Small Changes Can Improve Practice Profit Margins
March 6th 2018Are you setting goals for collection rates and celebrating when they're reached? What about conducting annual competitive market analyses to compare the costs of services and ensure your practice is competitively priced? Reviewing income, leveraging technology and managing expenses will go a long way toward helping dental practices improve their profit margins.
Dental Practice Air Quality: What You Can't See Can Harm You
March 1st 2018The Environmental Protection Agency says indoor air is five times more toxic than outdoor air. Some people think it's even worse than that, and dental practices are among the worst contributors. But investing in an air filtration or purification system can go a long way toward keeping patients and staff healthy, and improving productivity.
Make the Section 179 Deduction Work For Your Practice
February 28th 2018The Section 179 tax deduction allows dentists to save big on major equipment and software purchases, but is it right for your practice? And while the deduction has been promoted as an end-of-the-year tax strategy, it should more accurately be positioned as part of your practice's overall objective.
President of AGD Built Career on Giving Back
February 27th 2018The recently installed president of the Academy of General Dentistry initially discouraged his children from a career in dentistry. He told them dentistry is a difficult field, and the only reason you do it is if you love it, and feel you're going to make a difference in the community where you serve. The result? Three of the four have followed in his footsteps.