SURVEY RESULTS

Area Economic Dental Trends:

“Knowledge is Power” and we are on a mission to make sure you survive and thrive in a marketplace increasingly encroached upon by insurance/PPOs and large scale competition.

Our recent survey shows that PPOs are once again at the top of the list as far as issues you and your colleagues are facing. Yet in the last year, fewer than 5% of area offices actually dropped a PPO.

We are not purists. We feel that every office should have the right balance of PPOs for their area. We often see, though, that doctors are much deeper into PPO participation than they need to be. If you haven’t negotiated with your PPOs, you may be leaving money on the table. If you’re collecting less than 80%, you should seriously look into peeling back PPO participation. We can show you how you can lose the discounts and keep the patients!

Other Trends:

  • Metro Wages remain pretty much the same this year compared to last year. Outstate Wages are up 4%.
  • Digital Communications are now in 50% of the marketplace practices. We’ve seen this to be very handy. Patients like text confirmations. Email blasts help get the word out about the services you provide and help you keep on top of seasonal opportunities (back-to-school, yearend insurance/flex plan notices, etc.).

    The leaders in our area are (in descending order of market share): Lighthouse (33%), RevenueWell (21%) and Solution Reach (12%).

  • Despite the fact that Delta pushes hard on dentists charging at the seat, not the prep appointment, 59% of dentists in our area charge at the prep, 41% at the seat.