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in the community and really horrible google review. We thought to buy it from him and turn it around. Due to his bad reputation, I am afraid most likely he is under consultants review by some insurance companies. I am afraid that the location is flagged everythough we are going in their with our own
June 14, 2017
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Wow, totally not that simple. Only that simple if you signed individual contracts with every in network insurance you have. If not, throughabsorption of participation amongst carriers, it gets crazy. Im in network with probably over20 insurances. Ive signed contracts with like 4. Im currently
January 20, 2019
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Do you accept my insurance means Are you in-network according to you. Quote: (kidesperanto) So accept and take really means in network, but in network doesn't mean least expensive now. Got it. Im glad I understand the rules everyone is just making up here. How bout just answer the frickin
January 21, 2019
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to the do you take my insurance question which there is so much disagreement on DT about a simple concept. From personal experience I will say that as long as patients get their free sh*t they don't care much for the in/out of network since it doesn't cost them a penny extra. Now I do need to ask
January 19, 2019
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! It is not as hard as you think. Yes I worked hard and work hard but compared to what I hear from my colleagues man there is no way to take the hair cut they are taking We do file insurance as a courtesy for the patients but I am OON. Fees in the 70-100+% zone according to fee surveys. for what a fee survey
January 18, 2019
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Just curious after a conversation I had with a colleague at lunch the other day as to how many here actually own and operate a non PPO office (I fudged on saying strictly FFS as that implies not even taking any insurance) in an area surrounded by PPO offices? What I mean just to clarify
January 12, 2019
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if you mean what I suspect you mean...that is completely undeserved and totally uncalled for. You have no idea what I mean. Your post is silly. We only ask name, phone number, and email. Nothing else. If they volunteer any insurance info, we'll take it. We don't ask for it though. If they ask
January 12, 2019
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it from my understanding and wants me to help design a new building, hire appropriate staff, and oversee the office. I have my own practice in Washington state and would have a US standard of care be a requirement. I see a lot of bad dentistry from India. Don't have to deal with insurances either which
September 17, 2023
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Yea, they don't want to know the ins and outs. They just want to know that you are filing insurance and being paid by them. If they wanted to understand more, they'd learn to find a provider off the insurance list and never call your office in the first place. That's been my experience, at least
February 25, 2019
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: The Unintended Consequences of Insurance As a third generation dentist and brother to a dentist, I fear for the dental profession. I am also worried about how the public's dental needs will be served in the future. Dentistry is a very special profession
January 13, 2019
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guessing that it is more likely a re-branding than a startup.DentalBar seems to imply a place where you can get your dental care done and have a drink while you're there.Here's another interesting concept: i want a free drink b/c my insurance is paying for it haha From that, Smile Bar was born
June 12, 2019
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is most likely going to die with a handpiece in his hand. He takes no insurances and has a smaller practice hidden in an office building with medical doctors. Our plan would be to advertise like crazy and take insurances. My other practices are insurance driven - low OH practices.The second practice
July 12, 2019
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/cbct, theoffice will chart insurance/patient accordingly. Do you foresee any problems with this setup? I think the biggest problem would be if and when the machine needs repair. And if one of us moves out of sells the office, wonder how it needs to be handled. If anyone has any
March 27, 2019
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I am trying to decide between Southern Vermont or Western Massachusetts for a practice location. Are there any particulars to practicing in Vermont or Massachusetts that I need to be aware of. Any difference in insurance? Are the state boards different in their practices? Western MA is more
July 30, 2023
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into your denture population coming to see YOU.Maine is a gold mine. I met a dentist at a course a few months ago and she can't even find a buyer for her practice. They don't take any insurance at all either. I would totally move up there from Boston but I love city life too much. Has anyone heard
February 25, 2016
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to 5 competitors. Can anybody explain to me what would drive a patient to door 101, with general dentist, vs doors 102-106? Especially with docs who take insurance, it just seems absolutely dumb to put your office literally adjacent to 5 others. For those located in a professional building filled
September 25, 2020
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, insurance), heat, light, insurance, maintenance and repair, cleaning, etc. If you do go forward and your expectation is to NOT build out all of the space at the beginning, make sure that the TI language does NOT say that the landlord is only required to reimburse TI dollars actually spent by you
May 17, 2014
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the insurance game until you are sick of not getting paid. I would not sign an insurance contract, just play the game with the patients where you try to get as much as you can, the insurance pays a little, and then you try to get the patient to pay the balance. It is very stressful and consumes a lot of time
June 30, 2014
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I feel a bit dumb asking this question but I'd rather been ask it here than to the leasing agent. When I asked how much the cost of the lease she sent me this Asking Rental Rate: Mid ThirtiesFixed CAM: $6.00 PSFPro-rata Real estate tax: $2.73 PSFPro-rata real estate insurance: $.45
May 20, 2017
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that leads you into the plaza -anchored by Target, a higher end grocery store, TJ maxx, nail salon, pizza place, pet store, mini gym and insurance agency -newer and more modern looking plaza built in 2005 - about 3 min drive from site A -rent: $25/sf including NNNs
August 20, 2015
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Do you get a lot of the patients from those corporations or do the employees generally tend to find providers closer to where they... ??? If you mean a large employer... the employee will go closer to home to the dentist that takes their PPO... If we like the PPO or insurance of a new patient
September 03, 2016
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or their insurance website to find a dentist. He said a good online marketing plan, a favorable dentist:pop ratio should allow me to succeed. Forgot to mention that most of his listings where in really bad locations. What does everyone think about his opinion? Having listened to thousands of NP calls
February 26, 2019
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for ideas and they told me to convert it into a dental practice it would be in the neighborhood of 60k. Current tenants I have include: farmers insurance agent, contracting company, and a medical doctor. Cash flow is very slightly (like 200) positive, including mortgage, taxes, insurance, utilities
April 02, 2015
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of Referral sources What kind of fee schedule is typical for the location? Consider the insurance carriers that reimburse for services in the area of consideration. Having a hospital nearby is a major advantage, 30% of ER visits deal with dental problems. LOCATION LOGISTICS: Once favorable
November 04, 2019
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be bad news. Secondly, if you're an insurance in-network provider for this company and it is or changes to a crap plan--again bad news. This can be a great way to build a core for the practice but just remember anytime you have a large group that makes up a significant portion of your business, you rise or fall with it.
February 14, 2015
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Data and Community Commons to compare them, but I haven't been able to find a good source for what kind of reimbursement they get from dental insurance companies. Their dentist to patient ratios and per capita incomes are similar, but Mt Airy is close to a major city and Easthampton is not, so I'm
March 22, 2018
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into things to expect if I move to Massachusetts - people, lifestyle, insurance, medicaid, differences in state laws/restrictions/dental board, etc. Thank you in advance! Obviously, it's possible to successful anywhere, but far as business ownership, Texas is almost as good as it gets. Mass is an awesome
November 03, 2019
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an excellent point with respect to the NNN charges (common area maintenance, real estate taxes, fire and casualty insurance), which may vary widely from property to property. When I am ever asked what is commonly included in that ballpark, rule of thumb percentage range (5%?, 6%?), I struggled to answer
March 05, 2016
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are greats sources of patients. Just do real good work and they are no competition at allCool, nice to hear positive comments! I feel more confident...You do need to put in work though. You better feel look and act higher scale. I take all the same insurances but the office is clean my staff is gold
April 20, 2015
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the fixed or minimum rent (That's why there are three Ns.) Common Area Maintenance (CAM) (N) Real estate taxes (N) Landlord's fire and casualty insurance (N) SoCAMispartofNNN- not a separate expense. So the 5-9% includes NNN? That makes a huge difference in certain places. The NNN of some
August 18, 2018
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paying patients and less dentists that take their insurance in the specific area. 1 dentist :3000 people is a good number to shoot for. 1:4000 is very good. 1:2000 is a minimum and 1:1000 and you probably picked the wrong location or have another skill set that makes you marketable in the area
January 06, 2017
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Area #2. If I go area #1, as the fourth new startup within a year, being OON is much less promising, and I don't want to be insurance based given current trends. Any thoughts or advice? TIA. You had me at 55 years old+. Thats my kind of patient. No kids to soak up their income. Option 2 sounds
September 14, 2022
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Vegas and Henderson) seems to have insurance fee schedules on the very low end. Most of the union insurances are capitation plans (HMO type plans). There are many dentists doing very well. Unfortunately, there are tons of corporate dental offices all over the valley. Northern Nevada has fee
April 13, 2019
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in that same radius?If there are 30K, and most other offices have insurance particpation, it's gonna be a slow-go unless you have a unique offering or keep tons in-house...This is the demographics for 2012 as per loopnet Population 1-mi. 3-mi. 5
January 25, 2014
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. There are days we see 35+ patients. 40+ np/month. I've managed to take the practice from 300k to just over 1 mil. Overhead is 50%. In-network with most insurances and not looking to drop them. They pay pretty well in my area. Things are going well but I've been looking for ways to expand. Hygiene
December 01, 2022
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. Smell was never an issue.You need to talk to your property insurance provider, they may try and increase your premiums or ask that the nail salon provide their own liability coverage. This is what happened to me.I had a nail salon directly adjacent to my office. It literally burned down and did
February 07, 2017
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dentist in my county of 20k which is one of the four poorest in my state. However, adjacent counties which have 20-25k folks desperately need dentists as well.Ive taken a step back and realized how much we have been writing off, and well be raising our fees and renegotiating our fees with insurances
August 24, 2022
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for you and your competition to relocate to this location. Assuming that it is economically feasible for you to do this. ~EricGo for it, but be mindful of attempting to rely upon any rental income to make this work...it it's not you, someone else...Makes second opinions very easy...guess if there the dentist-pop ratio is favorable for you then it wouldn't be too bad. Perhaps buy extra fire insurance just in...
March 19, 2016
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. Also, the practice will be open to PPO and FFS only, but is this recommended way to go or should I receive some Medicaid/Dentaquest insurance at first as well and drop them as patients build up? Any idea would be greatly appreciated Why do you want to do a start up versus buy an existing...Yes, sir
January 18, 2015
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does online marketing and they have very good reviews, its a husband/wife team and I'm sure they are well liked....I know this because I went to school with them. I believe this office is in-network with only a few if any insurances. Another office about 3 miles away in the other direction
January 24, 2017
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Hello all, thanks for your contributions to the board. I've been learning from a distance. I am considering a start up in the city I've been associating for 3+ years and had an opportunity fall into my lap I want your opinion on. Practice vision is mainly FFS with some select insurance, remember
April 12, 2018
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it or have lost their insurance. Same story you will hear elsewhere. Pick you area carefully. It is not a town for the meek. Skeeters are a force; humidity unlike anywhere else. You don't live in Houston for the scenery; you live in Houston to make a living. It has a big heart, but watch for it in your ear
August 22, 2016
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will need about 3,000 sq. ft. of phase I. I would like to have 8 operatories at full capacity. The tenants I am looking for would be medical, small retail (dry cleaners, insurance, ink shop, cell phone) Or perhaps have a pedo or ortho office take the whole phase II unit. I have considered two story
December 14, 2017
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enough CE one year? Didn't keep BLS up to date? Or is he a druggie that fondled his patients while committing insurance fraud? In the first case, I'd probably chalk it up to an old guy that was getting ready to retire but just make sure you go over the lease with high magnification. In the second
September 03, 2016
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It is not bad on any of those things or it likely wouldn't be a profitable practice. There are other things that you need to pay close attention to like the lease, insurance and large employers, premier status, but don't worry about 1-5 if it's making bank. My advice: Buy the biggest, most profitable
January 23, 2022
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in full, no deductions, and they collect from their insurance whatever the insurance pays. FD sends the claim electronically, and it ends there. And that is about it. No after hours messages, no emergencies after hours either, no week ends. This works great if you are not a hands on guy, which I am
April 21, 2018
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space. If you can, get around 3200 sq ft minimum.Sounds like a lot of very positive location attributes. Your ability to cover the rent (and CAM, taxes, maintenance and repairs, utilities, insurance, cleaning, etc.) is strictly a function of revenue generation. If you have determined
March 26, 2018
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with find it easier to find patients. Better insurances over there and we have had a flood of dentists the last 5 years thanks to UW expansion. All of it is nice due to the lack of income tax but there really is no area that isnt in stiff...I moved out from CA to WA due to cost of living. However
February 03, 2017
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insurance reimbursements are like in the...Hey, drunks have teeth too! But they usually don't care about taking care of them! Here is an answer. It may not be the one you're looking for. However, it may provide you with some context. No matter where you go, it is nearly impossible, unless you
February 09, 2016
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) asking patients for referrals? Are you calling EVERY patient at night that received anesthetic? Tons of ideas for internal and external marketing. 3. Some consultants say your facilities costs should be 3-7%. That's actually a huge range. Facilities costs: rent, taxes, insurance, utilities, janitorial
December 12, 2017
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