Category: News

At BRS Dental Software, our commitment to the safety and well-being of our employees and customers is paramount.  We understand the role we play providing support and business continuity during this critical time.  Covid-19 represents an extraordinary situation in our 40 years of providing mission-critical support to the healthcare industry. BRS has long had the…

The American Dental Association has announced changes to the Current Dental Terminology (CDT) for 2019. There are 15 new codes, and 4 deleted codes detailed below.  The CDT 2019 will become effective for most insurers on 1/1/2019. Code    Description                               …

IBM is instituting a company-wide, world-wide policy of banning the use of removable media, including USB memory sticks (“thumb drives”), SD cards, and similar storage devices.  There are two reasons for this:  misplaced or lost media could have proprietary files fall into the wrong hands, and some removable storage devices can be used as a…

Computer researchers have recently found out that the main chip in most modern computers—the CPU—has a hardware bug. It’s really a design flaw in the hardware that has been there for years. This is a big deal because it likely affects almost every computer on your network , including your workstations, and your server.  This hardware…

Most insurance companies will require that claim submissions after January 1, 2018, use the ADA Current Dental Terminology (CDT) 2018 codes.  There are 18 new codes, and three deleted codes.  This article is intended as a summary of code changes.  Please consult the copyrighted ADA products and information at ADA CDT Resources for full CDT…

New York State announced that most Health Commerce System (HCS) functions will require supported operating systems and browsers as of June 1, 2017.  Specifically, as of June 1, Windows XP and/or Internet Explorer ver. 9 (and older) will no longer have access to the HCS.  The NYS HCS is used for the I-Stop and PMP…

The American Dental Association Board of Trustees voted this month to begin the process to create a national (USA) dental licensure exam.  In addition to the potential to have a single exam applicable for all states, the proposed exam would no longer include actual patient treatment.  Currently, in most cases dental licensure exams require that…

A New Email Threat Ransomware Joins Viruses and Phishing 80% of ALL data theft begins with ‘phishing’. That happens when a person clicks on a link or a file attachment in an email A Common Thread in Malware Social engineering is extensively used to distribute ransomware as well as malicious viruses and ‘phishing’ for information.…

Most insurance companies will require that claim submissions after January 1, 2017, use the ADA CDT 2017 codes.  There are 11 new codes, and one deleted code (D0290).  This article is intended as a summary of code changes.  Please consult the copyrighted ADA resources at ADA CDT Resources . New codes: D0414 Laboratory processing of microbial…

Microsoft has made upgrades from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 “free” for some time.  Microsoft has stated that free Windows 10 upgrades will end on July 29, 2016.  Previously, Microsoft has suggested that users upgrade to Windows 10, and has provided links and pop-ups on the Windows desktop and task bar suggesting…