2020 Sept Newsletter, Practice resources

Five Steps to A Successful Dental Employee Performance Appraisal

From Guest Writers Mariana Diaz, Executive Coach and Don Khouri, Managing Director, Fortune Northeast Creating and setting a culture that welcomes consistent feedback is crucial to improving team dynamics for many reasons. First, it helps to develop a sense of accountability and allows the team member to measure their success. Second, it helps to foster… Continue reading Five Steps to A Successful Dental Employee Performance Appraisal

2020 Sept Newsletter, Practice resources

Out From Behind the Covid Wall – From Guest Writer Brenda Loan Baker

From Guest Writer Brenda Loan Baker, Executive Coach, Fortune Management Northeast On every social media platform you can find numerous memes about 2020 being the worst year ever. For most of us this lock-down has been going on since mid-March, seven months now. To some it seems like a lifetime. Early on in the pandemic,… Continue reading Out From Behind the Covid Wall – From Guest Writer Brenda Loan Baker

2020 Sept Newsletter, Practice resources

Great Promotion From Our Friends at Bank of America Practice Solutions

Stefan Green and Dave Miller of Bank of America Practice Solutions recently notified us of their low interest rate promotion of just 1% for 18 months and then fixed for the remainder of the term at 3.43%.  To qualify, please apply by 12/1/20. According to Stefan, “Dave and I are excited to announce our Q4… Continue reading Great Promotion From Our Friends at Bank of America Practice Solutions

2020 Sept Newsletter, Practice resources

Tabitha’s Tip: Best Practices To Handle Old Patient Receivables – From Guest Writer Tabitha Lugo

Q: I've been in practice for over 20 years and my books are full of uncollectible Accounts Receivables. Do you have any best practices for how to handle this? A: What I usually suggest to clients is that once they turn an account over to a collection agency, or in this case have uncollectible accounts sitting… Continue reading Tabitha’s Tip: Best Practices To Handle Old Patient Receivables – From Guest Writer Tabitha Lugo

August 2020 Newsletter, Practice resources

Seven Ways To Get Your Reluctant Patients Back

Guest Writer Don Khouri, Managing Director, Fortune Management Northeast As healthcare practices continue to reach out to patients who need to be scheduled, one of the biggest challenges they face is the wide variation in comfort level their patients have about coming back in for treatment. We are finding that many patients are reluctant to… Continue reading Seven Ways To Get Your Reluctant Patients Back

August 2020 Newsletter, Practice resources

New Book And Website Launched To Help Dentists With Their Finances

Congratulations to our long-time client Dr. Sam Shamardi for writing and publishing his book: “The Financial Survival Guide for Dentists”. “As you know all too well, dental school doesn't prepare us at all for business, which is our biggest issue by far.  My book finally addresses these issues and more and provides the solution graduating… Continue reading New Book And Website Launched To Help Dentists With Their Finances

August 2020 Newsletter, Practice resources

Values Collision: How To Ruin A Great Day At Work

By Guest Writer Don Khouri, Managing Director, Fortune Management Northeast Have you ever had a day like this? You prep for your Monday morning team huddle; notes, handouts, metrics – everything is just the way you like it. It’s 7:45 AM and you are ready to go! Then, two critical team members want to discuss… Continue reading Values Collision: How To Ruin A Great Day At Work

August 2020 Newsletter, COVID Misc Practices, Practice resources

Fortune Management Shares How To Avoid The 2020 Hygiene Disaster

Don Khouri, Managing Director, Fortune Management Northeast Most dental practices proactively pre-appoint their hygiene patients for their next visit. For healthy patients, that means six months from now and for perio patients, 3 months from now. Let’s think about this for a minute. If you were not seeing hygiene patients from March 16 to on… Continue reading Fortune Management Shares How To Avoid The 2020 Hygiene Disaster

July 2020 Newsletter, Practice resources

Tabitha’s Tip: Hygiene Capacity, What Can Your Patient Base Support?

Hygiene capacity is an interesting topic.   Owners frequently define a full hygiene schedule with few openings to be at capacity. The mistaken belief is that a full schedule denotes success.  This definition is very limiting, since few owners are truly tapping the potential capacity that they already have.  Often they are experiencing a scheduling problem… Continue reading Tabitha’s Tip: Hygiene Capacity, What Can Your Patient Base Support?

July 2020 Newsletter, Practice resources

Let CARR Healthcare Negotiate Your Lease – Especially During These Crazy Times

Looking for a company to help you with lease negotiating or with the purchase of commercial space? How about a company where the fee for their services is actually paid by your landlord or by the person you purchase the real estate from, and isn’t paid you? We routinely refer our clients to Matt Kolcum… Continue reading Let CARR Healthcare Negotiate Your Lease – Especially During These Crazy Times

July 2020 Newsletter, Practice resources

Tabitha’s Tips – Overhead High? This Will Help

    From our Friends at ShelleyRenee Practice Consulting: I am not a fan of statements.  They should not be standard practice.  Do you track the number of statements that are sent out each month? What does the number of statements sent represent?    Each statement represents a non-collection.   Most practices I visit have a… Continue reading Tabitha’s Tips – Overhead High? This Will Help

July 2020 Newsletter, Practice resources

Tabitha’s Tips – From Our Friends At Shelley Renee Coaching

Is your team writing off your paycheck? Details matter.  Small changes can equal thousands in practice savings.  One area to be aware of is the insurance write-offs.  Do you know if your team is calculating them correctly? This week while conversing with a practice owner, we discovered that the team was taking off insurance adjustments… Continue reading Tabitha’s Tips – From Our Friends At Shelley Renee Coaching