Send us Fan Mail Organized dentistry has a choice: -Either listen to your remaining members and tackle insurance reform, or -Continue with platitudes over principles Every ADA administration, every ADA leader, every state dental association has said the same thing over and over…
Send us Fan Mail The dental profession is facing a quiet but growing crisis, one that many practicing dentists feel every day but few leaders are addressing effectively. At the heart of the issue is a disconnect between current economic realities and the leadership guiding the profession. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail Today we talk about the code changes we requested for the CDT Code Book, and what we requested to be removed in the CDT Code Book. What followed was not what we thought would happen. The individual who placed the anesthetic verbiage at the head of each category admitted he should…
Send us Fan Mail This episode isn’t just the end of our 10-week campaign, it’s the beginning of a conversation that the American Dental Association needs to start having. Because if the ADA truly exists to unite the dental profession and advocate for providers and patients, then it’s time to prove it. Utah has led…
Send us Fan Mail The Link Between Fair Pay and Team Prosperity When insurance companies dictate fees and force write-offs, the first people to feel it aren’t the executives in corporate headquarters, it’s the dental teams. When practices lose thousands every month due to unfair reimbursements, that’s money that can’t go toward staff raises, bonuses,…
Send us Fan Mail When we started this 10-week series, our goal was simple, to help dentists bill for what they do and get paid fairly for what they do. And the reason that’s so important goes beyond money. It’s about honesty. It’s about transparency. It’s about patient trust. Every law we’ve discussed, from bundling…
Send us Fan Mail Before this law, we started noticing something troubling — insurance companies were trying to shorten the timely filing period to just three months. Three months might sound fine on paper, but anyone who’s ever worked the front desk knows that’s barely enough time to process complex claims, wait on coordination of…
Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever done the right thing for your patient and then been told you have to write it off — this episode is for you. In 2025, Utah passed one of the most important laws in modern dentistry — part of HB 495 — that made it illegal for insurance…
Send us Fan Mail “HB 495: Dispensing Practitioner Status — Restoring Common Sense to Dentistry” It took months of discussions, revisions, and clarifications, but in 2025, Utah passed HB 495, officially adding dentists to the list of approved dispensing practitioners. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail The sky is falling according to some of the numbers reported by the ADA and Health Institute. The numbers they report are somewhat misconstrued and don’t add up. Having said that, Tracy and I give a narrative on the numbers, and are happy to report that 2026 is looking great for…