The subject of finance, or money in general, tends to create quite a reaction in people. People “worry” about it, marriages run into trouble for lack of it and wars are started and fought over it. You’ve probably experienced this “odd reaction” firsthand when presenting treatment to patients. “Mrs. Jones” might be the nicest person in the world during the…

“How is the new health care legislation going to affect my practice?” I’ve heard this question (or some variation of it) “quite a bit” since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act was signed into law in March of 2010. And, while I’ve had an opportunity to review the literally…

Last updated on November 6th, 2025 at 06:48 pm You would be hard pressed to find a dentist that would not want to increase his collections without an appreciable increase in overhead. After all, if you are paying your bills now and were to increase your collections by $10,000 to $20,000 per month without much of an increase in overhead—that…