{"id":391,"date":"2014-05-15T14:29:28","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T14:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogadvancedpracticemanagement.webaloo.com\/?p=391"},"modified":"2014-05-23T14:33:40","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T14:33:40","slug":"the-dental-dow-1st-quarter-of-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.advancedpracticemanagement.com\/blog\/the-dental-dow-1st-quarter-of-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dental Dow &#8211; 1st Quarter 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Comparing the first quarter this year to last \u00a0year, we find practice production up 2.7%<br \/>\nand collections up just .3% compared to the first quarter of 2013.<\/p>\n<h2>Notable First Quarter 2014 Stats:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>New patients are up 6%<\/li>\n<li>Recall patients are up 1.3%<\/li>\n<li>Total patient flow increase of 1.7%<\/li>\n<li>Perio is up 7%<\/li>\n<li>Unfortunately, downtime in both the Doctors\u2019 and hygienists\u2019 schedules is higher than the same period last year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At 83%, the collection percentage was 3 points lower\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">than the first quarter of last year. Whether this is hung\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">up insurance payments, slow paying patients, or\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">increased PPO write offs, it\u2019s too early to tell.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Summary of 2013<\/h2>\n<p>At APM, we stay\u00a0on top of what is happening so that we can keep you informed to make the best decisions for YOUR practice. Each year we survey practices throughout the Upper Midwest and we tally the results. Last year the top issues for dentists were (in\u00a0descending order):<\/p>\n<p>1. Insurance PPO\/Third Party Write-Offs<br \/>\n2. Staff Issues, Motivation, Teamwork, Costs<br \/>\n3. Technology: Costs, Keeping Up, Going Chartless<br \/>\n4. Production Growth, Filling Schedules, &#8220;Busyness&#8221;<br \/>\n5. Getting New Patients, Marketing<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/advancedpracticemanagement.com\/2013_economy_and_your_dental_practice.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">For a complete\u00a0summary of 2013 results is\u00a0available for you here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/advancedpracticemanagement.com\/files\/apm\/files\/APM_May.pdf\">APM Bulletin May 2014<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comparing the first quarter this year to last \u00a0year, we find practice production up 2.7% and collections up just .3% compared to the first quarter of 2013. Notable First Quarter 2014 Stats: New patients are up 6% Recall patients are up 1.3% Total patient flow increase of 1.7% Perio is up 7% Unfortunately, downtime in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,4,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apm-surveys","category-dental-practice-management","category-the-dental-dow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.advancedpracticemanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.advancedpracticemanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.advancedpracticemanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.advancedpracticemanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.advancedpracticemanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.advancedpracticemanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.advancedpracticemanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.advancedpracticemanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.advancedpracticemanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}