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Designs for the Master Practice
The McKane & Associates
Management Program
A Master Dental
Practice is a practice that provides excellent patient care in an
efficient and effective business environment. Because it requires
excellent managerial skills and scrupulous attention to detail, this
combination is not always easy to achieve. Most dental practitioners are
too busy practicing dentistry to develop and implement a design that
really works. Those who attempt it at all focus on one or two critical
areas while neglecting others that are just as important. The result?
Almost every dental practice has potential that is seldom fully tapped
and almost every dental practice has problem zones that can affect
overall productivity and profit. Our program can provide the tools your
practice needs to reach its full potential. Our program can help turn
practice problem zones into practice profit zones.
The McKane & Associates Design for the Master
Practice includes
an on site analysis of all critical practice components
a custom tailored strategy for improving or enhancing practice
operating systems
specific and detailed recommendations for procedural changes
a logical and cost-effective blueprint for
implementation
Our Case Acceptance Experts will
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show you how to sell
benefits rather than features
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provide appropriate
visual aids
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provide scripts that
will help patients understand financial arrangements
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help you learn to
recognize what patients need and want
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show you how to help
patients fully understand recommended treatment plans
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help you create an
environment that promotes positive patient attitudes
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assist you to enhance
under-utilized treatment areas of treatment
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show you how to monitor
and improve case presentation
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help each team members
understand his or her role in promoting optimal dentistry
Our Collection Efficiency Experts will
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create an accurate
system for tracking charges and payments
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teach your team the
value of computer back-ups and safe storage
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design a fool proof
system for credit checks
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develop a system to
monitor payment by mail, counter collections, and insurance
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assist you to implement
a sound protocol for processing insurance claims forms
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show you the most
effective way to help patients maximize insurance benefits
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create a logical and
easy to comprehend written financial policy
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empower team members to
be proactive collection specialists
Our Marketing Experts will
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help you turn
patients into proactive referral specialists
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design a newsletter
or bulletin that can be regularly distributed to patients
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create a theme or logo
that reflects your commitment to excellence
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show you how to
tune in to patient preferences, likes, dislikes, and concerns before
designing new market strategies
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teach your team to be
public relations specialists
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teach your team to help
reactivate patients
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design a reward system
that motivates team marketing strategies
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motivate your team to
become customer service reps
Our Production Efficiency Experts will
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help you redesign the
office for optimal use of equipment and patient flow
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recommend supplies and
equipment that provide for production efficiency
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assist you in
eliminating any factors that create delay or chaos
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design an efficient
inventory control protocol
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show you how to run on
time all day, every day
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motivate your
assistants to perform to their highest capabilities
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motivate your
hygienists to perform to their highest capabilities
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structure morning
huddles that mean something
Our Scheduling Experts will
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help your team learn
the best way to handle recall appointments
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design an effective
system that minimizes filing and retrieval time
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help you track and
streamline doctor, hygienist, and assistant time
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teach effective block
scheduling protocol
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assist team members to
deal with failed or late appointments
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provide a better way to
schedule time for emergencies
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develop solutions for
any current scheduling concerns and issues
Our Staffing Experts will
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help you create a
written personal manual
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design productive
meeting protocols
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teach you to provide a
safe environment for interpersonal communications
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help you clarify the
practice goals and vision
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help team members
understand their respective responsibilities
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design a system of
achievement rewards
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design an incentive
plan that rewards productivity
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show you how to
encourage team members grow, to learn, to be innovative
Our Communication Experts wil
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show you how to create a
win-win relationship with patients
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help team members develop
a winning attitude
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provide scripts that exude
compassion and concern for patient needs
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teach your team the power
of language
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teach your team the
nuances of body language
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assist you to make team
meetings useful
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help you create
correspondence that says what you want it to say
Our Quality Control Experts will
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help you design a
technical quality control program
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motivate
constructive mentoring
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develop a
well-disciplined laboratory quality control format
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teach team members
to monitor vital signs and watch for red flags
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teach effective
ways to handle uncomfortable situations and uncooperative patients
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promote
radiographic quality control
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promote inventory
quality control
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design a
housekeeping protocol
Our
programs are sponsored and supported by the Department of Higher
Education, the Maryland Academy of General Dentistry, the
Maryland State Dental Association and Johns Hopkins University.
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