How Much Production Are You Losing to Write Offs?
Let’s say your practice bills out $5,000 of production today. How much of that production would you expect to collect? There are typically differences between what is produced and collected, and the… Continue On +
Important Questions for Performance Reviews
One of the most common questions dentists have about performance reviews (after covering wage-related questions) involves what to cover during the meeting. Performance reviews are ideal opportunities to learn more about your… Continue On +
Big Treatment Plans
When patients have a lot on their treatment plans, they are typically the most in need of great dental care; however it is commonly a struggle to get these patients to schedule.… Continue On +
Are You Accidentally Turning New Dental Patients Away?
How many new dental patients do you turn away each month? Almost every dental team would say that new patients are never turned away, especially given how hard most practices work at… Continue On +
Charitable Contributions
As we approach the end of the year it’s common for taxpayers to start looking at making charitable donations to minimize their tax bill. Depending on the size of the donation there… Continue On +
How to Have Effective Meetings
Someone once said, “A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.” If your staff meetings seem like events where hours are lost and little… Continue On +
Expense Series Part 5
Behind staffing costs, direct costs are typically the second largest expense category for dental practices. In the Portland area, a general dentist typically spends 12.3% of their collections on dental supplies and… Continue On +
They Are Phishing You. Don’t Take the Bait!
You are probably as tired of hearing about ID theft, phishing, phone scams and other schemes as you are of the political infighting in Washington. However, for most people, protecting themselves against… Continue On +
Expense Series Part 4
Do you often send out hundreds of mailers and ask yourself “Am I paying too much to advertise, and is this even working?” If so, you are not alone. Advertising and promotional… Continue On +
Expense Series Part 3
In the previous post of this series we discussed staffing costs and how to analyze them, along with questions to ask yourself if your costs are below market averages. In this post,… Continue On +
Expense Series Part 2
Without a doubt, the costs associated with employing staff and hygienists are the single biggest operating expenses that a practice will have, in fact, staff and hygiene costs on average are just… Continue On +
Why Isn’t Your Hygienist Getting Busier?
If you are consistently adding at least twenty new patients each month per full time dentist in your practice, your hygiene team will gradually get busier with seeing new and continuing care… Continue On +