Bosses of the world, please pay attention as this is a seriously important question to every one of your staff. You hire them, put them on the job and hope for the best. Each one of them can make or break the success of your practice, and the brightest ones are aware of this and […]
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Most practice owners say they are concerned with how to increase the efficiency and production of their practices. Actually, most business people of any kind want the same thing. So what is so mysterious or tricky about having a totally efficient practice? Let’s answer that first and then it will open the door as to
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Patients and clients experience a lot of different emotions when it comes to your services, right? Some come in like lions and go out purring with contentment. Some come in like tigers and go out like tigers. The staff of your practice are pretty much confronted with a total cross-section of humanity and not all
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Profit Killers
As a practice owner, are you interested in increasing the profitability of your practice? If yes, you are in good company with almost all practitioners. After 7 years of post-secondary education, on-going continuing educational courses, a major investment into starting or buying your practice, and a lot of sweat equity, you really DO deserve to
The 10 Key Profit Killers
Let’s say you own a practice and have an idea that you want to implement. And it is a GREAT idea! You call a staff meeting to present it and get everyone excited about it. But, only some of them bought in and others didn’t. Worse yet, what happens after the meeting? Answer: You may
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In the hundreds of practices we are in contact with per week, we get to talk briefly with a lot of Receptionists manning the front desk. Some need work, some are okay, some are good, and every once in a while, we are delighted to be talking to an outstanding individual who really cares and
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One of the biggest time wasters for the staff of many practices is all the insurance issues that have to be dealt with in a day. Although less than 50% of the population has insurance coverage, it seems like a much higher percentage than that just due to the time needed to handle the associated
…to make your New Years Resolutions stick! 1. Powerful Goals When making or setting your goals, THINK BIG, but don’t go outside of your concept of reality. Be very specific … in fact, the more specific you are, the more chance you have of accomplishing them. They may be short term or long term. If
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Knowing how a practice is performing and how to increase its profitability are most efficiently accomplished through the use of statistics. Some people call them “performance metrics” and others may say “practice metric monitors,” but in any case, they are referring to the numbers which measure the productivity of the various areas of the practice.
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… and the whole world smiles with you! Has anyone frowned at you lately? Did one of your friends or colleagues look a little serious or preoccupied? Did it make you feel good? Probably not! There have been many studies to show that smiling increases your own personal health, but even further, if you smile
For your patients’ sake as well as your own and your staff’s, keeping a lid on tempers and angry outbursts in a practice is an important skill. Creating a calm working environment can increase the efficiency and level of production. Getting angry may be the correct response to some situations. Yet blowing up and overreacting
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Jack tries to get along and not cause trouble. His neighbor plays loud rock-an-roll music all night long, so Jack buys ear plugs. Jack hates leaving his apartment as the building lobby is full of boxes and junk; he just steps around the mess. His co-worker makes Jack pick him up for work each day
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