In this episode, Howie and Mark discuss hitting dental practice plateaus. Is your practice growth stalled? Learn more about how to handle and anticipate future patient plateaus.
Podcast Highlights:
- Discussion of the various career plateau points for a dental practice
- When to add a hygienist to a starter solo practice
- Stalling at $800–850,000 gross revenue—and how to break through
- Referrals and insurance participation plateaus
- Aging patient base plateaus
- Relying less on insurance plans and more on marketing
- Transitioning into promoting your practice
- The always-increasing costs of business, combined with reimbursements going down—leading to plateaus
- Pre-appointment plateaus
- Recognizing when your team is too busy and overwhelmed, leading to practice stagnation, poor customer service, and less time for collections and booking future appointments