Welcome to the Fee for Service Dentist Podcast!
Dec 22, 2019
Breaking the mindset that you can’t grow an established practice.
In today’s interview, Dr. Steve Garrett shares:
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- How to break the mindset that you can’t grow an established practice
- How his FFS practice hit $6M in collection this year
- Scheduling 9 chairs of hygiene and not losing your mind
- How being FFS has benefited his practice
- How he schedules new patients
- Adding a surgical suite
- When to renovate a practice
- What is the end game? Additional locations? Expanding providers? When is enough enough?
- Treating people right and focusing on what is most important
- “For me, it’s not about the numbers. It’s about waking up every day and loving my career.”
- Does Dr. Garret feel pressured into taking dental insurance?
- What does the ownership structure and compensation look like in his group practice?
- The importance of having mentors and learning from them.
- The importance of systems in a FFS practice.
- The importance of investing in your team and building a family environment.
- “If you can’t treat your team right, you’re not going to be able to treat your patients right.”
- Share your experience and what you know with other dentists.
- “I think that dentistry is the most amazing profession on the planet. I love what I do.”
Episode resources:
Dental Membership Direct
www.dentalmembershipdirect.com
Dental Financing Direct
Dental Membership Master Course with Dr. Chris Phelps
www.membershipmastercourse.com
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