Last week we published a Thriving Dentist Show titled; ‘Breaking Free From the Shackles of Insurance’. As usual, Gary published a link to the new Show on Facebook with a short summary of the content of the Show.
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Running Time: 85:19 minutesIn the comments, Dr. Tarun Agarwal indicated that he really appreciates Gary’s perspective but he has figured out how to make insurance work in his practice and he proposed a debate on the subject. Dr. Alan Mead, co-creater of The Dental Hacks podcast agreed to moderate the debate. In this Show, Gary, Tarun and Alan discuss; The various types of insurance, how Tarun and Gary both handle insurance in their practices, Tarun’s perspective on the difference between a ‘practice’ and a ‘business’, how to be insurance-friendly in any format, how to answer the question; ‘do you take my insurance’ and host of other details around the topic of insurance. The show concludes with a stimulating discussion about the real issue that holds most practices from achieving their potential!
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!