The best dental marketing ideas do two jobs: they get new patients through the door, and they give those patients a reason to come back. Most practices put all their effort into the first job. New patient specials, mailers, and ads can fill a schedule for a month. Then patients without insurance drift off, and […]

“Does it integrate with our PMS?” Good question. But it should not be your last one. Two vendors can both say “yes” and still offer very different experiences for your team. Before choosing, switching, or renewing dental membership software, use this dental membership software integration checklist. Ask these five questions. 1. Which PMS Systems Do […]

Membership plan scripts only work if your front desk actually says them. Here is how to write ones that get used. Why most membership plan scripts stop getting used Almost every practice that launches a membership plan writes a script. Many front desks quietly stop using it within a month. Usually the script was written […]

What does fee-for-service dentistry mean? Fee-for-service dentistry means a practice sets and collects its own fees directly from patients, without being bound to any insurance network’s negotiated rates, whether or not the practice offers its own in-house membership plan as the patient’s alternative to traditional coverage. It’s often confused with simply “not taking insurance,” but […]

Practice management system integration is one of the first things many dental practices ask about when evaluating membership software. And it should be. Your membership platform should work with the systems your team already uses, not create another silo. Here are answers to the most common questions we hear about DentalHQ PMS integrations. How Many […]

Close the Gaps: What a Fraud Investigator and a Dental CPA Want Every Practice Owner to Know If you own a dental practice, the odds aren’t great. In a 2019 American Dental Association survey of 17,000 dentists, 47% said they had been stolen from. David Harris, CEO of Prosperident, puts the lifetime risk closer to […]

1. Turn your uninsured patients into members Your uninsured patients are already in your practice, which makes them the fastest, cheapest growth opportunity you have, faster and cheaper than attracting a single new patient from scratch. Roughly 27% of Americans, more than 72 million people, are uninsured for dental care, and an estimated 80% of […]

“Integrates with your PMS.” You will see that phrase on a lot of dental software websites. But it does not tell you much by itself. One platform may only read basic patient data. Another may update information in both directions. Another may technically connect but still leave the front desk responsible for several manual steps. […]

You have a membership plan. Now patients need to know about it. Open Enrollment creates one of the best windows of the year for dental membership plan marketing, because patients are already evaluating benefits and cost. Here is why the timing works so well. Here is a simple approach. The short version: get your pricing […]

How are dental practices typically valued? Dental practices are generally valued based on a combination of collections, profitability, and how predictable that revenue is expected to be after a transition, not just on top-line production alone. Every valuation approach eventually asks the same underlying question: if a buyer takes over tomorrow, how much of this […]