Endo Practice Mastery - Coaching Program:

What 5 questions do Endodontists ask us most about the business side of their practices?

· How can I increase / improve my patient flow?

· How can I schedule my patients more efficiently?

· How can I manage my business more efficiently and have more time for myself and family? I want a personal life outside of Endodontics, when I’m not thinking about the business!

· How can I improve my understanding of the business numbers and track them simply so that I consistently know if my practice is running down a healthy track?

· How can I reduce the stress level in the office?

The answers lie in the proper implementation / improvement of business systems unique to the Endodontic practice. Fortunately, Endodontics is a simple business. Unfortunately, Endodontists have a tendency to make it too complicated, and many, sadly tell us that they are unhappy with their career in Endo. They aren’t unhappy with Endo. They’re unhappy with the business of Endo. They just haven’t had their eyes opened to how efficiently and profitably the business can be run…without the need for them paying attention to every little detail and without the need for them to work harder.

OK….. Now…. How do I find the time to develop / modify the tools that I need to get proper / improved business systems implemented and simplify things?

You don’t have the time, unless, of course, if you want to take it from time you should be spending on the important people or activities in your life outside of the practice. The answer is in partnering with someone who understands the business side of Endo better than anyone in the country and using their expertise to help you get your practice exactly where you want it to be…..to that next level!

I recently read an article that really struck home for me. The article was about the great hitters in baseball. One quote stood out:  "Even the greatest hitters continue to seek the advice of batting coaches because they know that minor adjustments in their stance and their swing can lead to dramatic increases in their batting average". Reading on and seriously considering utilizing our expertise does not mean that you have not been successful in setting up and running your practice. It simply means that you are interested in looking into and discovering the business system adjustments that can take your practice to the next level!

Is the fee for Endodontic specific practice management help holding you back?

What holds many Endodontists back is that they don’t know where to turn for help with the business side of their practice. We only work with Endodontists. Many are also hesitant to invest in something with no guaranteed return on their investment. We’ve taken care of this barrier!

Why re-invent the wheel when we can provide you with the proven business systems that will help you get to that next level quickly! 

Finally, a proven, year-long Endodontic specific Practice Management Program with a fee structure option tied to your practice’s business increase and our mutual success!

If you choose this option, we only get paid if you produce more in less time and with less stress, without compromising your commitment to quality endo. 

Your only investment, if we don’t succeed in our year-long venture, is in the initial office visit, materials and the training of your staff, on site, in the place that you do business. You would pay thousands of dollars taking your staff somewhere for the training and the business materials provided, not to mention thousands more in lost production time, if you worked with any other practice management organization. We bring the expertise, training and materials to you!

Notice: We don’t work with everyone! We are only interested in success. Remember, we only earn our fee if our clients succeed!

Just as your patient’s experience in your office is important to you, our client’s experience is important to us. Endodontists are a very narrow group to focus on. If we didn’t deliver on our end, word would travel fast. Therefore, it’s important for us to partner with those Endodontists truly intent on change and improvement. We see ourselves as the catalyst for change and provide the tools and support to make it happen, but ultimately the doctor must accept the leadership role in making it happen at the practice level. We know how to make this easy, but if the doctor is unwilling to be the leader, we are not right for your practice.

Note: We are genuinely committed to working with a limited number of offices at any one time for the sake of customer service. Space in our program for 2010 is already limited!

Our Program:

· Provides you with a totally accessible support person with over 27 years of business experience in marketing and office administration.

Todd Holmes, who actively manages Ace Goerig's practice in Olympia Washington, has 18 years of business experience in marketing and office administration with Hallmark Cards along with 10 + years of experience working with Endodontists in the US and Canada. He personally takes care of each and every client.

Todd is a credible Coach for the entire office. When he’s not working with offices in the Coaching Program, he does what your front staff does: books appointments, calls insurance companies, discusses fees with patients, manages accounts receivable, checks patients in and out, ensures that our marketing program is developed and implemented, tracks practice performance and deals with the other daily issues that come up. In addition, he is responsible for managing the staff.

Based on his Endodontic office management experience, combined with his personal experience with over 165 practices across the U.S. and Canada, including both multiple and single doctor practices, he knows how to quickly identify and eliminate inefficiencies in an Endodontic office. Identifying and correcting small inefficiencies in a practice can lead to dramatic increases in production and stress reduction. No other practice management organization can offer you a support person with this type of experience.

· Provides you with a thorough office analysis and an action plan, based on the analysis, for smooth implementation of the office management systems that we provide.

Todd Holmes visits your practice to observe your office on a working day, using this observation to complete a thorough practice analysis and to develop recommendations that will take your practice to the next level! He reviews every aspect of your business, looking for irregularities as they relate to our own, as well as to the other practices that have worked with us. He then meets with you to discuss his findings and conducts an on-site training session with you and your staff to address the changes that he recommends that you make and that you agree to. His analysis and recommendations will focus on every business system essential to making the practice run smoother ...... scheduling, verbal skills, customer service, marketing, collections, stress reduction, your profit and loss statement .... everything!

· Provides you with a marketing program designed specifically for the Endodontic practice. The program works!

This program is a multi-layered program focusing on maintaining your current referrers and getting them to refer more, as well as expanding your referral base with GP’s that are currently not referring to you. Other firms out there would charge you close to $20,000 for a marketing program that isn’t as effective as this. Our marketing program is not an add-on. It's included!

· Provides you with a tailored scheduling template and the training for you and your staff to make it work, consistently!

Scheduling is a high priority on the list of things Endodontists want to improve for their practice. Inefficient scheduling causes stress and gets in the way of true efficiency, consistency and production. Todd takes the time during his office visit to help you build a scheduling template, customized to the way that you want to work and how you want to produce. He knows how to make the template work for you.

We don’t just talk about scheduling verbal skills, office flow, proper delegation of tasks and maintaining doctor focus. We provide the tools in written form so they can be referred to when needed, and the ongoing support, from Todd, to keep things on track. We also provide the training needed, at your office, immediately after the office assessment so that scheduling inefficiencies identified during the on-site analysis can be addressed and fixed quickly.

· Provides you with all of the tools needed to effectively solidify the foundation of your practice, effectively deal with personnel issues, improve collections and simplify practice performance tracking.

Our program includes comprehensive Office and Clinical Manuals. No need to write your own. Use ours and tweak them to fit your specific needs. We provide and help execute a collections module that has our office at virtually $0 over 90 days. We also provide a simplified reporting template that takes all of those cumbersome reports from your practice management system and recaps them on one page for you, as they protect you from the possibility of embezzlement.

· Allows you to produce more in less time, not by the doctor getting faster, or compromising treatment quality, but by the doctor getting more efficient.

If an Endodontist can keep their focus on the clinical side, and have all of the other business functions delegated and working together correctly, the result is improved efficiency and more production...in less time.

· Gives you clinical access to one of the most efficient, highest producing Endodontists in the country

Dr. Ace Goerig, co-founder of Endo Practice Mastery, has one of the most efficient, stress free and highly productive offices in the country. Ace has always been focused on quality of treatment, customer service and efficiency. In our office, and in our program, production is the end, not the means. It is the result of all the business systems working in harmony. Ace has lectured both nationally and internationally on practice management and clinical technique and, during our year-long program, many participating doctors come to our Olympia office to work with Ace. Those doctors interested in Ace’s clinical perspective and technique can visit our office as many times as they like during the year we are together. They can call Ace to discuss clinical and practice issues anytime.

How is our fee structured?

The initial enrollment fee for the year-long Coaching program is your only non-increase in efficiency and production commitment to the program if you choose this fee option. This enrollment fee includes my initial office observation and analysis, the training session and all of the business system material outlined above, as well as ongoing execution support for 12 months. It also includes my travel to your office for the initial visit.

The remainder of our fee is paid only if the business systems we put in place help you move to the next level, based on your individual goals. The fee is tied to your actual increase in average daily production and will be collected over the 12 month period of the program. This type of structure means that you are covering our fee with dollars that you are earning incrementally, versus having to take it from existing funds, with no guarantee that the program will work for you.

If you don’t produce more in less time and with less stress, we don’t get paid. Your only risk is your initial investment that will be more than offset by the office visit and analysis, training session, the materials that we bring to your office and the ongoing support.

Why are we doing this type of fee structure? Well………

We simply want to remove what we feel is a barrier, to some, for getting an objective, outside perspective on their business and discovering ways to move to the next level. You work hard for your money and, when you invest it, you want assurances that there will be a return on your investment. 

Other than mailings on our seminars, we do not advertise heavily and seminars might not be your bag. We have also been told by Endodontists that many of you don’t even know that we exist and that we have been around for more than 10 years.

Today, most Endodontists join our program through the referrals of clients that have worked with us. By the way, if you would like to talk to some of them for a personal testimonial, I would be more than happy to provide you with names and phone numbers. The range of experience for these doctors is from 1 to 28 years in practice. Better yet, listen to what they have to say by reviewing their testimonials that can be found om this site under Ace's story "Burnout to Success".

Since 1997 we have worked with over 165 Endodontic offices. These offices include both single and group doctor practices as well as offices that practice both single and multiple appointment Endodontics. Production increases for our clients have averaged well over $200,000 during our 12 months together. By the way, this $200,000 is net profit and continues on, every year, for the life of the practice. Add to this increase, a dollar value for reduced stress and smoother business operation. What’s that worth? Multiply $200,000 times 20 years if you want an eye-opener. That’s what this program can mean to you. Based on our results with past clients and clients we are currently working with, we are confident that if we decide we are right for each other, we will collect our full fee.

If you are committed, rest assured that we will help you get you where you want to go!

Not convinced that we may be right for each other? 

Compare us to other practice management firms before you make a commitment or lay down any type of a program deposit with anyone. Don't get locked into anything before you make some comparisons. Remember, we only work with Endodontists because the business of Endodontics is what we live, and therefore, understand! What we offer, we practice! It works!

As I said earlier, many Endodontists are not aware of us. Other than our seminars, we don’t advertise heavily. There are many consulting firms out there but there is only one that I know of that advertises a program specifically for Endodontists. How do we compare?

PROGRAM COMPARISON

Decide for yourself which program is more Endo Focused!

Call Todd Holmes at 1-800-482-7563 for more information on our Coaching Program or just to discuss the current status of your practice. Rest assured that you will not be pressured to sign up for anything. We don't believe that a decision to work with someone to better your practice should be a quick or emotional one or one that should be made because of what has been presented by any non-practicing Endodontist at a seminar.