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they are, the more unorthodox I'm willing to go personally. Thanks dkterry! Some of us in the states aren't worried about litigation - in a country where they can sue you for literally anything and nothing at all, it's why we carry insurance and I'm not going to live my life in fear. Anybody that disagrees
April 08, 2026
Cosmetic Dentistry
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people in a time of need through dental services in exchange for manipulating average Joe's into signing up for low yielding whole life insurance policies for commissions. It's strange experience to go through a paradigm shift. It had a fire that needed repairs in Greece which was a one off event
May 01, 2026
Politics
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or two learn before i would let them tx plan in private practice... I agree doc. They have no idea about affordability, insurance..... dental school treatment planning is so out of touch...... they have no idea how to treatment planning SCRP, different types of extraction, when to do endo instead
September 30, 2025
Pediatric Dentistry
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to me or even directly to patient. This doesn't seem right, it's PPO insurance, you can go to any dentist you want to. Am I still somehow chained to Delta Dental if I move to their non-participating provider catagory? Can they really not pay for dental services on a PPO plan if provider terminates
August 16, 2025
Delta Dental
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, so many variables from practice to practice i';m not understanding the 45% v 80% math\stat, sorry... thankyou for your response tim. the ar ratio is your total AR over your trailing 12 month average of adjusted production. in my case its 108k of AR over 127. total AR is ar from everything, insurance
July 11, 2025
Billing
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no problem I believe just Delta dental, she says may be crippling since so many people participate with it around the area. they had been leaving other PPOs and I'm sure they mustve had a reason. Ideally I would love to do out of network with all insurances, but not sure if that's a good idea
June 15, 2025
Practice Acquisitions
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, and lifestyle data rather than just general internet-style answers. OpenAI emphasizes that it's not a diagnostic or treatment tool, but instead a way to help users understand test results, prep for doctor visits, interpret trends over time, get diet or exercise insights, and explore insurance trade
January 07, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
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. Good luck! I do both a team monthly collections goal and hygiene adjusted production pay system. For hygiene I do 2.3x hourly and 20% of everything over. If a procedure they do doesn't get paid or I have to write off because they didn't check with insurance it comes out of their next paycheck. I do
November 02, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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something insurance-driven. If there is actual fire damage (not just water from putting the fire out), they need to be replaced. Your dentist is spinning his wheels. He needs to get together with a good equipment guy. Every INSCO out there will look to limit their exposure. They will insist the equipment
December 04, 2025
Equipment
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the phone, whether it is for an insurance company, a doctors office, or a pizza joint. Just keep in mind you may loose patients because you are being cheap about your receptionist, for example Same thing happened to me a few weeks ago when I was trying to call the ophthalmologist office back after I
February 11, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
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should be collecting from insurance? Even great PMS platforms like Dentrix or Open Dental depend heavily on how consistent the billing follow-up process is. Out of curiosity - how old is your A/R right now?
March 10, 2026
Dentrix
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Churchill when my spidey senses tingle, I either raise fees significantly ( if possible) or refer, ideally before starting any tx. I probably sway away at least 1 patient a week last week I had 3 in a row raising fees isn't possible because i'm in network with his insurance... who do you refer to if he also
September 13, 2025
Patient Communication / Education
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The evidence is overwhelming, even for adults who need these kinds of services, as evidenced by malpractice insurance for supervising dentists no different than those who do not employ them and therapists paying only $100/yr. Upstream of where you are, there are millions of adults with "basic" dental
March 04, 2026
Ethical Issues
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experiences. For me, having a strong seo and Google reviews was crucial to go OON. We no longer rely on new patients coming from the insurance companies' website listings, but instead must attract patients through internal referrals and Google. Patients ultimately will check out your website, social
September 10, 2025
Ideas To Make Your Practice Grow
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for now till you are stable. Learn to confront people even if it feels uncomfortable. It's your money. What's the worse that can happen? Block 1 hrs everyday to fix your collection problem. Some dentists might say well my patient has insurance. Thats even more reason to be able to perform ext and endo
January 19, 2026
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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these things accumulate into a snowball. I have seen alot of discussion about this, and some say it will actually more of a tool being used, but ultimately you still need a doctor to sign off on all these things, and someone mentioned liability wise the insurance likes having a doc to hold
October 09, 2025
Personal Finance
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think many will gravitate to an easy public health job and get some loan forgiveness. FMLA, maternity leave, good health insurance, holidays, etc. LMFAO! True. And I sure as hell want EVERYONE to do well in dentistry. With the extreme costs of DS, private practice is going to be the best way to get out
December 20, 2025
Financing School and Loan Repayment
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impacted by a 30-day undetected cyber intrusion. Mistake: No real-time threat monitoring; slow breach detection allowed extended exposure. 5. Texas-based dental group (name undisclosed, 2022) Entire system was encrypted; ransom was paid. Mistake: No tested backups, no cyber insurance, and panic
August 25, 2025
Cybersecurity
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everyone says that we do not have an obligation of result, in reality and in the minds of everyone, judges and juries included, we do. Even dentists throw other dentists under the bus when something fails, and the patient gets a second opinion. So, it starts with us! Medical insurance will pay
June 17, 2025
Patient Communication / Education
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ownership. Benefits: about 60 % of DSOs offer retirement plans and health insurance, versus 50 % and 40 % of private offices, respectively. Compensation models: 60 % of DSO dentists are paid on production or collections; 56 % of private-practice owners take a salary, while 70 % of associates
December 27, 2025
Personal Finance
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physician, and he said to me unless you have an incredible calling/passion to help people medically, I would avoid medicine. He didn't like the way reimbursement/insurance was going in medicine and this was 1988 or so. He said try dentistry, I think it will be insulated from the insurance issue, and I
November 02, 2025
Personal / Professional Achievement
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insurance companies are being comingled either. It is important to separate private- and publicly-funded patients in this discussion. Dental boards can directly impact DSOs through their actions, as necessary, on the individual dentists. I've always considered it a best practice to openly engage dental
June 11, 2025
Academy of Dental Management Consultants
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of the office, your team, before/after cases (HIPAA compliant, of course), and even short videos. Profiles with photos get far more clicks and calls. Step 5. Fill Out Every Section Add business hours, holiday hours, services offered (fill out the services tab in GBP), insurance plans accepted, and a strong
September 21, 2025
Marketing
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bills or insurances to deal with either. Another rage bait thread hahahahahahahaha that salary is rage Depends where you are on the spectrum of life. Fresh Grads or a retired dentist just looking for a bit of extra work might be a good gig with good health care till Medicare kicks i n But yes generally
October 27, 2025
Associates Corner
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and if I had an office manager that would be the first thing they would tackle. I have insurance gal up front who also answers most phone calls. Assistants are hybrid and also answer phones and check patients in and take payments. Sounds like the issue is not how much she is getting paid but re-defining
December 21, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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faded. The mainstream profession moved forward with evidence and economics. Membership declines in the ADA came much later and for totally different reasons. Insurance interference, corporate dentistry, student debt, burnout, politics, generational shifts, and the perception that the ADA protects
January 12, 2026
American Dental Association
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on call again: open. I think just have someone come in and get the mail, answer the phones for a bit, return calls and maybe do a little insurance work would be enough to satisfy open. What does 'trying to dictate' mean? Did you open already and they contacted you saying you were violating the lease
March 01, 2026
Practice Start-Up
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to negotiate. I was reading that the uk controlled the ship insurance through the strait of Hormuz. It was their only ace to remain a player and have some control. The Uk pulled the insurance and Trump offered American insurance and our navy. Thereby putting the Uk back to the back row. Radicals fight
March 06, 2026
Politics
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'healthy.' Full schedule. Solid reviews. Patients happy. Staff busy. But when I seriously asked myself what would happen if I stepped away for 30 days, i felt uncomfortable. Because everything routes through me in subtle ways. Insurance explanations. Fee conversations. New patient reassurance
March 05, 2026
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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is aware of all backlogged items in the office and constantly working on fine tuning and completing those tasks (AR, insurance credentialing, licensing, etc...) If she is doing claims, answering phones, going over treatment plans, calling insurance companies for benefit breakdowns, checkin and check out
April 16, 2026
Front Office Discussion
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to sale your practice whichever way you want and walk away. Drop all insurances and practice the way you want (screw ppos). Then when you are done just close the doors and burn the place down with all the records and get the insurance... The value of used dental equipment (and the leasehold
April 10, 2026
Retired and Soon to be Retired Dentist's Forum
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every physicians office is using it, they just verify your pharmacy and hit send and right away say: Your insurance is kicking it back due to xyz. Thanks in advance I use Dose Spot with OD. Works seamless. Im getting credentialed with NewCrop this week. Ive used dose spot before but hated that I had
August 27, 2025
Open Dental
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with the Careington PPOs that you can't opt out with Guardian, and that we would have to drop the PPOs. They went on to say that the Careington Care Series discount plans were separate and we wouldn't have to drop those to opt out with Guardian. I haven't heard of this with any other insurance companies I filed opt outs with??? Does this sound legit? I am careington platinum only!
September 12, 2025
Going Out of Network
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? I just had another Comfort Dental patient walk in this morning. She had a crown done 3 years ago at comfort on #18 and it debonded. Insurance verified it is only 3 years old. Of course she has a really low paying cigna plan, pays 50% of 599 for molar endo (tooth needs endo now) and pays 50
August 20, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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with the writeoff ? I dont see the point of write offs anyways.. 3. Whats the benefit of tracking and finalizing each claim in open dental ? Thanks ! Dr. who doesnt get insurance at all... Can anyone help with this ? Thanks ! Idk about medicaid. But Scanning is not required, just an option. The write off
September 07, 2025
Dental Insurance for Dentists
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, hospitals being part of private equity or insurance-owned systems, and student debt and training hours that leave many doctors fatigued and financially constrained. Finally, the timing is significant: the U.S. Senate recently passed a bill limiting student borrowing for professional degrees at $200,000
October 24, 2025
Dental Students
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down to 1.5x more expensive, but then I would basically be giving a 4th recall away for free. Is it worth it? Always keep in mind the end goal, which is usually retention of patients when dropping insurance plans. If you don't need it for that, then it may not be worth it. That being said, how
January 18, 2026
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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......but your friend is taking crazy pills to change things up I say. Depends on the state. Medicaid is different in different states. I think Iin Delaware if pays better than most ppo insurance oh hell no. Guy is looking for a heart attack and a divorce. I do that much out of 9 operatories and I feel burned out (I only work three days a week too, shit). Ain't worth the money, will never be worth the money. Death is near. Tell him to come and take my spot
January 29, 2026
Equipment, Acquisition & Practice Expansion Financing
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we agree not to seek reimbursement from the patient for any procedure that is denied. As in possibly $0 for a crown. Insanity. We haven't signed any of these forms but no one ends up happy when the claims are denied. Our response has been to encourage patients to drop the insurance plan
December 02, 2025
Going Out of Network
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that the video acknowledged that doctors and dentists should be paid well. Usually, every damn news story about dentistry paints us as lazy millionaires and it's the insurance companies that are battling for the little guy.
April 09, 2026
Dentistry In The News
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is everyone freaking out that a filling is done. We have no idea what it looked like clinically. You all should work for insurance companies w that attitude Freaking out? We are asking a question. A question that the OP seems to not want to answer. You have asked twice and a few others have asked as well
March 03, 2026
Restorative Dentistry
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Dentaltown just added the following course to its library: HIPAA For Dentists - Patient Privacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Storage, and Social Media by Evan Sampson Esq. This course will serve as an introduction into Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
May 14, 2026
Dentaltown Online CE
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.). He is in network with our insurances. I know 50% may be on the high side, but wanted to get other opinions. I am located on the NJ / NY border. Thanks 50% is way better than the nothing you get when you refer out the patient. 50 percent is fair and what I pay my periodontist and endodontist who come
September 08, 2025
Ideas To Make Your Practice Grow
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, to me 11 years is a win. Well done. Don't fret. It's of no consequence. Do the right thing here and refund the patient. After 11 years? You gotta be kidding. hip replacements last 10-12 years(hopefully longer) before parts wear out and have to be replaced. Yes medical insurance will pay for revisions
December 04, 2025
Implantology
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by insurance companies you have to buy cheap shit for the cheap patients who 'have to go in network'. They want cheap, they get cheap. I guess we could start adding a 'made in America' fee. I bet 90% of patients would opt for whatever is cheapest regardless. We once had a rep for one of the big
April 10, 2026
Dental Supplies
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but still behave differently in a busy dental office with imperfect radiographs, rushed hygiene checks, insurance pressure, and patients staring at the screen wondering if that red spot means they are doomed. AI can absolutely help. It can catch things tired eyes miss. It can standardize radiographic
May 23, 2026
Case Presentation
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by the insurance, and now my surgery is tomorrow. I hope after a long weekend of recovery I will be ok to return. This experience has made me realize how vulnerable a solo doc office is to operate. Overhead never stops.
June 11, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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Both offices are bread&butter, same location (good location), both heavily saturated (Manhattan), both digital, no pano/CBCT A. 5op, 4 in network insurance, rest OON, 8 Staffs, Gross 1.1M with 67% OH. 5 days single Hygiene, hygiene production 37% of gross, Rent $8700/mo, in CO-Op. 1100 active
October 24, 2025
Practice Acquisitions
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on? Also coding wise, what are we charging out for implant placement? Like, which codes. We deal with insurance so we need to use every code possible. Im also looking for another code to add on to bring the total price up to something reasonable. For example, for our crowns, we charge another 350
July 03, 2025
Implantology
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collect, credit card reversal, insurance company screwed you, something).....whatever the reason it is YOUR FAULT because you allowed it to happen. In Dentrix Office Manager (the tab that looks like a brown office chair) you can run an Analysis Summary for the month. It will have your production
June 20, 2025
Pediatric Dentistry
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