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coming in. I am using a marketing company called LassoMD but I am trying to search for new avenues to increase my new patient flow. I am currently not participating with any insurances but I am contemplating adding 1-2 strategically to help with this problem. The previous owner spent years dropping
May 27, 2026
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a path to do higher quality dentistry. I think the vast majority of FFS dentists are simply offices that want to profit more with less constraints (insurance denials, etc). There is a natural side effect of profiting more on a case that allows a dentist to use higher priced labs and equipment
June 05, 2024
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hasn't been back. Oddly, his wife and mother still come to me. Moral of the story: Dropping insurance will filter out your problem patients automatically. Delta specifically has the most cost conscious patients who create issues when they have that $20 copay. This gets lost sometimes amongst the usual
May 12, 2026
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, but haven't really done the SEO game yet. We have nothing but 5 star google reviews (ok 1 or 2 that are 4 stars). Most of our new patients are either internal referrals, google search/reviews, and from insurance websites. I imagine there are different strategies for different goals. My goals (poorly thought
May 10, 2026
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numerous pts where preventive is covered by insurance at 100% AND it doesn't count towards their yearly benefit and they still say they don't want x-rays and/or exams. How or why doesn't giving away a free exam make you care any more than someone that gets renumerated for their work? Unless
May 09, 2026
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office besides the "insurance list" I don't have staff or doctors directly ask for referrals. That tends to feel forced and inconsistent, and no likes doing it. What I recommend is a simple protocol where the team does a quick quality control survey at the end of the visit, and if the patient
April 23, 2026
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, and decide digitally. The building still matters, but it is no longer the growth strategy. Demographics are equally misunderstood. Dentists like simple metrics like dentist per population or household income. The reality is more complex. Income, insurance mix, age distribution, competition density
May 10, 2026
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certain denial appeal. My LLC is under my name and I have 4 different DBAs.. Make sure you get all the DBA variations on your name and business name... It'll make depositing checks easier when some one writes it a different way. They were only $5-10 each. Thanks, will need to consider this.
December 11, 2020
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misunderstanding? What's the goal with the membership plan? I have a fair number of seniors and other clients without insurance. This is to keep them loyal to the office Sounds reasonable. They should like that. You may want to consider incorporating a family plan too. If you see kids. That's fair
February 15, 2026
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joined...and allowed the carriers to define you and parse patients, even defining to the consumer the issue of quality and fairness. Proof...read the complaints about treatment denials. Those are the fruits of joining. Dentistry existed before insurance and exists without it. Dental carriers would
November 09, 2012
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dentist' is weak. 'Explained everything, gentle, bilingual front desk, no upselling' is powerful. Second, clean up your online footprint. Your Name, Address, Phone number (NAP) has to match everywhere. Website, Google Business profile, insurance directories, Facebook, Yelp. Inconsistencies confuse AI
April 22, 2026
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Hello! I am wondering if anyone can recommend a better way to keep track of EFT payments from insurance companies? We use Tesia bridge and Open Dental. We are not able to see when a payment goes in through EFT until we see our bank statement or go on each insurance website and check the inbox
October 18, 2014
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We are only in network with Delta Dental Premier but we accept all PPOs. My staff more or less have a script that they go thru when patients ask if we accept their insurance, basically informing patients that we do, but are not preferred providers. On websites like healthgrades, when listing your
January 18, 2017
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Reprinted from , health insurance industry business, financial and regulatory news May 7, 2012Volume 22Issue 17 The reason I am sharing this is because there is a method to marketing that is not advertising, but included in advertising. Notice they market the brand, something private practice
January 28, 2015
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I have always been under the impression that if you have a promotion, it must be available for all patients whether they have insurance or not. For example, if you a discounted exam or free xrays, you must write off that amount to the insurance even though technically insurance patients get
December 30, 2014
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I came across a local dental office page who is offering a kind of preventative and discount insurance plan. http://varinosdental.com/office-info/varinos-dental-gold-plan/ It seem like a good idea. Does anyone have any experience or thoughts about it? Happy new year! Anurag Anyone?...In-house
January 02, 2014
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to your territory, but until the public has any idea what a QDP dentist is, I don't understand how that is helpful. Other then that they have some software and training. Regardless, I instituted my own which is doing pretty well as most of my patients don't have dental insurance. i can see how
October 21, 2015
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No,Rollisn't misspelled. It's a play on words for how we misunderstand marketing, insurance, and consumers. Below comes from the Harvard Business Review: You're probably familiar with the purchase funnel... that consumers go from awareness to interest to desire to action, gradually reducing
October 15, 2016
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It seems like all of the corporations in our area are taking up the first 5 pages in our zip code. There is one that literally dominates page 1-3 because they have so many associates, they are all credentialed with the insurance company (even after they quit) so to a prospective patient it looks
October 15, 2015
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practices. 1) If you look at Len's posting about his practice he states that People leave his practice because he does not take their insurance or he is too expensive. But both Len and Dr. McMasters accepts Groupen in their practices. What is wrong with that picture. When was the last time you
April 28, 2012
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appointment. If they try, they'll be prompted to call the office. Hopefully that helps! How do you get insurance information from patients that schedule online? What if the patient is on a PPO and can't come to your office. LuEllen I feel like there should be a LocalMed Ultimate Guidebook. Like
November 05, 2025
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) are actually not real FFS patients. They are hoping their insurance pays enough for them to say yes. Insurance has trained the masses! We spend hardly anything outside supporting local stuff that is inexpensive. But we are in a small market (granted growing). This isn't what we're seeing and we work
February 09, 2026
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Hello Townies, For NP Specials ($79 Exam and X Ray), any advices on the wordings so that it applies to non-insurance pts only, and wont cause any conflicts w/ insurance pts. Appreciated! Just put a disclaimer at bottom that says, Can not be used in conjunction with dental insurance Here's how
August 07, 2023
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of uncertainty. Most dentists see spending 2%+ on marketing as a great idea. But those who don't, will gladly accept the draconian tax imposed by insurance providers. Why is this small minority so counter-intuitive? Now I get it, an empty chair is bad. Regardless of who's in the chair, it behooves many
October 16, 2015
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accept insurance? If so what is the profit you make on a new patient exam. x-rays, etc. If you are running 67% overhead how many patients does it take to make 10k per month (break even on the advertising). The answer is 15k to break even on your 10k expenditure. 2-if you accept insurance, what
January 28, 2026
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personal dentist from facebook or social media....or how you decided on your personal dentist. Was it tik tok videos, insurance driven, how did YOU decide. Myself I think the social media thing is better suited to bars and resturants...not healthcare providers. It may be my patient base, but I don't
July 15, 2025
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. So far, I've not been able to find out if Texas insurance authorities are beginning to clamp down on in house dental plans. This is my dilemma: I am very interested in developing an in-house dental plan. We are currently a practice that takes mostly PPO insurance and a handful of select
July 02, 2017
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woman, so I found it very inappropriate to consult them about my bills before speaking with me about the balance.They also gave my parents inaccurate estimates and recommend a procedure to my mom that she didn't need. They lied my parents and told them a procedure was fully covered by insurance
January 19, 2016
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information, and once that window passes they just kind of ghost. so if you are using a funnel mechanism to try and filter out, i think you would need to start with a lot of leads which means a lot of clicks which in turn could mean a lot of $. and if you are dealing with potential insurance patients you
September 03, 2024
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there is literally 10 dentists on every block Yes... to all your...Not illegal......... If the practice pays the co-pay or if the insurance is informed that the co-pay will not be...Federal law never allows waivers of patient responsibility to be offered as part of any advertisement or solicitation. Basically
July 21, 2017
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. And what's to say the company will keep Cigna another year? Isn't the goal in life to take less insurance? someone tell me to quit looking at thier proposal for the fee schedule and keep keeping on. I dropped the bcbs plan years ago. It was started by our local colleagues and then overtaken by idiots
October 12, 2015
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Is it insurance fraud to offer a new cleaning/exam for uninsured patients only? Wouldn't I have to offer the same price to every patient?I think based on reading previous posts it probably is fraud, but it doesn't stop me from seeing them plastered everywhere. I'm doing a pedo startup in a month
June 15, 2018
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So I run a FFS practice in suburban Philadelphia where the dental market is over-saturated with dentists. Monthly we grapple with how to get new patients to our practice and how to compete with insurance practices in our area. I have been struggling with the idea of starting to accept some
February 19, 2017
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we have really just tried to push it during new patient phone calls. I'm also toying with changing the plan to have a few different levels similar to how insurance companies label their plans. Right now we have an adult plan and a pedo plan. Flat yearly rate, no enrollment fee that covers, 2 exams
January 22, 2024
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lower fees and make it up on the backside with higher fees for other procedures while youre down there. I've seen a corp try to sell insurance.....like insurance against early failure of their dentistry....like fillings failing before 2 years etc.....imagine that lol that's crazy
July 20, 2023
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a 65 year old uninsured patient to get a Dental Insurance Policy. I priced it with 4 major insurance companies and AARP. What I came up with was that the costs ranged b/w $450-$650 for that policy. So I made mine $299 because when I promoted it I wanted to say it was almost half the cost of dental
October 02, 2016
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It's been a long time since I posted here but I went thru a coding/insurance CE seminar last weekend and left with more questions than answers. Thus I'm hoping Dentaltown can help me clarify my thoughts. In the seminar there were a lot of warnings against marketing, promotions, and discounts. I
November 07, 2016
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New office owner here! I just purchased an existing practice (mostly older adult patients) and am still trying to figure out this whole insurance, cash pt, promotions, legal or not legal, murky waters... Is it legal to offer coupond for tx? Or is this considered insurance fraud? We charge 35
March 08, 2017
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Link here: Hi Kevin, Do you have a financial form for patients to sign that basically explains that we are out of network with their insurance and any and all balances are their responsibility. We file all claims on behalf of the patient and will accept insurance payments, but their benefits
August 17, 2015
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Besides age, income etc, how detailed of s list can you get? Particularly:Insurance patient hasNo insurance patientsEmployer Are you looking for online or direct? Which segments are important to you? What's the intended outcome of this particular campaign? For direct, InfoUSA can give you a good
August 25, 2016
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A doctor in my area has a $49 cleaning coupon offer. In the disclaimer text he has written excluding insurance. Can you do that? I've seen many similar offers in mail and on the internet. I'm pretty sure it's...No free bleach trays?? What a tight a&&!! I think the offer would have
February 06, 2015
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I am thinking of advertising for a low cost budget crown. I know some of you have done this, if the cost of the low cost crown is less than some insurance fees, how do you bill for the crown for those with insurance? Basically i am going to have a budgetcrown, and then a regular priced crown. I
September 25, 2014
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for the right dentist.I don't necessarily see a problem here. It seems like one could price care at slow times of the day at different rates than highly prized times... The real issue is insurance is likely to get big ass confused with all sorts of different fees for the same procedure. Seems it's
March 06, 2016
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of your dental insurance benefits this year, you lose them forever? That's right - no dental benefit plan we know of allows you to carry unused benefits over to the following year. If you don't use them, you lose them! You may have benefits remaining this year. Waiting until next year means
September 21, 2016
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raised our fees. At the 2nd practice our fees were being paid in full so we dropped all of the insurance networks. So...on top of buying a 2nd office and sharing our schedule between the 2, we dropped insurance networks, and raised our fees. Needless to say we lost some patients because
June 24, 2014
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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
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small town and patients have been rigid to make change . We only take 2 insurances . Can anyone suggest a consulting company or advise me which is the best marketing company to use . I did try an add in the newspaper that didn't give me much . Thanks so much I wouldn't add insurances as a first
October 21, 2016
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. I also liked that the focus of the training is to get people to schedule and work-out the details later. My staff had trouble with this. They wanted to answer every ridiculous question a person might have. We compromised and came up with a complimentary meet-and-greet/insurance breakdown
March 04, 2014
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There is a local company here where we see A LOT of patients. However, I know there are STILL A LOT that dont see a dentist and use their AWESOME company dental insurance.... I want to drop off somekind of package about our practice saying, we treat hundreds of your coworkers so why dont you come
February 25, 2016
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on the cheap.You already give a huge marketing discount by accepting those insurances. Now you gotta spend much more to get the word out via SEO? Friend, this is a losers game. Not picking on you, many dentists dont understand this grift. Long story short you insurance is supposed to do this marketing for you
March 13, 2025
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