Last updated on November 17th, 2025 at 01:48 pm As a dental practice owner, being able to delegate well is vitally important. You can’t be productive or achieve much growth if you’re micromanaging everything while also practicing chairside. So, delegation is a nice idea: “I can focus on treating patients while my office manager and team take care of everything…
Last updated on November 11th, 2025 at 06:20 pm Q: How can I increase profitability? I thought we were hitting good collections numbers, but I’m still not taking home any profit. A: Thank you for your question! This is a crucial topic right now. I’ve noticed quite a shift in the last 1-2 years. Before then, it was quite usual…
Last updated on November 3rd, 2025 at 02:44 pm All dental practice owners wear two “hats.” One is the clinician hat and the other is the business owner hat. And once you open your own practice, you quickly learn that the vast majority of the stress and problems come from the business owner side! So, in this post, I want…
If you participate in any PPOs, HMOs, or other discounted fee plans, should you stay in-network? No. If you were to ask me this question a few years ago, I might not have been so definitive. Maybe I would have at least urged you to drop the plans that reimbursed the worst. I’ve changed with age. And the last two…
Last updated on November 3rd, 2025 at 02:52 pm Dr. Nathan Owens graduated from the MGE Power Program in 2018. He hired his first associate in 2017 and now he has four associate doctors! Throughout the process, Dr. Owens isolated what worked for him and what didn’t, leaving him with a successful formula for developing a great associate team. We…
Last updated on November 3rd, 2025 at 02:56 pm So, you have a big vision for the future of your practice, but how can you make sure that you’re on track to reaching your long-term goals this year? Long-term goals can be tricky because they’re long-term and require more planning to make sure you stay on track. It can be…