Practice Management Series. Intro The Practice Management Series was created to improve students’ understanding of operating a dental practice and the.

Practice Management Series

Intro

The Practice Management Series was created to improve students’ understanding of operating a dental practice and the challenges associated with managing employees, running efficiently, and, most importantly, providing the best care to patients

Historically, the only education we receive in practice management is through a single class our D4 year and from “Lunch and Learns” held by third-parties.

This series is intended not as a substitution but as a supplement to what we already receive.

We want to provide a forum for private practitioners to share their experiences and what issues lay ahead.

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What is it?

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• Monthly sessions

• Food and/or beverage to be provided (ASDA sponsored no COI)

• Open format- questions and student input encouraged

• Private practitioner dentists as speakers

• Make “unknown unknowns” known

• “The message is that there are no ‘knowns.’ There are things we know that

we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we

now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are

things we do not know we don't know.”- Donald Rumsfield

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Goals

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Dentistry and patients are #1

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Disclaimer

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In no way is this series intended to downplay the importance of responsible and ethical dentistry. Patient care and satisfaction are to be the focus of a dentist’s practice

Coincidentally, dental practices that are patient centered tend to be the most successful

It is possible to make patients a priority and run a successful business. The two are not mutually exclusive.

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ntWhy start learning now?

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• Where to build your practice

• How to hire or fire employees

• What computer system to use

• How to market your practice

• Typical practice overhead

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The Basics...

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• Creating a business plan and evaluating loan options

• Setting up employee payment systems, insurance, and retirement

options

• Determining your fee schedule

• Creating and evaluating profit/loss statements

• Identify, integrate and manage the requirements for federal, state

and local compliance with employment law, OSHA, HIPAA, HITECH,

MSDS, and Worker’s Compensation.

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...and the advanced...

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What the data says

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Nearly 75% of dentists are in private practice

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How do you get from here…

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…to here?

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What do I plan on making?

National median for an independent general private

practitioner is $175,000

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Simple math, harder decisions

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Where does that come from?

• Salary requires production (i.e. dentistry)

• According to Dental Economics, the average dental practice has an overhead of 73%.

• Must produce $648,148 to take home the median pay with the average overhead.

• Must produce $2700/day if working 240 days per year (5 days a week for 50 weeks).

How do I get there?

The key is being efficient and implementing effective management strategies

By educating yourself now, you can avoid costly mistakes

later.

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Veneer: $787, $1050, or $1458? Ceramic crown: $849, $1070, or $1442?

Implant (placement only): $1275, $1787, or $2500?

What is the average fee for a veneer, ceramic crown, or implant? (ADA survey of dental fees)

You know the fees in the school, but what about in the real world?

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What private practitioners charge

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“At the end of the day, we are not competing against one

another, but against the patient’s shopping list”

Where to go from here?

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Learning now will help prevent mistakes later. In other words, “making unknown unknowns,

known.”

Where to go from here?

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• ADA Free Reports • http://www.ada.org/en/science-research/health-policy-institute/data-center

• ADA Webinars

• Dental Economics• http://www.dentaleconomics.com/index.html

• Dental Town• http://www.dentaltown.com/Dentaltown/SiteDefault.aspx

• White Coat Investor• http://whitecoatinvestor.com/

• Dental Products Report

• AGD Impact

• and many more!

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Resources

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Topics?

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ANY QUESTIONS?

Look for announcement in September for our next meeting with Dr. Nathan

Redmond and Dr. Jordan Taylor