Episode 222

Breaking Free From the Shackles of Insurance with Gary Takacs

Host: Gary Takacs | Published Date: April 20, 2016 | Listening Time: 0:56:01

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Dental Insurance can be a challenge for most dental offices. Many PPO plans provide such a low reimbursement that it doesn’t make sense to be a contracted provider.

Running Time: 56:01 minutes

Lately, Gary has been getting many questions from Dentists about how they can reduce their insurance dependency. Gary decided to do this Show to help guide you to reduce your insurance dependency. In this Show, Gary discusses; A solid foundation to begin to reduce your insurance dependency, the 4 pieces of data you need to make insurance decisions, a marketing plan to attract quality new patients, the importance of training your team members on verbal skills, the benefits of an in-office membership plan, payment options that will help you accommodate patients who need some payment flexibility. Gary shares some case studies of Dentists who have successfully reduced their insurance dependency.

Gary’s email address: gary@takacslearningcenter.com

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Gary Takacs

Gary Takacs Gary became a successful practice owner by purchasing a fixer-upper practice and developing it into a world-class dental practice. He is passionate about sharing his hard-earned insights and experiences with dental practices across the globe.

As a dental practice coach, Gary provides guidance for dental professionals on how to create a healthier practice style that lets them deliver excellent patient care while reducing depending on insurance.

More importantly, Gary’s insights are not just based on theory – as a co-owner of a dental practice, he has first-hand experience in making this transformation from a high-volume and low-fee insurance model to a fee-for-service approach that is more sustainable and promotes a patient-centric and financially healthy dental practice, and he is dedicated to sharing this knowledge with other dental practitioners via the popular Thriving Dentist Show!
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