Carestack

JULY 8, 2021

Cloud-based practice management software lead the technology wave in dentistry and bring with it the benefits of automation. Dental practices can achieve new levels of self-reliance and productivity with automation and provide great value for their patients. Before exploring the ‘how’ of practice automation, let’s consider the ‘why’ of it first. Increasing competition in the market by Dental Service Organizations (DSOs) and groups, pushes practice owners to work harder than ever before.

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Dental service organizations (DSOs) Practice management Social media Marketing 250

Carestack

JUNE 25, 2021

Without a doubt, the case acceptance rates at your dental practice are the most important metric when it comes to production performance. Prominent literature on the subject matter is littered with techniques on how persuasive you should be, how impressive or professional you should seem, the kind of financial options you must provide, and how to offer quick fixes that maximize case acceptance per patient.

Insurance 177

Insurance Periodontics 177

Carestack

JUNE 14, 2021

Ogden Nash, an American poet well known for his light verse and humor summed up the discomfort of dental visitations with his quote “Some pains are physical and some are mental but one that’s both is dental”. . While the quality of dental procedures has progressed considerably since Ogdens time, the perceptions among people still remain the same. This is especially sad, considering that the tables have turned and this quote now applies more to dental practitioners than to patients. .

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Dental billing and coding Practice management Patient relations Dental procedures 137

Carestack

MAY 31, 2021

Successful practice production depends on patient volume and your ability to convince patients to accept dental treatments. Everything that happens inside your practice, namely the quality of your clinical operations, is directly within your control. Once your clinical operations are humming like a well-oiled machine, it’s time to examine your approach to boost patient volume.

Social media 246

Social media Marketing Insurance Practice management 246

Carestack

DECEMBER 30, 2020

For more than 10 years, Teledentistry has been used by many dentists across the world to spread out the accessibility of their dental practices, reducing the oral health disparities between urban and rural communities. Fast-forwarding to 2020, teledentistry has made the entire dental care delivery model more safe and convenient, along with lowering the overall cost of dentistry.

Teledentistry 152

Teledentistry Teledentistry Dental hospitals and clinics Telemedicine 152

Carestack

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Can your patients go directly to your website and book an appointment without shuffling back and forth to the dental office or making multiple calls to the front desk? Many dental practices still use legacy systems that require patients to make a phone call or visit the office in-person to schedule their appointments. This raises inconvenience from the patients’ side and may make them hesitant to schedule their next appointment with your practice.

Social media 130

Social media Growing your dental practice Practice management Dental practice management 130

Carestack

DECEMBER 30, 2020

For decades, dentists relied exclusively on their reputation and word of mouth marketing to help them build dental practices. But it’s 2020 and certainly, almost all of your audience is now spending their time on social media. Whether it’s blogging, video marketing, paid social ads, or even podcasts, you have to learn the specifics of social media marketing to stay alive in the dental marketing world.

Social media 130

Social media Dental marketing Marketing 130

Carestack

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Dental providers have been very slow in adopting electronic health records (EHRs) within their practices, unlike their peers in other areas of medicine. According to NCBI , “adoption rates of patient portals among dental practices in the United States were low. Top barriers for adoption of dental EHRs identified included cost/expense of EHRs, cost-benefit ratio, time to convert from paper-based to computer-based practice, and poor usability of current EHRs.”.

Dental software 130

Dental software Dental software 130

Carestack

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Is the growth of your dental practice slowing down because you are not keeping pace with the rapid technological advancements? Do you still find it challenging to manage the payment collections and insurance management along with providing your patients with the best possible experience? If so, this is the right time for you to switch to a completely paperless practice.

Practice management 130

Practice management Insurance Dental practice management Dental software 130

Carestack

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The healthcare sector is in a journey of profound change, as small practices consolidate into larger multi-location practices, expanding their presence. Consolidation and expansion, however, often shine a spotlight on sector inefficiencies; most significantly in relation to revenue cycle management (RCM). Improving the revenue cycle is more about streamlining existing workflows than digitizing it.

Dental billing and coding 130

Dental billing and coding Practice management Insurance Managed services 130

Carestack

JANUARY 27, 2021

“NO TIME” is the most common buzzword at the practice. Be it the provider, assistant, or the front desk staff, there is always so much to be done and so little time. The flywheel of work has slowly carved away time for anything else so much so that life becomes confined to the stress and pain of everyday practice management. “Long hours entering data into multiple software, writing clinical notes, and tying up everything to one place has put so much stress into the process.

Practice management 246

Practice management Dental practice management Dental software Dental software 246

Carestack

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

What Are You – a Dentist or a Business Owner? Every dental practice is a care-giving institution. Every dentistry is also a thriving business enterprise. So the decision-maker at every dental practice is torn between the diverse responsibilities of being a caregiver and at the same time running the revenue show. But when a conflict of interest arises between the caregiver and the profit-maker role, how does the ball roll?

Dental billing and coding 130

Dental billing and coding Insurance Staff training Practice management 130

Carestack

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

What defines growth for a dental practice? Revenue margins, production volumes, number of locations, number of patients, the list of metrics are endless. But a simple enough pointer that definitely signals practice growth can be the volume of patients visiting your practice. But is it really the number of patients a practice sees every year or is it the patients that stay and bring in revenue that determine the success of the practice in the long run?

Marketing 130

Marketing Practice management Best practices 130

Carestack

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

The Power of Communication. “Hi!”. At its physical core can be best defined as a sound with an intonation. But is it so? Just two letters worth of a sound can evoke in us curiosity, attention, elation, and a range of other emotions. Being able to communicate is the foundational block that has elevated humankind to where we stand today – as the species that rules the planet.

Insurance 165

Insurance Practice management 165

Carestack

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

The Power of Communication. “Hi!”. At its physical core can be best defined as a sound with an intonation. But is it so? Just two letters worth of a sound can evoke in us curiosity, attention, elation, and a range of other emotions. Being able to communicate is the foundational block that has elevated humankind to where we stand today – as the species that rules the planet.

Insurance 165

Insurance Practice management 165

Carestack

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

What defines growth for a dental practice? Revenue margins, production volumes, number of locations, number of patients, the list of metrics are endless. But a simple enough pointer that definitely signals practice growth can be the volume of patients visiting your practice. But is it really the number of patients a practice sees every year or is it the patients that stay and bring in revenue that determine the success of the practice in the long run?

Marketing 130

Marketing Practice management Best practices 130

Carestack

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

What Are You – a Dentist or a Business Owner? Every dental practice is a care-giving institution. Every dentistry is also a thriving business enterprise. So the decision-maker at every dental practice is torn between the diverse responsibilities of being a caregiver and at the same time running the revenue show. But when a conflict of interest arises between the caregiver and the profit-maker role, how does the ball roll?

Dental billing and coding 130

Dental billing and coding Insurance Staff training Practice management 130

Carestack

JANUARY 27, 2021

“NO TIME” is the most common buzzword at the practice. Be it the provider, assistant, or the front desk staff, there is always so much to be done and so little time. The flywheel of work has slowly carved away time for anything else so much so that life becomes confined to the stress and pain of everyday practice management. “Long hours entering data into multiple software, writing clinical notes, and tying up everything to one place has put so much stress into the process.

Practice management 246

Practice management Dental practice management Dental software Dental software 246

Carestack

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Retaining patients within your dental practice may not be going as well as you have expected in the middle of the drawn-out period of economic downturn. The growth of your dental practice in the middle of this might depend on the number of new patients your practice acquires. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work that way. Patients are cutting corners spending less on everything including dental care, causing a direct decrease in the patient flow.

Social media 130

Social media Teledentistry Teledentistry Marketing 130

Carestack

DECEMBER 30, 2020

It is not always an interesting experience to introduce a change in your organization. As exciting as it may sound, those who have tried this might have often left disheartened and frustrated while trying to cope up with the attitudes of various people. Making your team embrace change in dental practice can always be achieved. Here are some of the common types of emotions in people that we come across while implementing a system-wide change.

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Carestack

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Managing overdue payments can be a huge challenge for dental practices. Patients often require more than three statements before they pay their bills. So it’s important for dental providers to have an effective patient payment collection strategy in order to reduce bad debt and protect their practice’s financial well-being. An effective way to drive timely patient payments is to send reminders via automated text communications.

Insurance 130

Insurance Practice management 130

Carestack

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Reputation is the face of any business, be it a greenhorn or a seasoned master. For a dental practice, reputation is the power to attract new clients and retain the existing clients providing them a constant sense of value and quality. This, in turn, means the business goes where its clients go. So in today’s era when the most number of clients are looking for dental solutions online (a whopping 77%), one can easily assume that business reputation is no more on the billboard stilts but on the di

Social media 246

Social media Digital marketing Marketing Best practices 246

Carestack

DECEMBER 30, 2020

For more than 10 years, Teledentistry has been used by many dentists across the world to spread out the accessibility of their dental practices, reducing the oral health disparities between urban and rural communities. Fast-forwarding to 2020, teledentistry has made the entire dental care delivery model more safe and convenient, along with lowering the overall cost of dentistry.

Teledentistry 246

Teledentistry Teledentistry Dental hospitals and clinics Telemedicine 246

Carestack

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Can your patients go directly to your website and book an appointment without shuffling back and forth to the dental office or making multiple calls to the front desk? Many dental practices still use legacy systems that require patients to make a phone call or visit the office in-person to schedule their appointments. This raises inconvenience from the patients’ side and may make them hesitant to schedule their next appointment with your practice.

Social media 130

Social media Growing your dental practice Practice management Dental practice management 130

Carestack

DECEMBER 30, 2020

For decades, dentists relied exclusively on their reputation and word of mouth marketing to help them build dental practices. But it’s 2020 and certainly, almost all of your audience is now spending their time on social media. Whether it’s blogging, video marketing, paid social ads, or even podcasts, you have to learn the specifics of social media marketing to stay alive in the dental marketing world.

Social media 130

Social media Dental marketing Marketing 130

Carestack

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Dental providers have been very slow in adopting electronic health records (EHRs) within their practices, unlike their peers in other areas of medicine. According to NCBI , “adoption rates of patient portals among dental practices in the United States were low. Top barriers for adoption of dental EHRs identified included cost/expense of EHRs, cost-benefit ratio, time to convert from paper-based to computer-based practice, and poor usability of current EHRs.”.

Dental software 130

Dental software Dental software 130

Carestack

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Is the growth of your dental practice slowing down because you are not keeping pace with the rapid technological advancements? Do you still find it challenging to manage the payment collections and insurance management along with providing your patients with the best possible experience? If so, this is the right time for you to switch to a completely paperless practice.

Practice management 130

Practice management Insurance Dental practice management Dental software 130

Carestack

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The healthcare sector is in a journey of profound change, as small practices consolidate into larger multi-location practices, expanding their presence. Consolidation and expansion, however, often shine a spotlight on sector inefficiencies; most significantly in relation to revenue cycle management (RCM). Improving the revenue cycle is more about streamlining existing workflows than digitizing it.

Dental billing and coding 130

Dental billing and coding Practice management Insurance Managed services 130