Practice Management

Videos

In this episode of Mastermind, host Lisa Newburger, LISW-S, is joined by Jeff Rohde, DDS, and Nicole Rapp, RDH, to discuss how to build the team up in the dental practice and the benefits of doing so. [28 Minutes]

Mastermind Episode 18 - The Importance of Team-Building in the Dental Practice

Elizabeth Slane is the President of the ES Agency LLC and can be reached at 631-265-5860. Shehas 35 years experience as an Underwriter for Dental and Physician Malpractice policies, Businessowners policies, and Workers Compensation policies. This includes evaluating risks involved when insuring doctors and establishing the pricing for their Individual malpractice policies, Entity malpractice policies, and their Businessowners policies. This experience has led to long established relationships with clients and insurance carriers. She provides malpractice insurance and businessowners insurance coverage on a wide range of insurers from the smallest entities to the larger practices.

Articles

New graduates in the dental field need to be aware of the different types of property and casualty insurances that are necessary to protect their interests.

Understanding the Many Insurance Policies You Need as a Practicing Dentist

Sam Douthit is a natural-born seeker with a passion for community driven growth who is dedicated to the pursuit of helping others unlock their highest potential. Serving as a Big Brother was the catalyst for unlocking his own potential as a coach; he volunteered 4 years as a mentor in the program. To this day Sam is proud to stand by as a guide to his little brother as he learns to navigate his own career path.

An executive coach with Fortune Management, Douthit has a BA in Economics and Business Administration from Middle Tennessee State University, and over 15 years of experience in management with one of Nashville’s most formidable hospitality groups. While at Strategic Hospitality, Sam honed his skills for recruitment and staff management, project management, cost containment and profitability, and systems implementation.

Sam dreams big and works even harder. As an avid golfer and tennis player, he has cultivated an appreciation for developing mental dexterity and an attraction to the benefits of healthy competition. He believes in the power of accountability driven goal setting and showing gratitude through paying it forward.

As professionals, taking a beat to evaluate and consider our questions and decisions can go a long way in making us better at dental practice management. 

Pause to Evaluate the Important Questions and Decisions

Kellie Nock is the assistant editor for Dental Products Report. She graduated from Kent State University in 2018 with a Bachelor's in Journalism. Kellie enjoys multimedia content creation with a focus on audio and video storytelling. 

A strong dental practice staff starts with a leader that wants to support them in their successes, and showing appreciation is a great first step. 

6 Ways to Show Appreciation to the Dental Team

Perrin DesPortes is one of the co-founders of Polaris Healthcare Partners. He attended Washington & Lee University for undergrad and earned his MBA from the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. Perrin has over 25 years of experience in the business side of dentistry, having started as a 4th generation family member of Thompson Dental Company, then as a General Manager of 15 yeras with Patterson Dental Supply where he ran 3 different businesses for them. In 2017, he and Diwakar Sinha departed to launch Polaris. Perrin is happily married and has an 8 year-old daughter at home. In his spare time, he is an avid cyclist and tennis player; enjoys cooking and reading; and loves good red wine and strong coffee. 

There are myriad ways to bring in and retain associates for group practices, beginning with becoming a better recruiter. 

Creating Sustainable Success in Attracting and Retaining Associates at a Group Dental Practice

Host Lisa Newburger is joined by Rick Adelstein, DDS, Jeff Rohde, DDS, Debbie Zaller, RDH, Shawnie Cahuya, RDH, and Richard Jentsch, CDT, to discuss if we can make our dental practices greener. [31 minutes]

Mastermind - Episode 16 - Sustainability in the Dental Practice

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.

Maintaining a healthy and nontoxic work environment in your dental practice is key to keeping employees and patients coming back. 

Keeping a Healthy Work Environment in a Dental Practice

Midmark and Practice Design Group will host these in-person practice design workshops in July and October for practice success. 

Midmark and Practice Design Group Present ImpactDesign Workshop Series

Dr Huff brings more than 19 years of dental experience leading and building a successful dental practice in Boise, Idaho. He was instrumental in creating a team environment that excelled at leading with the giving hand and had a passion for clinical excellence with a particular interest in state-of-the-art dentistry. He attended the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry in Minneapolis, committed himself to hundreds of hours of continuing education, and provided every level of care from orthodontics to implant surgeries and everything in between. He was an early adopter of CEREC and digital cone beam technology and gives talks on CEREC and digital dentistry. Dr Huff retired from clinical dentistry in 2018. He became the site director of the ISU AEGD program in 2021 and is a franchise owner and executive coach for Fortune Management.

The absence of confidence and competence is a big barrier that could be holding you back. 

How Lacking the 2 Cs Can Rob You of Your Freedom

More support from bosses, better products, and flexible scheduling also top list in HuFriedyGroup survey of dental professionals. 

Group Practice