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Dental Prosperident Pulse from Prosperident
Issue #86 — September 2019
Podcast
Hear CPA (and former NYPD Lieutenant) Craig Cody interview David Harris on his podcast HERE.
Learn from the Experts!
Did you know that there are some topics that we will ONLY discuss at closed-door, live events?
Hear about how Prosperident’s Mindy Salzman caught Colorado’s Layla Masset embezzling.
See us live if you want the full story on embezzlement.
Here are some places where we will be speaking soon:
Sep 5
Edison Lakes Oral Surgery, Mishawaka IN
Sep 12
Dr. Maheeb Jaouni Study Club, Dallas, TX
Sep 14
Orthopreneurs Summit, Dallas TX
Sep 19
Dr. Brad Crump Study Club, Dallas TX
Sep 21
Dr. Tommy Murph Dallas Dental Symposium, Dallas TX
Sep 27
ADSO Partnering for Growth, Orlando FL
Sep 27
BEST for Dentistry Summit, Portland OR
Oct 7
Colorado Prosthodontic Society, Denver CO
Oct 18
Drs. Savage, Sabol & Visser, Virginia Beach VA
Oct 24
Panoramic Study Club, Toronto ON
Nov 11
Thunderbird Study Club, El Paso TX
Nov 19
Memphis Dental Society, Memphis TN
2020
Feb 27
Ortho2 User Group Meeting, San Diego CA
Apr 24
East Texas Study Club, Bullard TX
To book us for your meeting or study club, click HERE or call us at 888-398-2327.
Did you miss a previous newsletter? We archive them HERE.
How do Serial Embezzlers Get Hired?
This is Unique Wells, although she has used other names. She is currently looking for work in Nevada and Arizona. She has a lengthy criminal record, and several former employers report missing money. You can read about Unique in our Hall of Shame HERE.
Also, you can see her resume, and learn to spot some red flags from it HERE.
This Month’s Question
I just hired someone and then got notice that their wages are garnished. Should I fire them?
It isn’t necessarily an issue, but requires a bit more investigation.
Garnishees can come from a lot of different things — unpaid parking tickets might be an example of something causing a garnishee where there might not be an employment implication. It could also be a financial dispute with an ex-spouse. It could also be an unpaid fine for a criminal conviction, which is obviously more concerning.
It is important for the dentist to understand WHY the employee’s wages are being seized,
As I write this at the end of August, kids are back to school or about to be, and Labor Day is rushing at us. Summer, that pleasant interruption to our regular routines, is almost over.
So for most of us, this time of the year is one where we turn our focus back to our business.
We had a fairly busy summer at Prosperident. In June we brought our entire team to our head office for meetings, and in August we celebrated our 30th anniversary in business.
And lighter clinical schedules allowed more than a few dentists the time to give us a call to discuss concerns about their practices.
I hope that you aren’t in that position, but if you are, we are always available to listen, and to offer our knowledge and experience without judgement. The ways to reach us are HERE.
It’s been an honor and a privilege to have been a trusted advisor to the dental profession for the past three decades, and my team and I very much look forward to serving you in future.
David Harris
We are Prosperident, Dentistry’s Embezzlement Experts
