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tuesday when insurance company is open. wtf is this. I think it fell way down on the lame US ranking jobs...maybe we'll see a decline in applicants in the near future. With terrible higher cost of entry challenges with student loans and terrible ppo reimbursements....the great awakening Just got a 15
January 20, 2026
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customer service, where I re-negotiated them down to $85/yr. This was my first negotiation with them, and they were charging me over $300/yr. I feel stupider than Fly. Good tip. A while back I dropped my cable TV and bundled auto/home insurance in a similar event. By switching to another carrier, I
February 02, 2026
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. Its been added to for 25+ years. I also have life insurance and my wife will inherit. We will be fine. I still will have to work. Not for money, but because I cant sit still or I go crazy. I will sell my practice after 6-8 years , go on Church missions then come home and work. There are other
November 12, 2025
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with inflation because insurance won't give me a raise. and yes i know the oon spiel... ??? It's one of the least cyclical businesses one can own. come on orange. it's not rocket science to see everyone and their mom complaining about stagnant reimbursement that doesn't reflect inflation and staff wages
April 18, 2026
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they would have to replace the oil pan. The car will be traded in soon. Someone else's problem. No one tried a gas torch on it. That might do it. Wow Paul, I didn't realize your hearing was that bad. You chose wisely on the insurance. Im sure you tried a beta blocker. That worked for me. My
April 27, 2026
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and everybody knows it. I had some guys come in to my office early on to sell me insurance inside my pension plan. Luckily it made no sense to me Only invest in investments you are familiar with and learn index investing I think ego is some of it. High income professionals are very vulnerable to the red
April 12, 2026
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that integrate with imaging, PMS, insurance, voice documentation, referral networks, patient communication, and quality monitoring. So yes, developmental platforms like NEMO deserve attention because they are directionally aligned with where dentistry appears to be going. But until systems like
May 12, 2026
Endodontics
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with unmotivated staff. I'd agree with the other people to consider doing the following: 1. Drop one day. Focus on working on your office, instead of at your office. This can be administration, strategy, tracking metrics, practice restructuring...or just taking a walk. 2. Start dropping insurances. Start
May 27, 2026
Partnerships and Associates
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we charge 3x what our lab bill is for all lab work. This situation does not happen often but when it does, its no sweat off our backs as we are still ahead financially. If he's a good pt as listed above, this goodwill can go a long way. Not to belabor the insurance issue, but if your fees
May 30, 2025
Patient Communication / Education
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with the orthopedic surgeon and MRI analysis to see if you really need surgery. I was in pain for weeks before the insurance company approved the MRI and surgery. Manny I mildly/moderately tore my rotator cuff falling off a mountain bike a few years ago. It was very painful to raise my arm above my sternum. I
September 02, 2025
General Health
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in January 2025 as the first new acute pain class in decades. It blocks sodium channels in peripheral nerves, delivering opioid-level relief without addiction risk, but at a much higher cost and with uncertain insurance coverage. Second, CBD was discussed as a possible adjunct for patients who
August 17, 2025
Pharmacology
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going. Dentist should not worry about taking incoming phone calls, verify insurance, dismissing patients, consultation, opening in the morning, closing at end of day, cleaning the office, calling for repairs, paying bills, billing..... It's called a private practice business for a reason. Without
July 28, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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comment is a lil offending. Well thanks to you for helpful... agreed, no need to disparage OP since the thread literally says that the tooth likely needed RCT. Could not do RCT for insurance reason. Only open and med was allowed for the day. European Journal of Anaesthesiology Nitrous oxide has
July 14, 2025
Endodontics
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heard of patients saying no one told me or tried to get me in. You should do a Fall Project for patients who have unscheduled treatment with and without insurance. Never give up on them. They are counting on you to get them scheduled. If your team is trained and confident, they will not seem pushy
June 23, 2025
Ask a Dental Consultant
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dental office cause Im lucky and a line runs through here. Some areas (outside of Lufkin) dont have Natural gas service. Can u actually believe that shit? Propane is expensive. Do u understand? Palmer thinks ER docs work for disability insurance companys. News flash. They fix the finger
June 17, 2025
Personal Finance
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as far as I know. There are no million dollar producers here other than maybe 1-2 private practices and an Aspen out of 23 offices. I think this is generally very true. Maybe it didn't used to be that way, but now patients with insurance think everything should be free and of the highest quality
January 23, 2026
Practice Acquisitions
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more comprehensive. I haven't had Kaiser for a while now (moved to WI for 8 years and got in with Mayo, and now back in Vancouver I'm under my husband's insurance and Kaiser isn't an option). I honestly miss them. I do agree. We have had Kaiser Northwest for a much longer time. We started
January 17, 2026
Legal Issues
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with insurance verification or recall calls. Update inventory lists and note supplies that need reordering. 4. Professional Development Watch clinical training videos or complete CE courses (many are available online). Review new infection control protocols or OSHA updates. Participate in team meetings
November 10, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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link. I don't know about ZappyCards so I'll leave that for someone else to chime in. David Yes. Boost your google reviews. That's the first thing patients look at after who takes their insurance (or sometimes even before that). You'll be the last office patients call if you only have 19. You should
December 01, 2025
Marketing
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insurance pay out is about $90 per hygiene visit(worse case). You still have decent margin to make it work. Hygiene is not gonna make you money. Its gonna provide you with a stream of patients for you to tx plan and take care of most of your overhead. But understand you have start producing right from
December 01, 2025
Practice Acquisitions
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a pay check off of this potential. Maybe a different deal would be made for the rare case where the associate grows the practice on his/her own by accepting additional insurances or self marketing, etc.
February 15, 2026
Partnerships and Associates
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wish we could get a fix to) is when we get the rare insurance payment via credit card. You are unable to post the payment by line item. We have had to go back to do zeroing the claim and then posting a separate payment. (long story) But it is the only way we have been able to accurately get the funds
February 19, 2026
Dentrix
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subsidies are gone. It gave a lot of people really crappy dental insurance. We had one fill in hygienist who was horrible. I dont think she can even find fill in work during a hygiene shortage. Thats bad. Agreed and agreed. I know we'll never get back to the good old days when they would cold call
March 03, 2026
Hygiene Discussions
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I practice in a very remote area-4 hours away from any metro area. Many local older docs have closed their doors unable to find buyers. Because of this demand has skyrocketed. To handle it, I went out of network several years ago with all insurances. Next, I built out from 4 to 6 ops and added
March 17, 2026
Ask a Dental Consultant
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into the practice who now refers to us exclusively, north of 70k in revenue last year from that alone. Several of our offices have zero loyalty, they give the patient 4 referrals to 4 different endos and tell them to go to whoever gets them in fastest or takes their insurance. So yes, they literally
March 22, 2026
Front Office Discussion
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it for free (however they always offer to pay the lab bill....I accept). They built me up when I looked like a 12 year old kid I give free cleanings to retired staff. Some do have insurance through a spouse. Two hygienists with me for a fantastic 10 years. An RDA was with me for 18 years. Least I can do. I
April 15, 2026
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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acquisition cost. The other recurring theme was ownership versus control. On paper, many practices look simple. A dentist owns the entity. A management company handles the business side. Everyone stays in their lane. In real life, the lines blur. Who controls scheduling? Who sets insurance participation? Who
April 12, 2026
Medicaid and Welfare Issues
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Executive Takes CDC Role + More - Science, Public Health Policy and the Law Hiding his teeth from all the tobacco use. Are there any similarities with the Insurance Exec going to serve at the ADA ? :) No. Look at our system: - Separation of powers? Judge Roberts sacked Obama's green new deal. - Jan
April 29, 2026
Smoking Cessation
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, and with what escalation plan? A blanket policy is lazy. No-call dentistry is also lazy. The smart model is simple. Automate logistics. Delegate routine reinforcement. Have trained team members handle routine extraction follow-ups, hygiene reminders, scheduling, insurance questions, and basic postoperative
May 18, 2026
Patient Communication / Education
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accordingly We're of a similar mind-set. I only charge a build-up fee if I'm placing a post for an extensive build-up. No additional gold charge either. We do bill for the PA taken, if needed, for insurance purposes. Itemization drives me beyond insane. Our Vet takes wonderful care of our dogs
May 07, 2026
Laboratories
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exactly something one is born with. That's why doctors and dentists are favorite targets of various schemes and products, and I see this happening a lot. It starts as early as dental school where insurance salespeople show up to sell their products. This is why financial/investment literacy should
June 08, 2025
Personal Finance
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50% reduction or is it? I mean the big elephant in the room is RE, but if you are a life long SOCAL person you have your spot and its paid for. RE taxes are worse in other states ( hello Illinois), not sure about homeowners insurance, gas is expensive maybe an EV, I dont see food as more expensive
August 07, 2025
Retirement Planning
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coming up with fancy ways to make up for craziness....Everyone deserve a fair paycheck for the work they do...its astonishing dentists just Accept. This attitude nothing gets solved so I guess the last 20 yrs should be wake up call??? The problem is raising fees is out of your control....the insurance
July 13, 2025
Dentistry In The News
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account (about 7% at my school). With 10+ years of service we are also eligible for medical insurance secondary to Medicare at 65. There are also very affordable options as FT for life and short/long-term disability policies. I am jealous of these schools that have state teachers' pensions. We have
December 15, 2025
General Discussions
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make it through life honestly. I know someone, for example that bought travel insurance for a trip. Airline cancelled flight. They are due, due to EU laws, a straightforward compensation. I ask them this and the answer is: "It's too hard to do." Literally the airline website has a link to file
December 09, 2025
Retirement Planning
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with most insurance companies such Aetna, Delta Dental, Cigna, Metlife, ect, so that we have a higher fee schedule to be able to afford to keep the hygienist. We have 6 hygiene days per week and after dropping insurances and becoming primarily FFS, we may only have 3 hygiene days per week
August 14, 2025
Staff Management Issues
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nowadays is send a STAFF member with a basket of referral slips to greet my OFFICE MANAGER! Shmoozing GPs to get referrals seems to be a lost art. Is it because Gen Zs are so unskilled at face-to-face communication? Or is everything driven by insurance affiliations now? I have tons of uninsured patients
January 29, 2026
GP / Specialist Communication
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down 3% and Net operating income was down 4%. I think some of this was pent up Covid demand leading to big 2021, as well as some issues with insurances (even though i am OON) resulting in AR for the end of 2020 getting delayed until early 2021 artificially inflating collections for early 2021. 2022
December 11, 2025
Retirement Planning
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. I think the only restaurant I would own is Chipotle. I could eat there breakfast lunch dinner no problems. Imagine eating panda express everyday. Barf. This is correct. Veterinarian owners are making bank if they are running a well-organized office. And they don't deal with the insurance monster
December 12, 2025
Financing School and Loan Repayment
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on? The short answer is this. Many practices feel slower. Some are flat. A few are up. Quite a few are down. And when you adjust for inflation, being even is effectively being down three to four percent. Someone ate those costs, and it was not the insurance companies. This conversation has touched
December 15, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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ordering of supplies and equipment, control staffing, negotiate with vendors, select the insurance programs to participate with, determine hours of operation, control referrals to specialists, control marketing, etc. In essence, a clandestine larger corporate dental group may be the beneficial dental
April 23, 2026
Legal Issues
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if it makes sense, and we offer Curodont. Many patients ask "does my insurance cover that when it comes to Curodont". What does she think dentists do for themselves and their family members? Great point too! Does insurance cover this would be the first question! Also great point on family members
April 28, 2026
Social Media
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for a few minutes.I went back to work after both. for an insurance claim are you using the code for nitrous oxide sedation even when you just use oxygen.....if yes, do you see a problem with that ???? Just turn the nitrous on the least possible flow andvoila, you're using nitrous! When I had the tendon
June 02, 2025
Anesthesiology
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is defined beforehand. Your position sizing /underlyings of choice weren't compatible with your risk tolerance? selling puts is like running an insurance company with two big caveats: you get to be extremely selective in the 'customers' (underlyings) you are willing to insure, and unlike
August 19, 2025
Personal Finance
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There are different codes for nonsurgical and surgical. ADA code D7140 and D7210. They are paid by insurance at different amounts. If you are submitting the code for insurance reimbursement, use the proper code. Yes, I code and charge for the difference and you should as well. Seems like
August 19, 2025
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
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points and took off the information for the company that didn't answer, and added the new company information to my slides. No time for that. Bob, No. Call her again. And again. Think of challenging scenarios. Insurance/no insurance. Ask her if the doctor does frenectomies. Ask her to tell you
September 30, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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or expand to 2 locations? I had a situation very similar to yours and back in 2020 moved into a new 7 Op practice. I am still paying the loan on the building and have a ways to go. In retrospect I wish I had just started cutting insurance. I probably make about 100k more now but have 10 x the headaches
October 13, 2025
Future Planning General Discussions
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an insurance cut next month. Obviously, we have 1 more jobs and CPI reports that he will look at before he does that. But it will be 0.25%, and not good enough for Trump who wants a full 1%. Haha Cheers, Phil. I think it is as GE to manufacture appliances. The interesting part is that they are planning
June 30, 2025
Personal Finance
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. Heck, I could list many other mistakes with employees and insurance participation. I'm sure it all adds up over the years. Having your own practice is hard, and we are often learning on the fly and too kind along the way!! Yeah I bought an RV and traveled the country with my family, then found
December 22, 2025
Practice Start-Up
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in the system through unsecured loans to consumers. The last thing we need is to lower liquidity in the system - it will hurt many sectors in the economy, specially small businesses who receive their revenues primarily by credit card. Even dental insurances are using Zellis (a credit card system
January 11, 2026
Personal Finance
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