Sarah Sharfstein joined Aspen Dental Management, Inc. in October of 2018 in the newly-created role of Vice President of Category Development and Strategy, with a focus on developing a non-existent Orthodontic business from the ground up. In an already consumer-centric company, she has focused on leveraging technology to optimize the consumer experience and help dentists and team educate their patients about the benefits of clear aligner therapy, with the ultimate goal of…
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ATDA Welcomes New Advisory Board Member- Sarah Sharfstein
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Disruptive Innovation: Sam’s Club
Sam’s Club offers telemedicine visits for $1. Sam’s Club has just partnered with 98point6 to offer its members unlimited, text-based health visits for a dollar a visit. Sam’s Club is the membership-only retail warehouse club with millions of members, while 98point6 offers text-based no-appointment, round-the clock consultations. Just type “Do I have poison ivy?” along with a photograph and press “send.” Your text is received by a doctor, and soon you’ll receive a diagnosis…
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Access to Care Alert
Why big trouble may be on the horizon for Medicaid patients By Melissa Busch, DrBicuspid.com assistant editor September 8, 2020 — The COVID-19 pandemic may lead to about one-fifth of Medicaid providers in private practice disenrolling from the U.S. program that serves patients with limited income by the end of 2020, according to new data from the ADA’s Health Policy Institute (HPI).