Top 10 Posts of 2019

As the end of the year is fast approaching, I thought we could take the time in this week's post to reflect on some of the topics that h...

Updating Office Fees for the New Year

Do you have a protocol in your practice for how and when you increase your office fees? The insurance companies your office is contracted wi...

Prioritizing those End-of-Year Openings in the Schedule

Does this ever happen in your office? The new year is quickly approaching and there aren’t many more working days left in 2019. All of a sud...

Requiring Referral Sources for New Patients

With the release of Dentrix G7.3 comes some exciting new features. One of them is an option to require a referral source for a new patient. ...

A Tip Worth Remembering

As this week is Thanksgiving, it’s time to think about all the things in our lives that we are thankful for. One of the things I’m thankful ...

Childbirth and crime

Family formation and crime is the title  of  a very nice new paper by Maxim Massenkoff Evan K. Rose. (HT Alex Tabarrok at  Marginal  Revolu...

Utilizing Treatment Plan Reminder Letters

Last month, I wrote a blog about how to find patients with outstanding treatment that have remaining insurance benefits. It’s important to ...

Capital market freedom

I gave a presentation on "capital markets" at the Hoover Centennial series on Tuesday.  Caroline Hoxby gave a clear  presentation...

Free market health care

and transparent pricing are  possible.  Russ Roberts has a great econtalk podcast , interviewing  Keith Smith of the Surgery Center of Okl...

Climate clarity

The  carbon elephant in the room: ( Data from EIA ) In case "Asia and Oceania" vs. "North America" isn't clear ...

Dentrix Tools for Accurate Insurance Estimates

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog about customizing coverage tables in Dentrix and how you can use them to more accurately estimate patient o...

Additional Practice Analysis Reports - What Information Do They Provide?

In last week’s blog post I wrote about the Production Summary report , one of the Practice Analysis reports in the Dentrix Office Manager. T...

Practice Analysis - Production Summary: What Information Does it Give You?

Customizing Coverage Tables

In order to maintain a healthy collection rate and accounts receivables, it’s important to collect your patient’s out of pocket portion of t...

Economics and cognitive dissonance

What is the value of economics? "Have you economists ever proved anything that isn't obvious?" is a common complaint. Tyler ...