Walmart Healthcare Keeps Growing & Unethical Dental Employers 

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We started out talking about Walmart’s continued push into healthcare including Medicare Advantage Dental Plans. If the carriers are a bit concerned should dental offices pay closer attention to this trend? We then moved on to the ethical dilemma of reporting employers when shady shenanigans are happening. It’s not as cut as dry as it seems because there can be real financial repercussions for some. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Episode 6 Highlights</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Walmart enters the Medicare market</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Walmart and dentistry </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">DISC assessments</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Goal are consistent with personality traits </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">NY Dentist charged with forcibly touching a patient</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Quotes</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">  </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“If this is them going after the stand alone independent market, I think they are going to make a killing.” </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You can now get a colonoscopy from Walmart for $270 dollars.” </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“There is a 60 second personality test that I can use on anybody.”</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“DISC is something I have gotten into more and more to see how dental professionals and us as friends and neighbors interact with each other.” </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“As a team member you have an obligation to a one strike and you're out policy when it comes to patient safety.”</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400