Another extortion scam targeting DEA registrants

All dentists who have a Drug Enforcement Administration license AND have their email registered with the DEA-Department of Justice (DOJ) may have received this message recently: “The DEA is aware that registrants are receiving telephone calls and emails by criminals identifying themselves as DEA employees or other law enforcement personnel. The criminals have masked their… Continue Reading Another extortion scam targeting DEA registrants

Trust me on this one…

Recent proposed Delta Dental reimbursement changes and Wisconsin Dental Association members calling for our leadership “to do something” have again brought up the need to remind our members of our obligations regarding antitrust laws. Antitrust issues are complicated and there are advocates in Congress who are currently trying to amend laws affecting state dental associations… Continue Reading Trust me on this one…

Extortion scam targeting DEA registrants

All dentists who have a Drug Enforcement Administration license AND have their email registered with the DEA-Department of Justice (DOJ) should have received this message on April 2: “The DEA is aware that registrants are receiving telephone calls and emails by criminals identifying themselves as DEA employees or other law enforcement personnel. The criminals have… Continue Reading Extortion scam targeting DEA registrants

A picture is worth a thousand…

…word letter to a dental benefits company’s faceless dental consultant trying to explain why you treated a patient’s tooth a certain way when that consultant denied coverage for the procedure because the need for your treatment wasn’t obvious on the X-ray which you sent with the claim… There is no doubt that our treatment decisions… Continue Reading A picture is worth a thousand…

Smells phishy to me…

Few things are more frustrating to me as a WDA officer, and especially as your editor, than hearing a member say “When did that happen?” or “I didn’t know anything about that!”. The WDA communications team makes a tremendous effort to keep our members updated on association activities and advocacy efforts often and in a… Continue Reading Smells phishy to me…