Bird nest right outside the back door:

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***Updated 8/1/2010***

Summary:

1)Makes payment plans clearing in the account and statements
2)Makes referrals easier to use and manage in the Chart and Account with notifications

Description:

This is my first plugin for the wonderful Open Dental Software. (http://www.opendental.com).  In an attempt to help both our office and our patients understand their account when we have a payment plan enabled, I created this modification. Basically, it changes the totals at the top of the account and also modifies display of totals on the statements in a clearer, more concise manner.  The main point is that it lets the patient know what the total balance of the account is, how much your office is still financing, how much is still expected from insurance, and finally what they currently owe. All these things were in the program originally, but displayed in ways that was very confusing for the average person. Before, it was extremely difficult to understand when a patient had a payment plan set up, then came in the office to have more work done., what they actually owed. For example for today’s work, they may owe $120 but they still haven’t made a payment due this month for their payment plan of $150 on their loan of $700. So in reality they do owe the office $820 in total with $270 due today. The statement would say $150 due for the payment plan and $120 due in a separate location and $270 due at the top of the page. It was really unclear that $350 remained on the payment plan, we just didn’t expect it today as previously agreed and what those other numbers meant.

With and Without the Plugin

In comes my plugin! With it enabled, it now shows the total of $820 with $550 still financed and $270 due today. Clear, concise, just what our patients want.

The plugin also changes the quick view insurance remaining box to the right of the totals in the account screen to reflect how much insurance the patient has left without mousing over it. It will still show more details when you mouse over as before.

To enable it, you must be sure you are using the specified Open Dental version below.  Just download the file below, unzip it, and then copy it to your open dental folder (usually “c:\program files\open dental\”) Start Open Dental, create a program link, enable it and in the dll path box, type “PluginDrTECH.dll”. Be sure to get the capitalization right. Restart Open Dental and enjoy!

Download & Changelog:

V1.0.3 (8-1-2010)
(Use with Open Dental 7.2.1 and later)PluginDrTECH(1.0.3)OD72.dll
-Fixes incompatibility with OD 7.2

V 1.0.2 (5-20-2010)
(Use with Open Dental 7.1.16 and later) PluginDrTECH(1.0.2).dll
-Updates to include Referral display and quick edits in the chart and account.
-Fixed incompatibility with OD 7.1

V 1.0.0 (Open Dental 7.0.22 and later, but not 7.1)  PluginDrTECH(1.0.0).dll
-1st release, changes statements and account for payment plans

-David Fuchs

As we see our country quickly loosing its footing as a free, sustainable society with the debt we are incurring (well, I guess sustainable is relative when you look at God’s long term plans anyway)   Sarah and I decided to finish up our Florida trip with a visit to join up on a tea party gathering. We were very excited to see so many people standing up for conservative principles!

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We had a great time and Sarah is already cooking up more ideas in her head for the next Pillsbury contest and maybe even entering others!

Going back in time just a bit, on Monday afternoon, the Pillsbury film crew selected Sarah, along with 9 other finalists, to interview for a website “spotlight” about the whole bake off experience. They supplied make up, a film room and all and put her under the spotlight, literally! Later on that same night, Pillsbury announced the four category winners. I have a sampling of what went on below; it was quite the event!

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After cooking for 4 hours with 3 different batches, Sarah turned in her finished product to the judges. Now we just have to wait! During the course of the event, we were both interviewed by Alexandra Wentworth, who is the wife of George Stephanopoulos. Maybe we will see that interview at a later date!

Now, we can relax for a few hours in the pool of the resort before the awards ceremony tonight. The category winners will be immediately flown to Chicago via Pillsbury’s private jet to prepare for the Grand Prize announcement on the Oprah Winfrey show on Wednesday. Quite an exciting time!

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Sarah Fuchs started making her recipe as the 44th Bake-Off began this morning.

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