 Highlights</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Dentists vs. Hygienists on PPE</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Pricing Transparency </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Patient Populations Drying Up in Cities</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Quotes</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“They were allegedly pushed out of their jobs because of the concerns they raised” </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think it boils down to what is considered reasonable PPE”</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“There are a lot of guidelines in place that employers should be following” </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s not just the clinical team, managers I know are walking from their jobs” </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Our country is litigation happy…that's for sure” </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“If something happens to your manager are you going to be able to step in?”</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We are learning now how important leadership and communication are”</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“If you are an assistant, you are gold out there” </span></li>