Orthodontic Assumptions

I was perusing mass emails in my spam folder when I came across one from OrthoYes. It was interesting for lots of reasons but the thing that struck me most were the assumptions that almost all orthodo...

A Better Use of Your Facebook Time

Since we opened Smiley Face in May I’ve been running our practice Facebook page, responding to messages, answering questions posted as comments and generally doing whatever needs to be done to enga...

What’s in a Price?

Metaphorically speaking, we orthodontists traditionally sell half gallons of vanilla ice cream. Customers visiting the average office can have any kind of ice cream they want as long as it’s a half ...

They Can’t Get Away with That!

Marc Ackerman Ben Burris One of us went to an emergency meeting of the Massachusetts Association of Orthodontists last week. It was held at a small hotel in a nondescript meeting room with about 20 or...

How To Properly Calculate Your Receivables

By Jamie Reynolds In previous posts, I shared some of the data we are collecting at OrthoFi.  In a series of blog posts, I hope to share more of the data we have collected from over 70,000 starts and...

Pending Management – The Data!

By Jamie Reynolds In previous posts, I shared some of the data we are collecting at OrthoFi.  In a series of blog posts, I hope to share more of the data we have collected from over 60,000 starts and...

Insurance Benefits and PIF Accounts

I know that many of you offer a payment in full bookkeeping courtesy for patients who pay for treatment up front. It’s a very common thing to do and doing so makes logical sense given the reduce...