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Fee Reviews
Fee Reviews As nearly all of you are aware, we make annual fee increase recommendations each year. With seemingly ever increasing practice adjustments (due in large part to Delta “frozen fees”), many...
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Corporate Dentistry?
Is it taking over the northwest dental landscape? I have recently been asked this question a lot. My answer is…The Knutzen-McVay Group has not transitioned or been involved in any practice transitions...
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How Can I Grow My Practice?
How Can I Grow My Practice? The desire of the majority of clients we come into contact with. There are a variety of means to stimulate “organic” practice growth depending upon existing conditions....
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Consequences of Delta Dental Fee Reductions
Consequences of Delta Dental Fee Reductions January 2017 When the Delta Dental contract fee reductions went into effect midway through 2011, we observed many “evasive action” measures. Some worked...
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Credit Balances – Unclaimed Property Law
Credit Balances – Unclaimed Property Law July 2017 What is unclaimed property? Unclaimed property is any amount owed to another, such as uncashed payroll or vendor checks, gift certificates, unused...
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Negotiating Fees with Insurance Companies
Negotiating Fees with Insurance Companies October 2017 As I’m sure you are aware, you can negotiate your Insurance PPO fee’s every 2 years with dental insurance companies such as Aetna, Ameritas,...
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Hygienist and Assistant Staff Shortages
Hygienist and Assistant Staff Shortages April 2018 Remember the days when hiring staff was easy? It seems like yesterday that it was as simple as posting an ad or going through an agency and within 24...
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How Does Your Hygiene Production Compare?
How Does Your Hygiene Production Compare? As most of us in the industry know, dental hygiene is a key driver of practice production. Unfortunately, many practices still are not maximizing the...
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Accounts Receivable
Accounts Receivable Your Accounts Receivable tells a story of the health of your practice. Do you know your numbers? Our advice would be to strive for one-half of a month’s average production for your...
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Value of the Dental Practice
Value of the Dental Practice It never fails. Whenever the subject of practice transition comes up, dentists will invariably ask the question, “How do you come up with the value of my practice? I have...
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