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This from Omer Reed: "….proprely accomplished,the team owning 20%of the business(cash flow) is asociologically mature business partnership.when the practice is sold,oftenthe team receives 20%of the selling price if they stay one year after theowner leaves.guess what that does to the selling price?…win-win,I’dsay!!….a bonus system is a carrot and a stick designed for the "jackass"inbetween!….a staff […]

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Dr. Tom Hedge interview’s Dr. Patrick Wahl, founder of Office Magic.  Patrick tells us how to end billing patients, and what to say and when to say it.  Patrick has helped thousnads of practices get out of the insurance business.

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We have all been on other forums where anyone can post anything about anyone. This often leads to angry and self-ritious grandstanding. In other words, confrontation for the sake of protecting ones turf, as opposed to simply sharing ideas for the simple sake of helping others. All the authors of this forum have the obligation […]

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Sikka Software Corporation has announced that its Dental Practice Optimizer product is now compatible with all major practice-management systems.     These include Dentrix, Softdent, Eaglesoft, EasyDental, Mogo, PracticeWorks, AlphaDent and others. It is the first system of its kind in dental industry that automatically reads data from accounting systems such as QuickBooks and all major […]

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Continuing education to dental TEAM members is a gift that we would otherwise might not be able to afford. I had the opportunity to receive that gift again Friday and Saturday. It was such an eye opening two days spent listening to Dr. Bob Walker. I think the official title of the seminar was Chirodontics – A […]

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Smilereminder users, when gathering information from the new patient on their initial phone call be sure to get their email address. That allows smilereminder to start adding to your “WOW” factor before their very first appointment. Because Smilereminder syncs with your appointment on a daily basis it gathers the information for next day appointments. We […]

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Today’s consumer is very well informed. They have more information available to them than ever before through sources like the media and the internet. Computers, digital cameras, and photographic quality printers are all in the main stream of consumer purchases. Consumers are also accustomed to watching and learning via a television or computer monitor. Our […]

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Sikka Software Corporation is now shipping Dental Practice Optimizer, allowing the integration of financial data and dental practice management data in one place. The President and CEO of Sikka Software Corporation, Vijay Sikka, said, “We have always strived to help dentists take control of the business management of their practice and Dental Practice Optimizer lets […]

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Starting a new practice? Expanding an existing one? Moving to a new facility? Considering the breadth of issues and depth of complexity related to designing your new practice facility can be daunting. Who’s doing it best? Where can one go to see good, strong architectural, aesthetic, and technical designs? Look no further than the upcoming issues of Dental Economics. A Dental Office Design competition sponsored by MATSCO financial was held in San Francisco on August 11-13th of 2005. The winners will be featured in soon-to-be released issues of Dental Economics.

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Fall…college football, cooler days and the second session of the Dental Business Mastery Program! You ready? More than 200 dental professionals are well on their way to becoming dental business masters after attending the first session. At the September 9&10 session, Tim Breiding speaks about practice building and promotion. Cathy will cover scheduling and financing. […]

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