Insights
Practical analysis on dental operations, revenue cycle, payer economics, technology, AI, growth and the DSO market — written for owners who run their practice as a business.
Payer Strategy
Most independent practices evaluate payers one contract at a time. Institutional operators evaluate the full payer portfolio by realized rate, mix and chair-time economics.
August 2026 · 7 min read
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Revenue Cycle
Aging balances are rarely a collections problem. They are a workflow, ownership and measurement problem — and they compound quietly.
July 2026 · 6 min read
Technology + AI
One standard should govern every AI decision in a practice: does it measurably improve clinical consistency, administrative efficiency, revenue-cycle performance or patient conversion?
July 2026 · 9 min read
Growth
Unscheduled treatment sitting in the practice management system is usually worth more than the next marketing campaign.
June 2026 · 5 min read
DSO Trends
The DSO advantage is rarely clinical. It is analytics, revenue-cycle discipline, payer strategy and management capacity applied consistently.
June 2026 · 8 min read
Enterprise Value
How sophisticated investors underwrite a dental business — and how owner dentists can apply the same lens without any intention to sell.
May 2026 · 10 min read
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