Articles

The goal of The Practice Solution Magazine is to provide practice owners with practice management information that will assist them in achieving success.

How to Guarantee a Satisfactory Retirement Fund

It is never too early in your career to start funding your retirement. You may only be one day out of school, but you should be thinking about and planning out a retirement fund. We have found from our surveys that…

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Turn a 40+ hour week into a 30 hour week and stay profitable

Turn a 40+ hour week into a 30 hour week and stay profitable

Dealing with staff can often be a confusing and complex subject.  Certainly if a staff member was overtly unwilling, refusing to do what was expected, gossiping, constantly complaining and so on, this is a staff member you wouldn’t tolerate. On the other hand…

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Where is Your Net Profit?

Where is Your Net Profit?

Where is your net profit? Did you work hard all week just to earn less money? The bank balance should be going up, not down!

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Presenting Treatment Plans – the Do’s and Don’ts

Proper treatment-plan presentation can boom your practice, give your patients the best quality of care and can give you the ability to demonstrate how much you care for your patients. It can also generate more referrals from happy patients and help the practice to grow to its fullest.

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Discussing Payment: How to be Both Polite and Effective

Discussing Payment: How to be Both Polite and Effective

You should always assume that a patient/client can afford the recommended treatment when discussing payment with him. Don’t be shy, embarrassed or apologetic about the cost of your services. This can give the appearance that the treatment isn’t worth the fee being charged…

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14 Steps to Safeguard Your Practice From Embezzlement

14 Steps to Safeguard Your Practice From Embezzlement

More than likely, you’ve heard the horror story about a colleague whose trusted employee embezzled money from his/her practice. To preclude this from happening to you, there are steps that you could take to minimize the risk of embezzlement.

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ECONOMIC WOES LEAD TO EMPLOYMENT DISHONESTY

Employee dishonesty can take many forms. No one seems to be exempt, and tough economic times only make matters worse. Although embezzlement can happen at all levels, we have encountered a number of situations in small to medium sized companies where employees were...

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