The fear that dropping a PPO means losing patients is the single biggest reason practices stay in unfavorable contracts longer than they should. We hear it on almost every consultation call: “I’d love to drop them, but I’m afraid of losing patients.” It’s a reasonable fear. It’s also, in most cases, an overestimated one. Dropping […]
Read MoreCredentialing Timeline Mistakes That Cost You Revenue
Credentialing isn’t paperwork. It’s revenue protection — and the timeline mistakes cost more than most dentists realize. Credentialing is one of the least exciting parts of dental practice operations. It’s also one of the most expensive areas to get wrong. A single timeline mistake can mean weeks of patients seen at out-of-network rates, claims paid […]
Read MoreHow to Read a PPO Contract Before You Sign
Most dentists sign their first PPO contract without reading it. Some never read the contracts they’re still bound to. PPO contracts are not negotiable in the way most contracts are negotiable. But that doesn’t mean they should be signed without scrutiny. The provisions inside them control your reimbursement, your termination rights, and your exposure to […]
Read MoreWhy Flat-Fee PPO Optimization Leaves Money on the Table
The cheapest way to “complete” a PPO optimization project is to pursue only the easiest gains. The most strategic way is something different. We get the same call several times a year. A practice tells us they already completed a PPO optimization project — through a flat-fee firm — and they want a second opinion […]
Read MorePPO Due Diligence Before Acquiring a Dental Practice
Buyers spend weeks on the patient list, the equipment, the lease, and the P&L. The PPO structure usually gets a paragraph. That paragraph is often the single biggest determinant of future reimbursement and practice value. If you’re acquiring a dental practice, the PPO contracts you inherit will affect your revenue for years. They deserve the […]
Read MoreHow Dental PPO Layering Quietly Drains Your Reimbursement
Most dentists know what a write-off looks like. What they don’t see is the structural reason behind the bigger ones — the ones the math never quite explains. Your write-offs creep higher. EOBs don’t match what you expected. Reimbursement on familiar procedures stops making sense. What’s almost always behind it is a problem that doesn’t […]
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