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and anyone in denial will be a dinosaur that gets sucked in regardless of how they feel. The owner of the company that I am building AI software for says that in the future, after I spent 15 mins explaining what I wanted done, he said that literally everything that I said will be done and completed
May 18, 2026
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word of mouth and insurance referrals. I don't know what an expensive website would do and how much it' costs. Officite website is there so we can say we have a page. That's it. Once a year I go edit something. 100\month seems a lot to host since they don't really do anything else. Not even edit. can
May 10, 2026
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involves a dentist using identifiable personal information and details about specific procedures. I typed the word xray and exam (after the nonanonymous patient already stated xrays were taken) Argh!!!! Folks, it'sHIPAA, notHIPPA!!!!! OK, back to the story Health Insurance Portability
April 29, 2023
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Hi all I dont accept medicaid but it shows up on google search right below my office address in places listing like below. When I search myself with dentist ...xyz zipcode I logged in to google business profile and updated insurances I accept. But there are no listing or info regd medicare
July 04, 2023
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, GP's and OS are helping the change. Same for endo. I don't agree this affecting hygiene, or it shouldn't, especially since prophy's are a no brainer for insurance patients. As for deer in headlights, that is just gross unfamiliarity with business principals. Plus, because dentists always think
February 23, 2017
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Do not recommend. There are so many better dentist options in Charlotte. My service resulted in a chipped tooth, which they then charged me to fix. Did not properly work with my dental insurance provider either, resulting in a lot of extra back/forth. Overall it took 3 total visits to fix a simple
March 28, 2023
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this depends on the specific situation. A website doesn't just bring in new patients; it also supports a wide variety of functions across the practice. It provides essential information about the practice and providers, outlines accepted insurance and payment methods, educates patients about
February 14, 2026
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I've lost my insurance. We also accept CareCredit, but we don't encourage them to use it due to its high processing fees. Docs who already have these type of plans, I'd like to know if you've run into any problems with them. Appreciate your help in advance! I implemented Quality Dental Plan (QDP
January 23, 2015
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their second pro... We track and market our discount plan with SOC(sendoutcards) You can automate renewal cards, birthday cards, Christmas card...every kind of card... Keep it simple... Patients think they need insurance to go to a dentist.... If you have less than 50% insurance participation, then do
February 20, 2015
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software. Some offices choose to use D1999 with a note inside. I recommend purchasing a CurrentCDT code book from the ADA and Coding with Confidence by Charles Blair! It is the insurance billingBible for your team. Respectfully, Heidi Mount Everything should be tracked and posted in the patients ledger. Some offices sell electric tooth brushes, Fluoride, etc. Have a code to post it. Heidi
July 03, 2017
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I was bothering her. I didnt get any welcoming feelings from her. It was all attitude coming from her. And even though I pre checked in with all of my insurance information but my secondary insurance was never added she claimed that she didnt get it which I dont know how thats even possible when I
January 16, 2023
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in the near future. I'm not sold yet on full display of pricing for dental practices, especially since pricing can be affected by insurance, and not every case will be the same and may have complexities that increase the price, but I think for at least some services it has immediate benefit. I feel
May 19, 2021
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an infographic a couple of day ago, with some statistics regarding millennials expectations of dental websites, and availability of pricing was on of them. Here is the infographic image:Price is one thing. Insurance overage is another. How would you reconcile the two? Seems like there could be a lot of layers to this.
December 21, 2017
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providers (website designers, as well as dentists) shows that poor communication is far and away a more common cause of poor reviews than the quality of the actual work. I am talking about changes like adding a direction icon to the header, adding a section for insurance participation. They told me
July 23, 2017
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collect most of the money owed to us while the patient is in the office, but this seems like it would be convenient for the families who owe random balances after insurance. Or more importantly, for the I don't have my checkbook/CC or I have to talk to my husband crowds who who leave after
October 28, 2017
Dentist Websites
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own data-driven results - no guessing!:) What should a home page have? A home page should have one (or two) clear, default calls-to-action to get the visitor to do something that you want them to do (see your gallery, learn about how you take insurance, etc.). Only YOU know your practice well
September 28, 2020
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practice management software? Also, what about insurance patients? Can they enter their info somewhere so we can check their eligibility? What if it's an HMO and we only take PPO? is there a flag to let the patient know when they are clicking through? or is it a situation where we are notified, we get
November 14, 2017
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. They are two VERY different and entirely SEPARATE things. It's like asking someone how much do you pay for gas / car insurance? It's an impossible question to answer. The questions must be separated into... How much are you paying for SEO (and what are you getting for it)? Along
September 21, 2015
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people are just going to go to whoever is closer, cheaper, or accepts their insurance. You may be an amazing dentist but it doesn't matter if nobody knows you exist or if after looking at the site they think this doesn't look like it's anything special Hi Shortfill, The best performing dental
December 11, 2021
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not advertise but my office comes first after paying customers. I have 2-3 new patients a day. but some of them either with Medicaid or insurances we do not accept. Gregory
October 27, 2015
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with highly-focused campaigns for specific services like that, both FFS / insurance centered practices. It's a matter of how the content is written, how the website is tuned for search engines, and how advertising budgets are allocated, monitored, and refined. It's an ongoing process, and it takes some
November 03, 2018
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totally agree with you Dr. Murph. This particular practice only makes this online payment option available to extraction patients as a convenient way to pay for leftovers after insurance payouts that are maxed etc.(small amounts) and at off hours. It's handy to collect $55 here and there that would
November 21, 2019
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! Look where the first organic ranking is. You can't as I cannot shrink my browser small enough to get a screen shot of even the #1 organic listing. What's going on with Local Search results is so obvious but many are in denial. Yep! Sometimes it's Ad #1,2,and 3 then a map with Ad #1,2 and 3
November 14, 2020
Dentist Websites
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schedulers, online forms, intranets, forums, interactive insurance comparison tables, financing calculators, etc. - to streamline your operations, to help people use your website easily and efficiently, and to eventually increase your conversions. People come to your website and expect to see the features
January 05, 2016
Dentist Websites
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appointments, verify insurance if applicable, and confirm the reason they're coming in. So the feedback we've gotten from Dentists is they want the ability for patients to request an appointment, not so much actually schedule it. This is a good opportunity for screening patients. Requesting
March 07, 2014
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said the average dental sites gets an F? Google? David When it comes to website maintenance and hosting there's a plan for everyone. Think of it like insurance, if everything is going smoothly then your hosting company is making money off you. If something goes wrong and it takes a lot of time
September 28, 2018
Dentist Websites
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. Treat it that way. LOL, you mean I DON'T need this malpractice insurance you sold me?? Dentists still need to explain what's involved in various procedures. As a dentist, you can't simply say ok you're going to do a procedure you know nothing about and I'm not answering any questions because it's
September 05, 2018
Dentist Websites
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fine. But then we have a client who is a very aggressive marketer, with a growing group practice, paying $4000 per month but they are getting about 500 new patients a month. We often have clients who want to break out of insurance dependence and target a higher-value patient. One not too long ago paid
March 12, 2020
Dentist Websites
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desk person when i started otherwise i would never survived my startup out sourcing is good and breakaway will help here and there but do not depend on them primarily to answer your phones. ypy can use them to verify insurances fpr you which will save time.you need to hire good people at front
February 22, 2016
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by their sales associate -most of the patients that did request to book an appointment and advertised to via their SEO service had medicaid insurance 2. When you try to contact them directly, to make changes you are shuttled between a practice success manager and a Customer experience team member
July 31, 2022
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patient, when I read (scan) the content on a site, I'm not devouring the content, I'm not even reading every word on a page, I'm seeing if they offer the service I need, and if they do, and they take my insurance or my dental plan, and they come recommended, then I'll call them. I'd venture to say
July 16, 2018
Dentist Websites
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on the insurance list. They also could be googling and in truth, if there are only two of you, it's likely that a potential patient will look at your site and your competitor's site. And believe me, it's the messaging more than the glitter that will guide the patient in their decision. We have an endo site
October 19, 2020
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site load times. Sounds like you're writing all your own content too there, be aware. Oh I missed this. Yes this is getting rather expensive for a skeleton site + designThe Dentrix plugin is on the website so that new patients can go to the website and fill in medical history, insurance info
March 15, 2014
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their insurance or not, your hours and maybe look at a few photos. Actually they probably already saw your location on the SERP Map, likely looked at Reviews o the SERP Page, maybe photos in GMB and they haven't even gotten to your web site yet. Anyway, the dentist search page is likely your Home Page
July 09, 2020
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going to accept insurance? All of these factors will determine a.) How customized your website needs to be, and b.) What level of SEO Local and Organic you will need initially and on an ongoing basis. SEO is so much more than just keywords, a start-up likely will require you to spend a little more
August 18, 2017
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we build an agency on top of that, but we're always happy to place nice with others. I recommend to have at least: - a homepage - a Meet the Doctor page (your bio) - an About the Office page (office photos, amenities) - a Patient information page (insurance, financing info, first visit info, NP
July 02, 2017
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, etc. and get something up and running. It doesn't have to be fantastic. Just make sure you have: Home About Services Insurance Information (if you take insurance). Patient Information Blog Contact ...and make sure there's a clickable phone #. Think of it this way, I had a patient come
April 24, 2020
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to imply that all of the companies here are similar to dentists who commit insurance fraud. David Well we can agree to disagree. Of course you will like to argue about the experience as you have a conflict of interest in the game. Lets wait to hear from other posters. Which part are we disagreeing about
January 15, 2026
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with a prospect. No and with the nuances of dental insurance and closed dental PMS with absolutely not interest in opening up API keys to integrate outside services, its not possible.Chats for dentists have to be monitored by humans, and thats a problem for us given current overhead. We've tried
April 08, 2021
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is that I don't want people to think they can pick and choose which office they attend. They are distinct businesses with distinct patient lists. We have swapped some patients around for geographic or insurance reasons, but don't want it to be a habbit. I appreciate any advice. I am not a SEO expert
October 08, 2015
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would get us in 3 phone books and 80 NP per month.....ahhh those were the days... dougYeah, but there were more people back then Doug.....heyyyyy now..waiiitt...a minute..how did that happen? .. r, If Apple has a electric car on the road by 2019.... then ALL dentists will be marketing on Apple TV.... by 2020....because we will be owned by the insurance companies... doug
October 01, 2015
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the major employers is a part of our long term marketing plan. Also, our Smile Savers plan is presented to all patients w/out insurance. We sell quite a bit of it and people really like that we have an option for them. Sometimes, it's cheaper for them to buy the Smile Savers and get the 25
February 14, 2019
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. Realistically, there are only a dozen (maybe two dozen) topics worth going for. P.S. Insurance and payment plans aren't a great example of long tails. I would consider them topics totally worthy of a landing page. You're example ... Implant dentist my town with payment planis a 100% geographically relevant
November 09, 2017
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patients are looking for credentials and reviews, info about the dentist and his her experience and are very particular about who they let touch them. The other half is looking for pricing info, insurance coverage etc. Be transparent about your practice, your experience and pricing to bring in new
January 17, 2020
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. This idea that people aren't reading content is wrong. Long-form content is still the standard. I would rethink this, especially if you want to sell on more than price and insurance participation alone. As for intermediate offers, anything with perceived value will work. Vouchers are cool if discounts
June 15, 2020
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new patients is no brainer) 4. Where does EVERY NP come from? Even if they say Internet it's better than not having any data. Generally it's limited to: a) website (phone call/form) b) GMB/GPB (phone call). c) PPC d) Internet referral (insurance website, other local website, etc) e) Internal referral f) Friend/family/other professional referral g) Any other marketing you're doing (mailers, coupons). David
October 05, 2022
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a lot more phone calls from new patients wanting to schedule. They either found me from a Google search or saw me on their insurance list and checked out my website. I am not a paid spokesman :) Just really happy with how the website turned out and glad that they are super friendly
June 23, 2017
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really bad advice. Life insurance doesn't guarantee immortality. If your SEO company wants to offer a money back guarantee, why on this green earth would you stop them? All other things being equal, a guarantee should inspire confidence. I think what Google is actually saying is that no one can
January 21, 2017
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don't know... don't even care (much). Here's why: I care more about the ROI, not just the number of patients. One really GOOD patient from my website per month can make it worthwhile. So, which would you rather have? 20 NPs who just want what insurance covers? Or 1 NP that wants her entire mouth
January 27, 2012
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for insurances we are in network with. Any other suggestions? Here's the original/current: A few quick bits of feedback for you: 1) Patient choice award thing is fine but it should be a clickable link and take you to a page explaining the award. Instead the link takes you to a page to search
August 04, 2015
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