Prosperident News #43, March 2016

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Prosperident News #43, March 2016

Prosperident's Dental Prosperident Pulse
Issue #43 -- March 2016
In This Issue:
    • What Houdini and Embezzlers Have In Common
    • Examiner Profile -- Luci Berardi BSc CFE
  • Upcoming speaking dates
Mar 3 San Diego Dental Society, San Diego CA
Mar 3 Dr. Ask Vasanthan Study Club, Sacramento CA
Mar 4 American Academy of Dental Practice Admin, Long Beach CA
Mar 4 Eastern Panhandle Dental Association, Martinsburg WV
Mar 5 Alabama Association of Oral Surgeons, Birmingham AL
Mar 7 Spartanburg Dental Society, Spartanburg SC
Mar 18 Hinman Meeting, Atlanta GA
Mar 23 Oral and Dental Implant Surgery, Pittsfield MA
Mar 25 Four study clubs, Plantation FL
Apr 5 North Shore Implants & Oral Surgery, Huntington NY
Apr 26 Will County Dental Society, Joliette IL
Apr 29 Port Huron Study Club, Port Huron MI
May 5 Ontario Dental Association, Toronto ON
May 13 Eastside Dental Study Club, Cincinnati OH
May 29 Journees Dentiare Internationale du Quebec, Montreal QC
Oct 15 Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists, Palm Springs CA
Nov 10 Carestream Global Oral Health Summit, Las Vegas NV
For more information, or to book a fantastic speaker for your society or study club, please click here.
Examiner Profile
Luci Berardi, BSc, CFE
Senior Examiner Luci Berardi's two decades of managing large dental specialty practices, plus her Certified Fraud Examiner designation (which is the "gold standard" for fraud examiners), make Luci one of our "go-to" examiners for tough cases.
Luci is also actively involved in the American Association of Dental Office Managers, and serves as the President of AADOM's Denver chapter.
In her spare time, Luci eats really healthy food.
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What Houdini And Embezzlers Have In Common
Harry Houdini was probably the most famous magician of all time. His daring escapes included the “Water Torture Cell” (where he was manacled and suspended upside down in an oversized aquarium), and the “Overboard Box Escape”, where he was locked in a wooden packing crate that was lowered into the water.
While many who watched Houdini’s daring escapes probably believed that he had supernatural powers, Houdini was a master illusionist. Since many of his stunts were performed in full view of his audience, he relied on two key elements to perform the impossible. First, he was dependent on cleverly constructed props. However, his true genius was mastering the art of misdirection — getting his audience to focus on his hands while he was doing something with his feet, for example.
Although embezzlers in your office do not stand in the spotlight in the same way that Harry Houdini did, they rely om the same two things. Like Houdini, they have clever props (often taking the form of adulterated reports on which the embezzler has worked their “magic”). A busy dental office is an excellent place to introduce some distraction, and embezzlers become adept at encouraging you to see what they want you to see.
A Note From Our CEO
This week marks a significant milestone for Prosperident. In the next seven days, we will be giving SIX embezzlement presentations in various parts of the country.
I'm pleased that we have been able to attract a talented team here -- these speaking engagements involve four different speakers from Prosperident. The other three are excellent speakers, and I try hard to be as good as they are.
I'm also pleased that our long-held goal of educating dentists about the danger that embezzlement poses to their practices is producing results; dentists are more aware of the problem, and more interested in the solution, than they have ever been.
It is also shocking and sometimes saddening to grasp the enormity of the problem (embezzlement took well over a BILLION dollars out of dentists' pockets in 2015). I occasionally need to remind myself that awareness does not cause the problem -- it just facilitates keeping score.
If you a member of that large cohort of dentists who is an embezzlement victim, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss your situation and how we could assist. Please feel free to email us here and tell us about your situation. We will be happy to schedule a time to chat with you.
Thanks for reading.
David Harris CPA, CMA, MBA, CFE, CFF
Chief Executive Officer
Prosperident -- the world's largest dental embezzlement investigation firm
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