to BCBSTX on Twitter in a reader-friendly, eitedd format:/ppHey you BCBSTX! Yea, you. The silent, stupid ones. When one googles your name, BCBSTX Reverses NPI Policy is your 7th hit. Here's the link:/ppDo you even care what your 8th hit is? Here's the link to what your potential customers read:/ppThe title of your hit #8 is: BCBSTX must talk to D. Kellus Pruitt DDS It was posted over a month ago. Do you believe it yet, cowards? I wish you'd take the Texas out of your name. You bring shame to my state. Why don't you call yourself BCBSNY?/ppDid you think I was just kidding when I told you that you must talk to me, If you remain silent, I will continue to hurt you. Let me show readers how I've already hurt you, First of all, if one does a Twitter search of BCBSTX, like insurance shoppers are apt to do, I own 14 out of 15 comments. Here is the link: /pp. /ppThe only other hit is a client of BCBSTX who is asking for info. I figure if I tweet 10 more times, it will push the BCBSTX client off of the first page. Then I can go golf./ppHow important are Internet searches to insurance companies these days, How much money do you think I have cost you?/ppI bet you're pissed at D. Kellus Pruitt DDS, aren't you You'd like to sue me just because I admit that I mean you cause you harm. If I were an official of the ADA even a board member of my own dental society, I would not be at liberty to say the things I say without attracting a swarm of lawyers. How good is that?/ppBut you cannot sue me, BCBSTX. For one thing, there is the 1st Amendment to the Constitution guaranteeing my right to freedom of speech. But even more daunting than that, you dare not bring publicity to the questions I ask because it would expose BCBSTX fraud against clients./ppdares not talk about the healthcare money squandered on a bi-monthly publication they published called The NPI Times.” What about the harm NPI policy caused their clients? Delta Dental rep. Dr. Maxwell Anderson says changing dentists causes cavities. /ppNo. The cowards are going to silently allow me to whittle on their reputation again and again hoping I'll leave. But I won't. Every time I pass by, I slice off another chunk of employees' pride in their work because they know I am right. A former employee and her husband were among the first to leave my practice because of her company's NPI rule. It upset them both. They had been my patients for 15 years, but she had no choice. If she spent any money at my practice, her insurance would not have paid her bill. Employees at may actually know this gregarious person. She died of cancer about a year ago or so. It hurts. She was our friend. I'm sure you miss her also./ppAs soon as the dental insurance policy expired following his wife's death, the husband returned to my practice. My staff and I welcomed him back./ppI'm about finished here, I haven't kept count, but I'm certain that by now I own your first page on a Twitter search. Do you realize that no matter how deeply I cut into your reputation, nobody NOBODY comes to your defense? Not even employees?/ppHow much money do you spend on lobbyists to influence laws that favor your profits? How much money do you spend on listening to providers? Who is more important to dental patients? Lobbyists or dentists? Wow! That one felt good. It cut deep!/ppOh yea, one more thing Remember blocking me from following you on Twitter because you didn't like the accountability I demanded? Then, if you recall, I also caused you to quickly abandon your Facebook account by merely asking questions about your NPI policy. BCBSTX on Facebook July 6, 2009./ppHere's the final post on Facebook: “I don't think Facebook is working out as well for BCBSTX as clueless officials were promised. BCBSTX Texas DDS negotiations 7/7/09./ppSo almost 3 months later, let me rephrase the question: I don't think Twitter is working out well for When will you run and hide? /ppIf I were a betting man, here is a wager I’d put $5 on: I think BCBSTX will abandon Twitter by March 1, 2010. You’d be foolish to bet against me because I think if the payoff was right, I could make it happen. I may force BCBSTX off Twitter just for grins anyway, as well as a service to the neighborhood./ppD. Kellus Pruitt; DDS]]/p