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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.
A tip for the clinical team! Does your practice have a process for keeping track of lab cases? Kiera walks through the following suggestions to make sure everything is buttoned up:
Establish a process for cases and all the moving parts
Establish a process for checking cases in and out
Utilize a lab case specialist — someone responsible for keeping track of it all
If you do have all this established, then make sure it's regularly reviewed and improved upon.
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No-BS Brit joins Kiera for this episode to talk about a way to gain more freedom of time in your practice: with note templates! Believe it or not, establishing a solid note template protocol will save time on the clinical side. Kiera and Brit touch on …
How to update note templates
Why assessing templates is helpful
How to attach notes to procedure codes
The importance of locking them out
And more!
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If you've been tuning in every week, you'll know this is theme number 9 out of 12 — Kiera and Tiff are paving the way into 2023 with topics they'll dive in-depth on beginning in January. This episode looks at marketing — the different types, how to best utilize internal and external opportunities, what low-hanging marketing fruit might be, the average allocation for marketing budgets in dental practices, and the number one KPI for marketing.
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Kiera is joined by Dr. Richard Offut and Dr. Mustafa Shah-Khan, co-founders of Synergy Dental Partners, to talk about the power of a dental group purchasing organization (or GPO). This approach is an opportunity for general practitioners to compete with mass corporate offices but preserve their independent practice. Dr. Offut and Dr. Shah-Khan discuss with Kiera the following:
What a dental GPO is and how Synergy works
How Synergy can get you discounts on dental supplies and services
Why Synergy could be a great option for your practice
The average savings for offices involved
Episode resources:
Learn more about and connect with Synergy Dental Partners
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David Cohen is a master at dental law, joining Kiera in this episode to discuss the transitions of buying/selling practices. The pair touches on the legal side of: trends being seen, pitfalls to avoid, benefits and red flags of selling to DSOs, doctor protection, future partner buy-out, and more.
More about David Cohen:
David Cohen has extensive experience in representing individuals, mid-size corporations and small-size corporations in partnership and limited liability company law. He regularly counsels clients ranging from start-up ventures to large companies to nonprofit/charitable tax exempt organizations and professional corporations.
Mr. Cohen also has expertise in contract negotiation, review and construction. He also takes a proactive approach for clients by regularly constructing Non-Disclosure Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements and Non-Compete Agreements.
Mr. Cohen's experience extends to the labor and employment realm, where he consistently advises employers about their relationships with their employees and independent contractors, as well as creates legally binding agreements documenting the details of those relationships.
Episode resources:
Learn more about Cohen Law Firm
Get in touch with David: (o) 972-294-7531, (c) 206-919-9060, david@cohenlawfirmpllc.com
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There's a lot to know under the umbrella of a hygiene department. Kiera and Tiff touch on what the ideal and most efficient hygiene department looks like — including each hygienist bringing in 3 times their hourly rate — and how to run an assessment to know where your department falls on a 5-star ranking scale.
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It's time for another office autopsy! Kiera shares the example of a practice she's been working with for three years that has grown in value five times from what it started. In her time with the practice, they've successfully switched software, changed collection protocol, created an operations manual, receive 30 to 40 new patients, and many more successes. To get there, the practice has applied the following:
Executing tasks effectively
Set goals and kept them
Showed patience in getting what they want
Think about the goals you set this year and how effective you've been in trying to complete them.
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Happy Thanksgiving! Kiera is so thankful for the Dental A-Team podcast listener family. This episode is a reminder to check the vitals of service in your life — personally and professionally. Be grateful, look for opportunities to serve, and watch yourself and your team grow.
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This is an episode dedicated to the dental assistants out there. Kiera and Tiff have both worked and loved working as dental assistants, sucking spit and all. They tease out what July 2023 will entail, methods provided by the Dental A-Team to perfect the cog in the wheel (aka those dental assistants) of practices — taking blood pressure and flipping rooms in under 5 minutes and keeping the patient happy chairside.
Take the time to make your dental assistant team dynamite. This episode previews just how you can do that.
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Dr. Jenny Perna is once again on the podcast! With Kiera, she gets detailed into the realities of acquiring a new practice, and all the miles that come with it. They touch on the following:
Working with banks during a sale, and how to supplement income
Conversations with the seller during the transition
Communicating with parents that the quality of service will stay the same (or improve!)
Getting the team to become raving fans
Making culture the best it can be (consider Culture Index or VIVAHR to help)
There are many ways to go about the craft of dentistry. This episode gives a great look into a great way to go about things from a leadership perspective.
Episode resources:
Listen to episode 481, Finding Positivity in the COVID Crank
Listen to episode 388, 3 Tips to Be a Rockstar Associate
Listen to episode 320, Plans Derailed? Here's What to Do.
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