Course Description

Reducing Insurance Dependence was the single most important strategic decision for Gary’s practice LifeSmiles. This allowed Gary & his team at LifeSmiles to no longer feel like the proverbial hamster on the treadmill trying to keep up with the restrictions caused by insurance dependency.

Sadly, however, this is the reality faced by many dentists who are heavily involved with PPO Plans!

This study club event will focus on various core concepts that explore the impact of Insurance on both dental practices as well as on patients & provides insights in overcoming the struggles that dentists face when trying to overcome these barriers on there without a proper framework to guide them through.

Further, this program will cover the following fundamental areas within the scope of reducing insurance dependence;

• Life in Dentistry Post-COVID; The "New Normal"
• Exploring the impact of Dental Insurance in a Dental Practice
• Developing a Growth Mindset & Culture
• Tactical Strategies to reduce Insurance Dependence in your Practice
• Preparing to go out of network
• Attracting Ideal Patients to Your Practice to replace Insurance-Driven Patients
• Mastering Communication Skills
• Making Dentistry affordable & accessible for Patients
• Implementing & driving high-value services for your patients in your practice

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Learn and identify the important aspects of dental marketing
• Learn to reduce overhead & work towards becoming less insurance dependent
• Learn the ways of implementing strategies to sustain & increase the production/output in the practice
• Learn the techniques of providing a remarkable patient experience while retaining a thriving & profitable practice.

Who is this Workshop for:

• Dentists, Associate Dentists & Dental Practice Team Members

Continuing Education Credits

2 hours’ worth of CE Credits will be awarded for attending this study club event.

Earn CE Credits While You Grow Your Practice

All speakers must disclose to the audience any proprietary, financial or other personal interest of any nature or kind, in any product, service, source, and/or company, or in any firm beneficially associated therewith that will be discussed or considered during their presentation. The Thriving Dentist Inc does not view the existence of these interests or uses as implying bias or decreasing the value to participants. It is important for the participants to form their own judgment about each presentation, and you are cautioned about the potential risks of using limited knowledge when integrating new techniques into your practice.

Non Discrimination Policy

The instructor does not and shall not discriminate against the audience on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, throughout the study club event.

View our full Non-Discrimination Policy here.

Instructor

Gary Takacs

This program will be led by Gary Takacs, a well established Dental Practice Management Coach, with over 40 years of coaching experience with having coached over 2200+ dental practices in the US & around the world. He has delivered over 18,000 hours of CE & co-owns his own dental practice.

Gary understands from personal experience, what it means to be restricted by insurance limitations, work 70-80 hours a week, and be unable to invest in the latest dental technologies.

When he bought his practice, LifeSmiles in the year 2007, it was a practice filled with PPO plans, no effective marketing strategy, and burdened with an overhead of 80%!

However, within a few years, he converted this half a million dollar practice into a very successful dental practice that is currently at the top 1/4th of 1% in the US.

Gary knows the power of investing time and resources into systems and concepts. By successfully establishing these systems, he achieved exceptional results in his own practice – and is confident these concepts will do the same for your practice as seen with over 2200+ of his coaching clients!

Gary’s passion has always been to help dentists achieve the same personal, professional, and financial satisfaction that he and his coaching clients have achieved.

• Over 40 years of experience coaching dentists and transforming practices.
• Coached over 2200 dental practices around the world.
• Instructor on 'Business of Dentistry' at The Pankey Institute (Key Biscayne, FL)
• Founder of the very first dental podcast, The Thriving Dentist Show with over 10,000 dentist listeners in 178 countries.