{"id":743,"date":"2016-02-17T20:06:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T20:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogadvancedpracticemanagement.webaloo.com\/?p=743"},"modified":"2016-02-17T20:06:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T20:06:29","slug":"dental-dow-2015-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.advancedpracticemanagement.com\/blog\/dental-dow-2015-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Dental Dow 2015 Wrap Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comparing 2015 to 2014 statistics for the mature area practices\u00a0sampled, we found that practice production was up 6% and\u00a0collections were up 4.8%.<\/p>\n

Total patient flow was up 3% with New Patients being up 7.3%.\u00a0The average production per exam was up 3.2%.<\/p>\n

Metro Area Fees were up 1.3%. Outstate Area Fees were up\u00a01.7%.<\/p>\n

Produc\u0006on Increase Percentages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
2009<\/strong><\/td>\n2010<\/strong><\/td>\n2011<\/strong><\/td>\n2012<\/strong><\/td>\n2013<\/strong><\/td>\n2014<\/strong><\/td>\n2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
0.5%<\/td>\n1.4%<\/td>\n2.5%<\/td>\n3.3%<\/td>\n3.3%<\/td>\n4.2%<\/td>\n6.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Collec\u0006on Increase Percentages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
2009<\/strong><\/td>\n2010<\/strong><\/td>\n2011<\/strong><\/td>\n2012<\/strong><\/td>\n2013<\/strong><\/td>\n2014<\/strong><\/td>\n2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
0.4%<\/td>\n0.4%<\/td>\n1.6%<\/td>\n3.5%<\/td>\n2.2%<\/td>\n3.1%<\/td>\n4.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

As you can see, this is the most growth in 7 years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Our Dow, a sampling of both Rural and Urban practices, shows\u00a0an average collection percentage of 84% – down a percentage\u00a0point from last year. The Collection percentage has slipped by\u00a0around 1 point per year for the past five years. Doctors are\u00a0raising fees but, of course, PPO Participation is affecting\u00a0Collections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Comparing 2015 to 2014 statistics for the mature area practices\u00a0sampled, we found that practice production was up 6% and\u00a0collections were up 4.8%. Total patient flow was up 3% with New Patients being up 7.3%.\u00a0The average production per exam was up 3.2%. Metro Area Fees were up 1.3%. Outstate Area Fees were up\u00a01.7%. Produc\u0006on Increase Percentages […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bulletin-articles","category-dental-dow-jones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.advancedpracticemanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.advancedpracticemanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.advancedpracticemanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.advancedpracticemanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.advancedpracticemanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.advancedpracticemanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}