This episode will take a look at your schedule, most importantly how to make your schedule hum with productivity and not business! Let’s start with a quote from Stephen Covey…we all know him from his best-selling books, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and Principle-Centered Leadership. Stephen says… "The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities." Our Scheduling Axioms are… Axiom 1: Being Busy is NOT the same a being Productive. Axiom 2: Prioritize your Schedule for Productivity. Axiom 3: Rocks, Pebbles, and Sand. Axiom 4: Block Opportunity and Emergency Time into your schedule every day. Axiom 5: Keep Score. I know that if my schedule is kept full, I will meet or exceed my production goals every time with the correct mix of appointment types. Tune in here to learn more!

It’s the New Year, 2021…Happy New Year to You!  We are all excited to see 2020 end, and our hopes are that the countless challenges we faced last year will soon come to an end too! The New Year is a time of reNEWal, time for a fresh start, and a time to reset, recalibrate, and recharge.  It is also a time we are constantly reminded about our New Years Resolutions.  Seems that we can’t say New Year’s without adding the Resolution part too. Every year we pass this same threshold with the same hopes and desires for the year ahead. What will you do??…do you have a plan?? The experts tell us that half of all adults make New Year’s Resolutions, but less than 10% follow through on their goals each year.  In reality, by Valentine’s Day, you may find yourself in the same “rut” as before. Fighting these poor odds and without a better strategy I gave up on New Year’s Resolutions years ago. The Truth is … Resolutions don’t work. Action does. I anticipate if you are like me, you know deep down, in your heart of hearts, that you could do better, achieve more, and become a better version of yourself. During these first weeks of the New Year Social Media and the Internet, heck…even my PodCast here… will have expert after expert share their guidelines, rules, hacks, shortcuts, and strategies for achieving more. How about, for a change, instead of getting burdened with lists, journals, apps, processes, and other people’s ideas, we just Resolve to do One and only One Thing. Act… Let’s make a New Year’s Resolution to Decide to Act this year!  Let’s put aside all of our thinking, prioritizing, researching, and list-making and exchange it for one simple task… to Act! Listen in to find out how Action is the key to Achieving in the New Year!

The topic for today is Air Purification. During this podcast, we will take a deeper dive into Air Purification Systems. It is our intent to make you more knowledgeable of the choices and technologies available so you can make the best decision for your practice. After urging steps like handwashing, mask-wearing, and social distancing, researchers say proper ventilation indoors should join the list of necessary measures. Health scientists and mechanical engineers have started issuing recommendations to schools and businesses for how often indoor air needs to be exchanged, as well as guidelines for the fans, filters, and other equipment needed to meet the goals.

Risk management is the protection of resources from losses due to legal action and the activities associated with risk management are easily adapted to a dental practice. We illuminate a common blind spot and offer ways to stay protected as litigation is on the rise.

You have been thinking, it might be time to think about your Practice Succession. You have enjoyed a wonderful career in dentistry, have grown and nurtured an exceptional practice with wonderful patients. You have invested heavily in CE, for your clinical and business skills along with staff development and training. You would like to share what you have learned with a young doctor and begin to consider transitioning your practice, but you still love what you do. You are not sure though. Should you consider an associate so you can work a few days less every week? The associate can work your old schedule, you say. But wait, do you have enough room in your office for two doctors to be treating patients at the same time, you have never done that. You think... I can expand and add an operatory, maybe…possibly? Or, expand our hours, with a staggered schedule? What is the staff going to say?! How about another hygiene room too, our patients are waiting way too long to get into hygiene! Not so fast partner…Can I afford all of this? How much is my practice worth? Should I consider selling my building too, or lease it back to the new dentist? When will I be ready to completely retire? Will my staff be ready to accept a new doctor and all of these changes? I have so many questions I don’t know even know where to begin. Do any of these thoughts, questions or ideas sound familiar? If they do then you are in the right place. Our Team here at OmniStar Financial are experts in all of these areas and can find the answers you need to feel confident with your decision so you can take action. In this podcast, we will review some of these topics to get you thinking and planning for your future. We like to say… “If you are starting to think about a practice transition, then you are already three years behind. Today’s not to early to start planning!” OmniStar Financial Group To begin with, there are as many ways to transition a practice as there are dentists and practices to transition. There is no one way, no “cookie-cutter” way, no best or ideal way to accomplish such a monumental task. There is, however, one way that works best for you and your practice. Our challenge is to find that path with you.

We are focusing on one of the most sensitive subjects of the dental practice - fees. Like many dentists we encounter, raising fees is controversial and leaves many dentists wondering what to do. Yet, keeping fees set at one rate for too long ultimately increases your overhead ratio and takes a bite out of profits.

Successful treatment planning begins with meaningful patient conversation. Learn how to ask the right questions and watch your profits rise.