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), but pays you... right away. You've now been docked for an insurance denial. You'll WILL ge paid IF the patient pays for the insurance shortfall. Better tell FD to get on the phone and collect. Sound like a hassle? You betcha...
January 14, 2021
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downgrade? Sure. But downgrade is differentthan insurance denial. Im not saying I have never done a preauthorization. Military tricare dental requires preauthorization for all work except preventative. Workers compensation cases have to be preauthorized. Outside of that I have preauthorized only
April 24, 2018
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I respect all opposing opinions below. Hunter Smith Shocking. Someone blaming something/someone else for their own shortcomings. Let's blame the DSOs, the insurance companies, student loan debt, taxes etc etc endlessly so we can justify and pass off accountability. v0g3L TLDR of it is I think
November 19, 2023
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bureaucratic nonsense. Those are exactly the categories that matter during malpractice litigation, insurance audits, board complaints, compliance reviews, and operational scaling. A sloppy chart is no longer just a bad habit. It is a liability. That is the deeper reality most online discussions miss
May 16, 2026
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and dying by the schedule density on Thursday afternoon. Benefits are where the structure really shows its value. Full medical and dental coverage for the clinician and dependents. Malpractice provided. Life insurance, disability options, and a retirement stack that includes a safe harbor 401k
November 12, 2025
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I have been a dentist in public health, interested in joining a private practice. They are offering to have me join there policy,but should I have my own malpractice/liability insurance? Anyone have advice on this? Hey Ram.... It would depend on cost and coverage of course. The good news
December 26, 2025
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and it came with crappy dental insurance. They all came in and got their teeth cleaned. Im hoping that since the ACA subsides got cut out it will eventually help out with the hygiene shortage. Just a theory, but my receptionist has reported a sudden decrease in crappy insurance patients wanting
February 25, 2026
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="0 0 24 24" target="_blank" > Flights Taken: Bill Clinton did fly on Jeffrey Epstein's private plane multiple times in the early 2000s for trips related to the Clinton Foundation, often accompanied by staff and Secret Service agents. Denials: Both Bill Clinton and Ghislaine Maxwell have stated
February 12, 2026
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3 of 7 Compensation should be based on: I can't control how well the office collects. She be paid on adjusted production If you work for a long time in an office, isn't adjusted production based compensation is basically like collection based compensation ? What insurance did not pay
March 02, 2026
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are seeing the growth in corporate dentistry is because of the growth of crappy insurance companies and options. The public has access to cheaper crappier dental insurance so a certain proportion of the population 20 years ago never saw a dentist and their teeth rotted away, they have access to crappy
September 17, 2018
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with an office that ask you to work 12 hour days Very very true. Be careful with this type of scenario. What if the insurance company denies claim. Is the insurance coordinator going to stay on top of these denials and send the claim again? Very slippery slope collections is... How do you work 12 hour shifts
July 18, 2022
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the covenant. Such harm may include restraint of trade, limits on employment opportunities, and denial of public access to necessary services.Organon, Inc. v. Hepler,23 Wash.App. 432, 436 n. 1, 595 P.2d 1314 (1979);McDaniel,37 Wash.App. at 370, 680 P.2d 448. But the court must still balance these concerns
March 25, 2016
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How can I check as an associate dentist what claims were submitted under my Medicaid provider ID?Let's say you work as an associate dentist in a dental office and you are a Medicaid provider,but a part of a dentalgroup. Thank you.
March 26, 2019
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Getting ready to leave a group practice, where the owner provided malpractice insurance. I am about to get my own malpractice and was wondering what type of insurance I need? Claims made or occurance based. Rec on insurance companies. Also would it be easier to go through the same insurance company my previous employer used? I would get occurrence with Tail coverage if you hade claims made with the corp... Which I'm sure that's the case. -lc
May 19, 2014
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and tanks at the border of ukraine. The US was warning ukraine that an attack was imminent. The Ukrainians were in denial. I take it the B-52 bombing on Iran took you by surprise as well...don't mistake this president for other soft presidents in the past, particularly the one who was trying to make a nice
February 18, 2026
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" compiled for Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday in 2003 was officially released in September 2025 by the , confirming its existence after months of denial from the White House. Wikipedia +1 Here is what happened regarding the letter and the book: Content of the Letter : The letter features a typewritten
February 27, 2026
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Hello. When I graduated, I had an Occurence policy premium of only $50 for the first year. At the start of the policy, I worked at practice A for a couple months as my first job before I quit and worked at Practice B. However, I never changed the address with the insurance company to the address
October 26, 2019
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shouting 'just keep running.' Scheduling chaos, inconsistent assistants, remakes, and constant interruptions turn clinical work into emotional labor. Add opaque compensation, collections that feel out of the associate's control, insurance write offs that shrink paychecks, and mentoring that is more
February 26, 2026
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is not a collection of clauses. It is a system. The danger is not the noncompete by itself. It is how it interacts with everything else. Termination without cause. Short notice. Collections-based pay. Tail insurance. Broad geographic restriction. Stack those together and you do not just have a job. You have a trap
April 16, 2026
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I started to work for a private office and their insurance checks are coming to my house. I took it to the owner and he said I will be getting many of these. I was wondering why. Today, I got over 10 mails from Detal, Cigna and other insurance companies. I don't understand this. I worked at other
July 06, 2018
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. We joined a Parents-Only support group, with members across the globe, after the loss of our first Son and the common characteristics among the members are the emotional phases that we all go through: Denial, Anger, Blaming and Accepting. Some changes careers, many go through divorce and many move
November 05, 2018
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Hi everyone! I've been very lucky to be in a great private practice in Southern California for more than 8 years. The practice started in 2001, and my owner dentists have never needed to sign up with insurance since they have a pretty regular flow of patients that come through referrals. However
February 23, 2017
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rebuilding....anyhow why so many of you are in denial that iran is a threat to the US is very odd to me. The leader openly states 'death to America' and is enriching uranium not to cook his morning eggs with but to build a bomb....crazy how naive some people can be... cult Not naive. You are naive
March 03, 2026
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, the insurance claim is suppose to have the associates name on it. Therefore, the associate gets drafted the check. Then the check is deposited into the practice account which includes the associates name. Having Associate Dr John Doe do procedures on Mary Smith and billing them out to ABC insurance
September 04, 2014
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of the lowest fees and worst insurance plans. Its a catch 22 because youre going to try to make money on $400 crowns and $500 dentures which is completely impossible. So they know youre going to under produce. Theyre setting everyone up for failure by not being upfront about their fee schedules and contracts
November 03, 2024
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in another office and participates with some insurances. Any idea how we can get reimbursements at the specialist's insurance reimbursement rate? Thank you in advance for your answers....... wow, two full days? that's a lot of endo...in any event, if you're a GP i'd vote for 1099-IC, if your
November 21, 2024
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or what we collect. Example for crowns I'm getting paid $500, but the OON fee is $2200. I know the percentage is low, but overall better than what I would be getting paid for insurance crowns. you are getting paid 22%. Sad. Go buy a practice cut overhead to 50-60% and take home 880-1100 per crown
November 14, 2025
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term? And finally,do I want to or can I become a partner? Not anymore complicated than that. In theory, production (@ UCF/full fees) vs. net/adjusted production or billable charges (UCR less cash discounts, rework, or insurance adjs) vs. collections really shouldn't matter as long as the %s
July 02, 2025
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Hello Townies I was discussing a potential associate position with a dentist. He was wanting to bring on an associate dentist because he will be signing up to be a dental provider for ProCare. I was wondering if someone could provide more information on ProCare Dental Insurance
May 22, 2018
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they may not be well-suited to own their practice. In that case, they could consider selling their practice or giving it to a struggling DSO. #TeamDSOForLife #It'snotpersonalit'sbusiness If it's an insurance based office, the associate definitely has control over collections- to a degree. Not sure why
July 18, 2024
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be surcharged. Disclosure rules matter. Insurance contracts may forbid it. And nothing makes front desk life worse than explaining extra fees to an already annoyed patient. Dentists share the same struggles. Associates want transparency. Owners want margins. Everyone hates surprises. The win is clarity. Define
January 21, 2026
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fillings into crowns a lot. Really? Besides the ethical aspect of the care, insurance will not pay for crowns when they look at photos and x-rays. Call me naive but I don't see how this can be done. So the only way PDS and the likes can keep GP busy is to attract a lot of patients. How do they do
October 03, 2025
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like 30 hours is considered full time but if a doctor works 27.how can or should benefits like a 401k or health insurance be considered? should health insurance not be covered? And if it isnt it seems difficult to compete with an offer of a salary and full benefits from a DSO at 30 hours a week Any
October 08, 2022
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I'm an associate at an office 20 minutes outside a metropolitan area in the midwest. I started about 9 months ago. Two owners, one other associate. We take lots of insurances, 8 or 9 I think. My contract is a $550 minimum, or 35% of collections (with no lab fees). Seems pretty generous to me
March 29, 2024
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:30. Lunch is 1-2pm and two Saturdays a month. 2. The practice pays for your scrubs (four sets). 3. You are a W-2 and the practice pays for 75% of your health insurance. 4. No retirement program. 5. No PTO, but you are able to take 4-6 weeks off a year (unpaid). 6. There is one other associate
February 13, 2026
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. It happens. So check the day sheet, right? But what about that insurance check that comes in for production from 4 weeks ago- are we checking each and every individual check that it was posted properly. Now that's a lot of work. In one of my jobs, I found mistakes frequently. I am sure I missed
July 18, 2024
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Extremely annoyed/ frustrated. I hate how some dental practice owners often dictate you how to work, how to treatment plan, at what pace to work, which insurances to take. I do not like when someone dictates me what and how to do things. I like to work as I see it especially if I get paid
June 04, 2022
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with only oil drilling men and freezing my ass off to make double. Rural can mean many things. What are defining as rural? Also rural people are generally poor and uneducated so who is paying the $400,000 freight. Dental insurances in these areas can be a huge help. Why would rural people have dental
January 28, 2025
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friend will be the provider. Is this legal or insurance fraud. Kind of hard to find some answers. Thanks. sounds fishy..... Don't quote me on this ..I vaguely remembered having conversation with someone about this. Some of the group policies have clause in insurance participating
March 06, 2020
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These things are totally happening to dentists and I totally believe it is an industry game changer in a totally annoying direction at best and totally toxic direction at worst. How big of a problem do you think this is? 1. Spoiled Guac Dental insurances are paying the newest generation
August 08, 2021
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the patient to have her return to have the restoration replaced. I was not going to charge the patient, nor bill her insurance for the procedure since I didn't believe the restoration was properly placed in the first place. The patient and her insurance was billed when the restoration was first placed
December 21, 2016
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that while dentistry pays well, there are many other jobs that will return the same much earlier in life, without personal sacrifice and the loans and tax shielded retirement plans, health insurance. EDIT: all I am trying to say is we all have a responsibility to demand more from our field. why is that so
May 19, 2025
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not have to be enemies if the workflow is engineered properly. Silker passed away in 2020, and while there is no long formal obituary circulating in dental media, his influence lingers. His book still reads like a blueprint for dentists who want to control their destiny instead of waiting for insurance
January 31, 2026
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When we are working as an associate on base/ day , do we have to get credentialing done with each of the insurances or Medicaid that the office accepts. Also if we are working in more than one office and are on collections but if the billing is entirely done on the owner dentists name, do we have
March 31, 2016
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are at the mercy of how busy they are and the reimbursement rates from the insurance companies. Lots of dentists think they need associates and then don't have the volume to warrant it. If its strictly collections, there will be a lag between producing the work and insurance checks rolling in. And don't
April 06, 2018
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Hello, I am looking forward to moving away from the DSO I've worked for the last >5 years and move to private practice and being an associate. When doing a working interview, do you contact your malpractice insurance to let them know what days you are working in that private practice for a working
August 14, 2022
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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
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So I'm leaving my current associateship of many years. Is it normal for the owner to withhold from my paycheck to cover trailing insurance write offs since I am paid on net production? If that is normal operating procedure, would it be deducted from the net pay or gross pay and why? so are you
March 18, 2014
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not be too hard. The owner story may be true, but you still deserve what is owed to you Dumb question from someone who has never had to do this before- how do I take into account insurance adjustments and the delay in payments? If I generate a day sheet at the end of the day, insurance has not paid
July 10, 2024
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with that. If you can't save over 20k/yr then go W2 for simplicity Another consideration for 1099 vs W2 is malpractice and liability insurance. I would check to see what insurance you may need to pay for if you are a contractor vs. an employee. why do you think this would change based on employment status
August 12, 2019
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