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– Be more efficient
– Have more fun
– Improve doctor and team communications
– Eliminate frustration
– And make your life easier!
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New episodes every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
It's the final book club selection of 2023! Kiera shares her thoughts on The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday and how we can turn adversity into success. She talks about common obstacles in the practices the DAT is visiting, like operations manuals, and how each practice can overcome these challenges.
Don't let the boulder in your path stay there.
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Check out the full list of DAT's 2023 book club here.
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Kiera takes a moment to encourage a re-centering in your personal and professional life.
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Derick Van Ness of Big Life Financial is spilling more tax-related secrets, and just in time for the end of the year. He talks with Kiera about tax strategies you have and haven't heard about, including tax-smart investments, when tax planning should start, and how to make dollars productive instead of consumptive.
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Learn more about Big Life Financial
Download for free: Tax Strategies Your CPA Isn't Telling You
Get in touch with Derick directly: derick@biglifefinancial.com
Listen to episode 693, Strategically Prepare for Economic Downfall
Listen to episode 511, Tax Time: Getting the Most Bang For Your Buck
Listen to episode 462, Get Tax Savvy
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DAT consultants Tiff and Denae address a hot topic for practices to plan to improve for the new year: online paperwork. They give insight on benefits, integration, best software, and more.
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Kiera is joined by dental billing expert Shasta Clark, of Paragon Dental Solutions. They talk about how billing is one of dentists' biggest traps, and common pitfalls to keep an eye out for, including…
Inaccuracies with dual insurances
The only times to perform write-offs without in-depth research
Benefits of outsourcing billing
Membership plans and billing insurance
And more
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Folks, it's time to start wrapping up this year and prepping for next. Kiera talks about how to put a bow on 2023 through three steps:
Assess the year
Review each department
Set goals for 2024
Beyond that, she encourages offices to seek ways to maximize efforts and exponentially grow next year, and gives ideas on how to go about that.
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Tiff and Dana continue with their series of efficiency hacks. In this episode, they look at digital scanners and x-rays — setting up a standard protocol to ensure quality diagnostics and after-the-fact expectations. You'll hear the two specifically touch on:
Incorporate scans into patient conversations
Establish a protocol for after an x-ray is complete
Assess whether your team likes the system you're using
Track case acceptance and diagnoses
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Ever wondered what makes a dental membership plan a game-changer? Paul Lowry, the CEO and Founder of Dental Menu goes into great detail on how to make membership plans work for you and your patients. Should you charge an enrollment fee? What's the magic number? Find out how to balance costs, retain patients, and even tackle the challenge of fee increases. Dental Menu is a complete platform that allows dental providers to offer subscription plans directly to their patients. Practices can now create a 'menu' of services for their patients, allowing the patients to build a plan that suits them.
What does that mean for you? A simple path to more patients on your plans!
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Tiff and Dana return with efficiency hacks for going paperless in your practice. They touch on softwares to utilize, how to set expectations from the beginning, where you can go paperless right now, and more.
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Did you know that team members can be more profitable with accurate deep work time than just producing from the chair? In this episode, Kiera talks about intentional block scheduling for all positions in the office. She poses questions everyone needs to ask themselves, suggests amounts of time for deep work each week, gives ideas for priorities to pursue, and more.
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