My Practice My Business Dental Podcast

Send us a text Direct Operating Costs per hour are one of the most important business concepts we must master in our dental practices if we want profitable businesses. Support the show

Send us a text You can have three things in every health care system: Those three things are affordability, universality, and quality. However, every health care system can only guarantee no more than two of the three at a time. Because of the current medical system, and their reimbursement rates, physicians have discovered a way…

Send us a text Those who control the words that are used in dentistry, control the mind of the dentist, dental team, and unfortunately the patient. The verbiage on estimation of benefits, or EOBs, are often times damaging to the doctor/patient relationship, make the front office look incompetent, and can simply damage the patient trust…

Send us a text Insurance companies want us to bundle our services, team members think that layering fees will come across as “nickel and diming” our patients. The practice needs to be profitable. Understanding the definition of nickel and diming will help you overcome your unjustifiable feelings of guilt for charging for what you do. …

Send us a text Learn the 8 areas of being a team leader, not a follower. That includes you Doc! Support the show

Send us a text We here at My Practice My Business are engaged in having restricting verbiage removed from the ADA CDT Code Books. Anesthesia and Suturing should not be given away as free ticket items to our patients. They come with a cost of goods to our practices just like anything else we do….

Send us a text Ignorance and Complacency, two terms that hold dental practices back from learning how to achieve greatness. Support the show

Send us a text Whenever sales reps from dental companies teach us about new technology available for purchase, they always teach us the features of the materials, machines, etc. What we need to hear is does it benefit our patient, and is there a direct return on our investment. Unfortunately, they are only taught the…

Send us a text Are we going to run our dental practices as a business or a hobby? We welcome our good friend and strategic partner, Wes Jankowski, to our podcast. Wes is the president and owner of CEO Dentist out of Denver, Colorado. His insights are fantastic, and we hope you enjoy his thought…

Send us a text All too often patients with periodontal disease are seen for scaling and root planing, and then placed on “forever” periodontal maintenance. Hygienists save lives! Yet, the majority of dental offices simply do not give them the time required to eliminate periodontal disease due to time constraints in the schedule. But the…