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#36: KPIs are Easier to IMPLEMENT than you Think!

Kiera is back with Dr. Summer Kassamel to discuss the implementation of KPIs. Dr. Summer encourages practice owners to not be afraid to change KPIs after 3 months in order to really focus on KPIs that will make a difference in the practice.

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#35: Hygienists- Change Your Mindset, Change Your Production

Kiera is joined by Paige Benjamin, a rock star hygienist who can do it all! On this episode, Kiera and Paige dig deep into successful ways to make your practice successful by increasing hygiene productivity. So to all the dental hygienists out this, this one’s for you!

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#34: MONDAY MORNING MASH-UP: Practice Makes Perfect – TREATMENT PLANS!

Kiera provides a simple role-play activity for your Monday Huddle! This week she discusses: “Presenting the Treatment Plan to your Patients.” She states that the doctor should quickly go through the plan with the patient giving a SPECIFIC DATE…

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#33: How to Get PAID! Insurance tips with Donna Dinette

Kiera welcomes Donna Dinette who emphasizes the simplicity of getting a 97-98% return rate on your insurance claims! It is all about knowing what the insurance companies want as well as being sincere and confident when speaking with your patient.

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#32: Billing- How to Simplify for Maximum Returns

Kiera is joined by Sarah O’brien as the two dive right into simple steps that better organize insurance and billing. Sarah explains that you can eliminate kickback error reports by first making sure you have correctly entered the subscriber information…

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#31: Tracking Numbers- A Team’s Perspective- Let’s Put It All Out There

Kiera welcomes back Tiffanie Trader as they discuss the topic of “addressing the numbers” with the entire dental team. Sometimes it’s hard to be “vulnerable” and share what your practice is producing without it feeling as if we are pushing production…

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#30: Route Slips- The Little Jewels in Your Practice!

Kiera is joined by Dr. George Hariri and Dr. Richard Low from the Shared Practices Podcast as they pick Kiera’s brain about Route Slips. What are route slips, why are they needed, and how necessary are they?

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#29: Team Calibration- The Glue that Creates A-Teams

Kiera and Dr. Summer Kassamel are back together in a short, fact-filled episode discussing team calibration specifically dealing with treatment planning. They deep dive on what you say, how you say it, and when you say something to a patient can make…

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#28: MONDAY MEETING MASH-UP : Hiring: Are You Hiding Your Dirty Laundry?

Kiera is back with Tiffanie Trader as they discuss the topic of hiring. Although it can be tempting to hire out of desperation, it is much easier to set the non-negotiable at the beginning of the interview.

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#27: Office Manager Takeaways with Brenda Miller

Kiera welcomes Brenda Miller to the podcast for an episode surrounding office managers, business leadership, and consulting. Kiera was in Brenda’s three offices and decided it would be fun to take the listeners “behind the scenes” of in-office consulting.

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