LED Dental Inc., the leader in adjunctive screening technology, announced its official partnership with USI to provide significant savings in malpractice insurance for users of VELscope®
An innovative partnership has evolved for LED Dental, the manufacturer of the VELscope, bringing unrivaled value to its customers. VELscope has partnered with USI Insurance Services (https://info.usi.com/VelscopeMembers.html), a national insurance brokerage and consulting firm, to provide a unique bonus to its 20,000+ customers.
The number of oral cancers has increased by almost 50% in the last 10 years, with over 54,000 oral cancers diagnosed in 2021. With HPV now being linked as the leading cause of oral pharyngeal cancer, identifying early changes has become more challenging. Unfortunately, with this surge in diagnosis and deaths, litigation has also increased, with judgments exceeding $2 million for misdiagnosis of oral cancer.1 To combat this risk, more and more dentists are using the VELscope to assist with the screening process using autofluorescence, a safe and less than two-minute examination.
Wayne Rees, CEO of LED Dental, stated: “Members of the VELscope family have made a commitment to offering the best care possible to their patients. This commitment has led to numerous life-saving examples that demonstrate that when used in combination with a thorough head and neck examination, VELscope can assist with identifying oral abnormalities at the earliest stage. Additionally, this commitment is now being recognized as a way to decrease liability for the practice and is being rewarded as such. We are excited to be partnering with USI to provide significant value to our VELscope family that goes far beyond malpractice coverage.”
Shelby Walters, vice president, USI’s Healthcare Practice, added: “USI brings a holistic view of our customers’ risk management needs. Based on the substantial clinical evidence and an industry-leading certification training process, we believe clinicians who utilize the VELscope technology have invested in their practice and, most importantly, their patients. This investment allows USI to provide significant savings in malpractice insurance and other areas, such as property, general liability, auto liability and much more.2 We hope this will be a unique industry example of how different organizations can come together to increase awareness while compensating dentists for being lifesaving practitioners.”
1. Epstein JB, et al. Head and neck, oral, and oropharyngeal cancer: a review of medicolegal cases Oral Med 2015;119:177-186
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