Old insurance claims, incorrect balances, and poor follow-up could be costing your practice tens of thousands of dollars. In this week’s episode, Jeff explains how to identify the problems hiding in your AR and start collecting what you're owed. 

Consultants have called the incomplete treatment list gold for years, but ask any scheduler how useful it actually is for filling a last-minute opening, and the honest answer is not very. Jeff Blumberg breaks down what this list is actually good for, and the exact four-step process for turning it into real production.

Getting out of network doesn't fail because a practice dropped a plan, it fails because a weak foundation was being quietly propped up by insurance the whole time. Sabri Blumberg joins Jeff to break down the four real failure points behind a bad plan exit, and the specific fee strategy that keeps hygiene patients from ever noticing the change.

In a year, Dan Brown predicts, people won't be visiting practice websites directly at all, AI search will just bring the answer to them. Dan joins Jeff Blumberg to break down how AI search is already reshaping the patient journey, and the specific, low-cost content strategy that positions a practice to actually get recommended.

Whoever answers your phones controls the flow into your practice, and most offices have never actually sat down and trained that role. Jeff Blumberg breaks down exactly how to prepare, drill, and monitor your front desk so every call gets handled with real skill instead of good intentions.

An hour outside Dallas, the dentist-to-population ratio is half what it is downtown, and the median income is actually higher. Jeff Blumberg breaks down why we're entering a genuine buyer's market for dental practices, and how a little demographic research can put you in a market with far less competition than you'd expect.

Dental office wages are the only category in healthcare actually moving backward, even as patient spending on dentistry climbs. Jeff Blumberg breaks down new ADA data on why this is happening, and makes the case that the real fix isn't working harder or seeing more patients, it's regaining control over your own fees.

The analysis is done, the sequencing is set. Now comes the part that actually determines whether this works: training your team. Jeff Blumberg closes out his three part series on going out-of-network with the scripts, the drills, and the final steps to get there.

You've done your homework on every plan in your practice. Now what? Jeff Blumberg covers how to sort plans into three buckets, sequence the drop, and adjust fees using a strategy that actually protects your hygiene revenue instead of hurting it.

The average dentist has absorbed roughly a 35 percent cumulative pay cut in purchasing power since 2019, and insurance reimbursements aren't the ones catching up. Jeff Blumberg kicks off a three part series on getting out of network, starting with the numbers behind the urgency and the first three concrete steps to take.

How good is your treatment acceptance, really, not how it feels, but the actual numbers? Jeff Blumberg breaks down exactly what to measure, what target percentage to aim for, and the most common reasons practices fall short of it.

Eighty percent of the dentists Jeff asks have never heard of a dental therapist. It is a real, licensed position already practicing in 14 states, and Jeff walks through what they can do, where this is headed, and how it could work for or against independent practices.

The average dentist took a 35% real pay cut and most don't even know it. Jeff's annual State of the Industry: the ownership crisis, the DSO stall-out, and the once-in-a-career opening for independent practices.