Supply Purchasing

Denise Nueva

Procurement Leader

Bari Stern

Director of Operational Analytics

Supply Purchasing Overview

purchases@selectdentalmanagement.com

  • We respect the preference of each practice to work with their existing distributor.
  • We have forged strong relationships with these major dental distributors:
  • New account set up is requested by the Regional Practice Leader
  • New usernames and passwords will be sent to the practice within the first two weeks of partnership
  • A supplies overview Zoom call with our team will aim to address questions or concerns

Preferred Products

  • Select’s Clinical Team created a list of products that leverages our manufacturer partnerships and discounted pricing. We pride ourselves in provider autonomy and your rights to use the products that you like.
  • For this reason, the items we have included in this list are of the highest quality from dependable companies like 3M, Dentsply and HuFriedy as well as “House Brand” alternatives.
  • We ask for your partnership in considering alternatives to some of the products your office is using that are not on the Preferred List. Doing so allows our growing group even better buying power, driving supply prices down and savings up!
Our Preferred Products list contains 6000+ items to date. Each distributor displays our Preferred Products with the following symbols:
  • Henry Schein:
  • Benco :
  • Patterson:
  • We are working with Darby and Parkway to enable the same feature on their websites.

Ordering Best Practices

  • Place orders 1-2 times per month through website.
    • Multiple small orders are discouraged.
  • Stay within monthly budget.
    • A supplies budget is based on 5% of office collections.
This is on the higher end of industry standards as we value our clinician’s choice in top quality products and new technology.

Hayes Partnership

  • Lab coats should be changed when visibly soiled and once per day
  • All soiled scrubs and lab coats as well as “office- only” shoes should remain at the office
  • Laundry is done on-site by team
    • If on-site laundry is not available, a medical dry-cleaning service should be used.
  • Each team member should bring a change of clothes and shoes to return home in.

Uniforms

Uniform Protocols

  • Lab coats should be changed when visibly soiled and once per day
  • All soiled scrubs and lab coats as well as “office-only” shoes should remain at the office
  • Laundry is done on-site by team
    • If on-site laundry is not available, a medical dry-cleaning service should be used.
  • Each team member should bring a change of clothes and shoes to return home in.

Uniform Allowances

SDM provides the following uniforms once per year through our partner Allheart.com. Clinical Team: Admin Team:
  • (2) sets of scrubs (pants, top)

Uniform Ordering

  • Allheart.com hosts our SDM microsite to allow the Practice Leader to order scrubs for the office with our negotiated pricing. The following information is needed for initial site setup:
    • Number of employees ordering scrubs (each team member is allowed 2 sets)
    • Number of employees ordering jackets (each clinical team member is allowed 4 jackets)
    • scrub colors permitted (ie some offices all wear black, others have different colors for DAs and Drs)
  • PL please e-mail the above info to: purchases@selectdentalmanagement.com
  • AllHeart.com account representative: maureen.millies@allheart.com

Compliance

Dr. Joshua Bronner

Select Dental Compliance joshuabronnerddsnyc@gmail.com

Denise Nueva

Procurement Leader Denise@selectdentalmanagement.com

Medical Clearance for N95 Use

  • Each employee wearing an N95 must be medically cleared to do so. 
    • Medical Clearances are available via http://www.respclearance.com
    • Practice Leaders should create an account for their location
    • All employee health histories should be filed by the practice leader.

N95 Fit Testing Kit & Samples

  • Fit-tested N95 masks will be available to all clinical providers.
  • N95 Mask samples
    • PL/RL/Safety Officer to inform denise@selectdentalmanagement.com of the # of clinical staff requiring masks to test on.
    • Samples of two N95s (3M and Progear) per clinician will be sent to office along with reordering instructions from Select HQ.

N95 Fit Testing

Dr. Mason has posted a video demonstrating a fit-test.
  • There is no formal certification to be a fit-tester – any clinical leader in your office can perform the tests.
  • You will need to take a new fit-test if you are switching to a new mask type or style.
  • A Fit Test Report should be completed and filed by PL with employee health histories.

Healthfirst

  • Select has partnered with HealthFirst to ensure our offices are Practice-Ready by providing solutions that manage the complexities around emergency preparedness, patient safety, biological monitoring dental waste and regulatory compliance.
  • Their Enterprise Support team is available to assist with placing orders, order confirmation & tracking numbers, invoice inquiries, and account updates.
Enterprise Support
TeamCorp@healthfirst.co
855.300.1125
 
  • Our account manager, Alice Baer, can assist with any service resolutions or compliance/product assistance, or urgent matters.
Alice Baer – Account Manager
alice.baer@Healthfirst.com
425.563.6863

Healthfirst - Ontraq

Healthfirst creates accounts for their “Ontraq” online dashboard for monitoring the status of all services utilized.

CPR Certification

  • CPR certification is required all office employees every two years

  • The courses run ~3hrs and training can be performed in-office. There are many local or national companies that will come to the office to train the team. This is the easiest route.

  • Offices may continue to utilize whichever company has been providing their training or Select can aid in finding a new local or national CPR-training company.

  • Providers must have active certification.

  • Select does not reimburse for CPR unless the entire office is completing the training.