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Staying Ahead of the Curve: Implementing Initiatives to Future-Proof Your Dental Practice

Planet DDS

While there may be speculation about what’s to come, it’s important to implement initiatives that can future-proof your dental practice. The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 challenged optimism, and while we’re still facing many of those realities, there are still reasons to remain positive.

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Claims and Collections: Create a Process That Benefits the Practice and Patient

Off the Cusp

Leveraging your practice management system with insurance claims software that can instantly confirm current benefits, codes and copays can help lighten the claims burden for team members and increase efficiency by putting answers to common insurance issues at their fingertips. dental spending – June 2020 update. Software tools.

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Dental practice goals for the new year: 5 opportunities for growth

Off the Cusp

Instead, consider these other opportunities for growth: Offer in-house payment plans : The impact of COVID-19 is still being felt among patients who may have lost their insurance coverage as the result of unemployment, but there are profitable ways dental practices can create custom payment options that are not related to in-network insurance.

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How to Discuss a Treatment Plan With Your Patients

Delivering Wow

Before the whole world shut down IN 2020, you might remember heading to the mall or Costco and walking by people offering free samples. In other words, share your enthusiasm about the treatment within the context of how it will benefit them. Encourage but don’t pressure patients.

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The Thriving Dental Software Ecosystem

Planet DDS

A New Way to Practice Dentistry. Back when Planet DDS was founded in 2003, many dental offices were still using color-coded paper files, and the idea of streamlining practice management through software was still in its infancy. Many practices were still using traditional film x-rays. Software Categories. Looking Ahead.