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  We have provided helpful “links” to resource information which can answer most of your questions. If you find your question is not answered here or can suggest other links, please e-mail: laney@laneykay.com or call Laney at 770-641-9592.
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 Important Info for Dentistry
- REVIEW OF RAPID HIV TESTS: click here
Click link below for more info on rapid HIV antibody tests,
how they work and how you can use them for your office:
More: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/qa/oraqck.htm.
- For information about Emergency Kits in the dental office,
check out the following ADA article for recommendations:
Office Emergencies - ADA Article
(Also, check with your state board for any additional guidelines, recommendations and requirements about emergency kits, defibrillators and other resuscitative equipment.)
- For general information about HIPAA in dentistry,
go to the following websites:
http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/topics/hipaa/hipaa_faqs.pdf ;
www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa
- HIPAA AUTHORIZATION FORM: Here is a form you can use for any patient whose dental work is paid for by another person (so you can disclose information but still make an effort to comply with HIPAA requirements).
We run into situations all the time where HIPAA prevents us from disclosing information but, for practical reasons, we need to disclose information so we can get paid (examples: moms who bring in college-age kids for dental work and they're still paying the bill, divorced parents who don't want the other to get information but they want us to bill them for payment, 40 year olds who are getting their dental work paid for by their parents, etc.) Make it a policy in your office that anyone who has a financial interest in another person gets information and then have them sign this Authorization. If a patient doesn't like this policy he can pay the bill himself or he can choose to go somewhere else. (Please note that you can’t refuse treatment specifically because a patient refuses to sign an authorization, but you can dismiss a patient for violating office policies, so long as you follow state and federal laws and make sure you don’t “abandon” your patient.) Anyway, it takes us out of the middle and will (hopefully!) help protect us from HIPAA complaints. click here for HIPPA Authorization form
- For specific questions and answers about HIPAA:
click here for the US Dept of Health & Human Services web link:
HIPAA Security Standard Information
click here to view / print the HIPAA Security Standard handout.
- For information about dental records
(What is included in the record, copying costs,
privacy requirements, etc.) check out these links:
American Dental Association - Dental Records, click here:
Georgia Laws Relating to Patient Records, click here:
- For tuberculosis information, check out the following websites: http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/tboffices.htm
(for state TB agencies) ;
For Georgia TB info and forms, try the following web sites:
http://health.state.ga.us/pdfs/forms/3140.tbsuspectreferral.04.pdf and
http://health.state.ga.us/programs/tb/publications.asp
- Here are some frequently asked questions about tamper-resistant prescription pads
(as required by Medicaid):
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/DeficitReductionAct/Downloads/MIPTRPFAQs9122007.pdf
- Here are two great articles about cost effective and easy methods of treating your waterlines, (please note that Listerine has also been found effective when used in the same manner as the Scope and peroxide mixtures described in these articles),
view or print articles using Adobe Reader; free download if you don’t have it.
waterline 1
waterline 2
- Here's a study discussing dental safety needle effectiveness:
Dental Safety Needle Effectiveness, results of a one year study.
click here to view / print this article.
- For information on hazardous waste disposal, go to the following web sites:
www.rbrc.org and www.earth911.org
- For questions involving infection control, amalgam, bloodborne pathogens, waterlines, etc. go to the following link, (“Oral health Topics A to Z”) and click on topics of interest. http://www.ada.org/public/topics/index.asp
- For information on legislative and regulatory issues,
go to:  http://www.ada.org/members/govt/issues/index.html
- For information on legal issues:
http://www.ada.org/members/prac/law/issues.html
- For information on ADA guidelines, information on ADA positions and ADA statements, go to the following link and click on any topic that interests you: http://www.ada.org/prof/prac/issues/statements/index.html
- For free sample forms to evaluate safer sharps devices,
go to: http://www.cdc.gov/OralHealth/infection_control/forms.htm
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