The dental practice I worked in for 18 years offered both straight wire and Invisalign orthodontics, which accounted for about 25% of our total production. This is a sizable amount for a general practice, and this also meant that most of our patients were both ortho patients and general dental patients. This brought many challenges […]
Dental Insurance
Dentrix Ask the Experts – accurate insurance estimates
Categories: Dental Insurance, Treatment Planniing
In Dentrix there are three key things that need to be spot on in order for you to get an accurate insurance estimate for your patient. Watch our short video to see if you know what they are. If you want more comprehensive resources, please join our community or contact us directly.
5 Key Factors in Protecting Your Doctor’s License
Of course, you all know my specialty is working with dental teams and optimizing your Dentrix software. Being a trusted partner in your dental practice involves helping optimize your Dentrix software, creating better systems, learning best practices … and also helping you protect your doctor’s license. If you have a complaint from a patient or […]
Goodbye 2017 Hello 2018
Goodbye 2017 and Hello 2018! That was the headline of a big poster board we had at our home during the New Year’s Eve party we hosted last weekend. On our big poster board, it was mostly personal changes and goals. However, you should have the same thought process in your business. What are you […]
A/R up 36% over the last 5 years . . . How are you managing yours?
Categories: Dental Insurance, Practice management
Accounts receivable in on the rise. This means the dental practice is allowing patients to make payments more often, insurance companies are taking longer to pay and the patients are walking out the door without paying their co-pay for the day of service. According to Sikka software statistics, accounts receivable in the dental practice is […]
The Benefits of Fee Schedules is worth the time spent
Categories: Dental Insurance
Using Dentrix’s Fee Schedules takes a little bit of management but produces huge benefits! I am amazed at how many offices don’t know this Dentrix feature exists for setting up and managing fee schedules. If you are in one of those offices, it’s time to find it and use it – you’ll be so glad […]
Increase the Cash Flow
Categories: Dental Insurance, Practice management
In a recent article I talked about how your “core systems” need to be in check before you decide to take the plunge into the chartless waters. Some of you went down through the list and said to yourself “Awesome, we are ready to rock-n-roll, but some of you out there might need to work […]
