Deep Work in Dentistry Just read a super interesting book called Deep Work where the author makes the case that not only are we all personally absorbed by our cell phones, but also distracted at work thanks to email and constant interruption. At the same time,...
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Dental Office Manager Training: A Serious Need I heard a terrible story the other day about how a dentist began a vicious negative spiral when his well-loved dental office manager retired. When his office manager retired, he hired someone who had slightly less experience to take over....
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Dental office manager training for group dental practices Are you managing a multi-location group dental practice? Do you have a handful of offices where your dentists may rotate through or even help each other cover CE and vacation time by working in different locations? If so,...
Read MoreRead More[caption id="attachment_4408" align="alignright" width="220"] Are you a new dental office manager facing the cleanup of accounts?[/caption] Are you the cleanup crew? New office manager discovers the patient accounts are a mess Congratulations! You just got the job as dental office manager for a really nice dentist. This dentist is...
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[caption id="attachment_1889" align="alignright" width="252"] How you enter payments affects dentist compensation in groups (even for 2 DDS)[/caption] I received a phone call recently from an associate dentist wondering if he was being paid correctly because he noticed that although his production was higher than the senior...
Read MoreRead MoreDental Office Manager Career Future (2nd article of the two-part series) Now that we've established that the dental office manager is a dental team career path (even though the ADA doesn't recognize it as such), what will this look like in the future of dentistry? Already, the ADA...
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Dental Team Careers (1st article in a series) Pop quiz: What are the different staff positions in a dental practice? I think most of us would answer: Hygienist Assistant Office Manager Now, imagine we asked this same question to the ADA? Here's their answer: Hygienist Assistant Lab Technician Notice anything missing? On the American Dental Association's website page...
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Dental Staff Training: Dental Insurance Have you been thinking about dropping one of your PPO plans because you just can't take their reduced fee schedule any longer? There is a way to handle this properly. You want to let your patients know about your decision - and...
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What treatment did you provide to patients today? A couple extractions? A few fillings? A crown? If you run your day sheet – what was your production? Now, do you know you're getting paid for the work you do? Dental Insurance Withholds If the fee schedules for your...
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Dental Staff Training: Hygienists Open Schedule In most dental practices, if the hygiene schedule is open, the hygienist doesn't work. This is the trade-off for hygienists being the highest-paid members of the staff – they can only be paid when the schedule is full. So, how...
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