Last updated on November 3rd, 2025 at 06:07 pm Q: Should I block out time for new patients on my schedule? This is a great question! You may or may not need to, depending on your situation. Let me explain. There are two advantages to blocking out time for new patients: 1. You want to make sure the staff’s attention…
Last updated on November 3rd, 2025 at 07:44 pm New patient acquisition is more than just “sending out a flyer” or asking for a referral. To operate at maximum efficiency, a number of processes in your practice have to be working and functioning together. If not, you’ll waste a ton of money on marketing that “doesn’t work,” have internal issues…
Last updated on November 3rd, 2025 at 06:19 pm For this week’s post, we’re giving you one of our handouts from the Financial Coordinator Training Course on our MGE’s online training platform, DDS Success. It’s called “Collecting Past Due Balances” and provides a simple, yet effective procedure for retiring past due accounts. The Financial Coordinator Training Course trains every aspect…
Last updated on November 3rd, 2025 at 06:28 pm T-minus 22 days until the end of 2020. If you’re like many, you’ve wished for nothing else but this year (and everything about it) to be over! I agree with this sentiment wholeheartedly. For that matter, the desire to send 2020 into the history books has become a universal cultural phenomenon.…
Last updated on November 3rd, 2025 at 06:32 pm For this week’s post, we’re sharing a question we received for the “Ask Sabri” column in our magazine. It’s a question I’ve been hearing a lot recently and we hope the answer helps. Enjoy! Q: Recently, we’ve had more difficulty getting patients approved for 3rd party financing. Do you have any…
Last updated on November 13th, 2025 at 02:52 pm “How much could a lack of organization at your Front Desk be costing your practice?” “More than you’d like to know…” If you’re like most dental offices, you have one, two, or more people up front who “do everything”—answer the phone, greet patients, schedule, file insurance, accept payments, etc. And sure,…