Endo Practice Mastery -New Practice Program

An 18 Month Comprehensive Program Designed for Endodontists Opening New Practices or for those open for a year or less.

NOTE: OUR PROGRAM IS LIMITED TO 2 NEW PRACTICES PER YEAR

What 6 questions do Endodontists opening new practices ask us most often about the business side of their practices?

·       Where do I start and how do I keep track of everything that needs to be done before I hang out my shingle?

·       How do I effectively market in a way that differentiates my practice from the others and how do I manage my referrers?

·       How many staff members do I need, how do I know if I am hiring the right people and how do I train them so that I can delegate most every business activity to them?

·       How do I schedule my patients in the most efficient way and what Endodontic specific verbal skills should my front staff and dental assistants be using?

·       How do I manage my new practice efficiently to ensure that the business doesn’t consume me, taking valuable time away from my family and other outside activities that I want to enjoy?

·       How do I ensure that I have an understanding of the business numbers and track them so that I consistently know if my practice is running down the right track?

You will be making a substantial investment in the clinical side of your new business.  Don’t neglect the business side.  The business systems that you put in place will determine the degree of success that you will have.  More importantly, they determine the degree of enjoyment you will have!

Unfortunately we have had many calls from Endodontists practicing less than 5 years who are frustrated with their practices.  Their frustration stems from the business side of the practice that has lead to clinical frustration as well.  Endodontics is a simple business.  Unfortunately Endodontists have a tendency to make it too complicated and pay the price with high stress and dissatisfaction.  This stress and dissatisfaction could have been avoided if these doctors could have started on the right foot.

OK….so how can I set my practice’s business systems up properly so that I can eliminate the pain of finding my own way and eliminate spending unnecessary time and energy to do it myself, or to do it with the advice of friends who may have some of the answers but might not realize that they aren’t the correct ones?

Sometimes we don’t know what we don’t know!

The answer is to find Coaches that truly understand the business of Endodontics and can provide you with the business systems and the expertise to help you get up and running quickly and efficiently.  Since 1997, Dr. Ace Goerig and I, Todd Holmes, have worked with over 160 Endodontic practices in the US and Canada.  We have always put quality Endodontics, quality business systems born from a functioning Endodontic practice, reduced stress and overall practice enjoyment first.  If these basic principles come first, practice financial performance comes naturally and comes in abundance.  Hard to believe…..contact us and we will put you in touch with Endodontists who will back this up! 

Ace has an Endodontic practice philosophy that is unique and is the foundation of what we offer.  If you are interested in hearing his practice perspective, a CD series is offered at our website at a special rate for those opening new practices.  Call me, Todd Holmes, at 800-482-7563 for the rate…..it is unpublished.  The business systems that Ace talks about and are functioning on a day to day basis in his Olympia office have been perfected based on the many mistakes that he has made over the years and the stress that he experienced because of these mistakes.

Our Program:

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

Todd Holmes, who actively manages Ace’s practice, has over 18 years of business experience with Hallmark Cards along with the experience of working with Endodontic practices across the US and Canada since 1997.  He personally takes care of 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 will do: books appointments, calls insurance companies, manages accounts receivable, checks patients in and out, ensures that our marketing program is developed and implemented, tracks daily performance and deals with the other daily issues that come up.  Based on his hands-on experience, both in and outside of the office with other practices, he is the foremost authority on Endodontic practice management in the country.

·        Provides you with all the necessary pre-opening tools and assistance that you need.

This includes a complete timeline of what needs to be done when as you prepare to open the practice.  Each activity is backed off from your projected opening date to make sure that you cross all the “T’s” and dot the “I”s”.  Additionally, tools and advice will be provided, as needed, for the following:

o       Working with Banks

    Get all that you are entitled to by knowing what questions to ask.

o       Developing a Business Plan

A business plan format will be provided so that you don’t have to invent one of your own.  This format is the one Ace used for successfully securing the loan for his practice.

o       Lease Advice

Before securing a good lease lawyer, know the basics such as what you are really being charged, what you should be charged and what length of lease you should be looking for.  Knowing the basics and getting the information from someone with experience will save you time and prevent you from possibly making a costly mistake.

o       Creating an Office Vision (Mission Statement)

Most Endodontists never do this, not realizing that it is the lifeblood of the office and serves as a tool to help make business decisions.  If you create this from the start, making the necessary ongoing decisions about your business will be much easier.

o       Staffing

     An effective newspaper Ad, as well as effective interviewing tools are provided.  We also actively interview potential candidates and provide perspective to help you in the decision making process.

·        Provides you with all of the business systems  and training that you need to launch the business and to run it properly, efficiently and profitably including:

o       A complete pre-opening and ongoing marketing program.

This material, as well as Todd's hands-on advice, walks you through the marketing process and includes initial written communications to use with potential referring offices, verbal skills for you to use as you speak with referring doctors and follow-up communication.  It also includes an outline for your practice open house.  You don’t have to create your pre-opening marketing program yourself, it’s already completed and it is proven.

The marketing program also includes a complete ongoing program to keep your practice top of mind with referring offices.  You would pay other practice management firms over $20,000 for a marketing program that isn’t as effective.

o       Training for you and your staff on how to create and manage an Endodontic schedule.

Todd Holmes visits your office twice during the first 12 months, once to initially train the staff and once to tweak things once you are up and running.  Every aspect of  Endodontic office management in addition to scheduling and creating the office flow around the schedule is covered and reinforced.  Having properly functioning business systems and managing the schedule from the start ensures that you are as efficient and productive as possible.  We take the time to ensure that every system in your office is functioning correctly......permanently!

o       Completed office manuals.

Both an office and clinical manual are provided.  These manuals are based on those used in Dr. Goerig’s office and only need to be modified to fit your particular circumstances.  Having these manuals in the format provided will save you loads of time.

o       A complete and simple billing and collections program.

Your practice will be set up to maximize collections at time of service.  In cases where a balance is due from the patient after insurance has paid, our collection system will ensure that you will get the balance and will have total control of Accounts Receivable.

o       Simplified practice performance tracking tools.

Relying solely on your practice management system to provide practice performance numbers is dangerous.  Simplified tracking of key numbers as well as referrals will ensure that you can manage the practice from the top line and that you have a tool to protect you from embezzlement.

·        Provides you with access to one of the highest producing Endodontists in the country in order to improve clinical speed and efficiency.  No other practice management program can offer you this!  Call us and we will put you in touch with clients that have worked with us!

Endodontists enrolled in our program are invited to our office as many times as they wish to come during our 18 months together to observe Dr. Goerig  work and to learn the many clinical secrets that he has discovered over the years.

·        Provides you with the following additional benefits over the 18 month period:

o       A two day work session for your office in our Olympia office to work with Dr. Goerig and his staff.

This session allows your staff to actually see what they are taught in action.  This visit always takes an office to that next level.

o       Weekly phone contact by Todd to track progress, make adjustments and problem solve.

We actively track your progress to ensure that you get and stay on track.

o       A reduced rate for Mastery Seminars during your enrollment period.  Over 400 Endodontists have attended our seminars!

IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT SECURING PRACTICE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE FROM A CONSULTING FIRM, BE CAREFUL!

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.  You will not get pressured to sign up for anything.  We don't believe in it!