Finance

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Three out of four dentists play an active role in making financial decisions for their practice.

Survey examines dental practice investments

Bruce Bryen is a certified public accountant with over 45 years of experience and is a part of Baratz & Associates CPAs. He specializes in deferred compensation, such as retirement planning design; income and estate tax planning; determination of the proper organizational business structure; asset protection and structuring loan packages for presentation to financial institutions. He is experienced in providing litigation support services to dentists with Valuation and Expert Witness testimony in matrimonial and partnership dispute cases. He is also a financial writer for several dental journals. You may contact him at 609-502-0691 or at 

Here’ what you can do to avoid any more surprises next year.

Surprised with your 2018 tax bill?

Lisa Newburger, a master's level social worker supervisor, helps audiences find humor in talking about tough topics. Her "in-your-face" style of presentations and writing will make you smile or just shock you into taking some action. Either way, she is very effective at empowering others to reach their goals and feel better about themselves. Her entertaining workshops are available for national and international audiences. Writing for the dental industry since 2010, she uses an alterego (Diana Directive) to illustrate her points in a sarcastic but effective way. Presentations can be scheduled by contacting Lisa at www.discussdirectives.com/dental.html.

Are you putting your employees in a difficult position? 

Moral injury responses in the dental industry

 The valuation of a dental practice for a divorce is different than for a practice transition and not knowing this could cost you

Choosing the best dental practice valuation expert for divorce proceedings

Robert Elsenpeter is a freelance writer and frequent contributor to Dental Products Report and Dental Lab Products. He is also the author of 18 technology books, including the award-winning Green IT: Reduce Your Information System's Environmental Impact While Adding to the Bottom Line. As such, he’s particularly interested in the technological side of dentistry.

How you can make - and save - more money at your practice. 

Money matters

Dr. Roger P. Levin is the CEO of Levin Group, a leading dental management consulting firm. Founded in 1985, Levin Group has worked with over 30,000 dental practices. Dr. Levin is one of the most sought-after speakers in dentistry and is a leading authority on dental practice success and sustainable growth. Through extensive research and cutting-edge innovation, Dr. Levin is a recognized expert on propelling practices into the top 10 percent. He has authored 65 books and over 4,000 articles on dental practice management and marketing. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Time magazine and is the creator of the Levin Group Tip of the Day, which has over 30,000 subscribers. To contact Dr. Levin, visit www.levingroup.com or email rlevin@levingroup.com. 

How the front desk team to get 50-70 percent of patents with non-participating plans to schedule an appointment anyway.

Scheduling patients with non-participating insurance plans

Colin Nabity is the CEO & Founder of LeverageRx, a digital lending and insurance marketplace exclusively for the medical market. LeverageRx helps healthcare professionals find the best rates on disability insurance, malpractice insurance, student loan refinancing and mortgage loans.

Be conscious of how you allocate income, adopt insurance, and those you include in your financial future.

6 common mistakes dentists make on personal finances

Set limits and plan accordingly to responsibly increase production while maintaining overhead spending.

Why you need to maintain control on overhead expenses

New cloud-based software systems like Kleer are innovating subscription-based dental payment models.

Why dental memberships are growing in popularity

Christine Taxin is the founder and president of Links2Success, a practice management consulting company to the dental and medical fields. Prior to starting her own consulting company, Taxin served as an administrator of a critical care department at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City and managed an extensive multi-specialty dental practice in New York. With over 25 years of experience as a practice management professional, she now provides private practice consulting services, delivers continuing education seminars for dental and medical professionals and serves as an adjunct professor at the New York University (NYU) Dental School and Resident Programs for Maimonides Hospital. She can be reached through www.links2success.biz.

How you can navigate the sometimes intimidating world of medical billing.