Episode 350

Busting Loose from Insurance Dependence with Gary Takacs

Host: Gary Takacs | Published Date: October 3, 2018 | Listening Time: 1:01:23

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In this Thriving Dentist Show, Gary shares his experience of radically reducing insurance dependence in his own practice in Phoenix, AZ.

Of all the strategic decisions that Gary, Dr. Nielson and Dr. Schmidt have made in their practice, the single most important decision was to reduce insurance dependency.

Running time: 61:23

In this podcast, Gary discusses;

  • Why they made the decision to reduce insurance dependency,
  • the dirty secret that the dental insurance companies do NOT want you to know,
  • why the current dental insurance system is completely broken and what to do about it,
  • why dental practice overhead is rising so rapidly,
  • a five-step plan that Gary followed to successfully reduce insurance dependency in his own practice and in dental offices located throughout the country,
  • how to reduce insurance dependency yet remain patient-friendly in the process,
  • how to determine your practice ‘readiness’ to go out of network
  • and how they were able to retain the vast majority of their in-network patients when they went out of network.

Throughout this podcast Gary shares with you exactly what they did to reagin control of their practice from the insurance companies!

Links for ‘Top Clinical Tips’ with Dr. Lee Ann Beady

Lee’s website: www.leeannbrady.com

Restorative Nation website: www.restorativenation.com

Link for the ‘Busting Loose from Insurance Dependence’ digital course: www.thrivingdentist.com/course

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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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