Dr. Roger P. Levin

Team Management
Dos and don'ts for team building: Morning meetings matter
Through effective daily meetings, practices can enjoy a significantly productive day. When practices fail to hold consistent morning meetings, chaotic, stressful days are often the result. Morning meetings keep doctors and teams focused -- if handled correctly.
November 6, 2011
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Dental Education
Dos and don'ts for practice marketing: The importance of branding
Branding brings new patients to your door by clearly positioning your practice as a specific type of service provider. If branding efforts are successful, your practice will see many more new patients, allowing you and the dental team to educate and motivate them to become long-term patients.
October 30, 2011
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Dental Education
Dos and don'ts for practice marketing
Knowing the sources of new patients can not only increase the number of new patients, but also help you better target your marketing efforts, saving you time and money in the process.
October 23, 2011
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Dental Education
Dos and don'ts for updating your systems
Updated systems are documented, step-by-step protocols that lower stress, enhance communication, and improve productivity, all of which ultimately lead to an increase in production. Just like other types of businesses, dental practices have to upgrade the services and systems that became stagnant in the recession.
October 16, 2011
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Dental Education
Dos and don'ts for practice marketing: Increase patient referrals
Effective internal marketing requires consistency and execution. Being able to implement strategies separates high-performance practices from those offices struggling to grow in a slow economy
October 9, 2011
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Dental Education
Dos and don'ts for scheduling: Get more out of your schedule
Your schedule represents a record of your future production. A well-designed schedule enables your office to achieve high production and low stress. An inefficient schedule holds the practice back from reaching its true potential.
October 2, 2011
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Insurance
Dos and don'ts for practice finance: Institute the one-day rule
Patients who owe money to the practice should be contacted when they are one day overdue. In a difficult economy, the occurrence of overdue patients is happening more frequently. Remember, the practice deserves to be paid for services that it provides
September 25, 2011
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Team Management
Dos and don'ts for leadership: Hold effective staff meetings
Every practice needs to create opportunities for departments to work together and exchange ideas. Morning meetings and monthly staff meetings serve this important purpose.
September 18, 2011
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Dental Education
Dos and don'ts for customer service: Give encouragement and compliments to patients
If patients are doing a great job sitting still for a lengthy procedure, let them know with a compliment. They may have no idea whether they're being a good patient or not. They'll appreciate it and feel better about the appointment.
September 11, 2011
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Dos and don'ts for patient retention
When patients sit in the chair, they should feel everyone in the practice knows them and why they're there. Practices that do this have very high patient retention.
September 4, 2011
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Much like the numbers you receive at an annual wellness exam -- your blood pressure, cholesterol, etc. -- data inform dentists about their practice's health. Dr. Roger P. Levin outlines what to do and not do when assessing the health of your practice.
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Looking to hire a new dental assistant? These are the interview questions you should ask
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Dental manager sues ex-employer for disability discrimination
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