Practice Management

Paul Intlekofer is President of SFP Capital, a VC firm, and CEO of MMG Fusion, LLC, a software company helping dentists manage, market and grow their practice. He holds a BA in economics from Johns Hopkins and a JD/MBA from Maryland. Paul has helped start-ups, emerging companies, and public companies create innovative products and achieve significant growth. Paul was also a founding member of an internet/technology start-up, rdental, LLC, which was ultimately acquired by WebMD, and became WebDDS. Paul started out as an attorney with Venable, LLP.

Articles

MMG Fusion built a system for making office growth automatic and staff more productive. 

Automating Practice Tasks Aims to Improve Productivity, Bottom Line

, a global workforce management platform for employee scheduling, timesheets, and communication. With a focus on Healthcare, Derek helps business owners and workforce leaders simplify employment law compliance, keep labor costs in line, and build award-winning workplaces. Derek has over 16 years’ experience in delivering data-driven sales and marketing strategies to SaaS companies, such as MarketSource and Griswold Home Care.

Owning a busy dental practice is a good sign of the business' success. But a full schedule does not always mean things are running as efficiently as possible. 

Less admin, more real work: Time management tips for dental facility owners

How Method’s cloud-based procurement system streamlines purchase processes.

Transforming spend management to improve your bottom line

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 

Practice sellers can report findings in reports and offer the upside of what had occurred during the normal times to assist in overcoming the negative results of the virus.

Making Meaning of Dental Practice Valuations During the Viral Pandemic 

New online service allows clinicians to recommend Colgate products, and patients can purchase them at discount prices directly from the website.

Colgate Professional Direct Launches to Connect Patients with Clinician Recommended Home Care Products

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.

"It will cost…how much?" Understanding that many patients are already uneasy about going to the dentist can help you have compassion when treatment costs add to their unease.

Compassion Needed for the Dental Patient

Stan Goff is a Managing Editor with MJH Life Sciences, which includes Dental Products Report, Dental Practice Management, Dental Lab Products, Modern Hygienist, and Dentist's Money Digest. He has covered the dental industry since 1999 and can be reached at sgoff@mjhlifesciences.com.  

An introduction to this communication software that serves as a remote business toolbox for dental practices. 

5Ws* Weave

An introduction to this dental app providing teledentistry and much more to connect patients and clinicians.

5Ws* Dentulu

Videos

Dental Products Report Managing Editor Stan Goff talks with Debbie Evans, FAADOM & Heather Colicchio, Founder of the American Association for Dental Office Management about the challenges of running a dental practice during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the signs of good news for dental professionals as we approach six months since the U.S. dental industry was shut down.

Practice Management Through Months of a Pandemic: An interview with Debbie Evans & Heather Colicchio

Affiliations with dental service organizations could pick up before the close of 2020.
