As DSOs continue to scale, independent dental practices are competing against organizations with more purchasing power, greater leverage with payers and centralized back offices to take administrative work off dentists’ plates. Those advantages come at a cost to independent practices,…
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Private equity promised dentists a payday. For some, what showed up instead was a pay cut with strings attached. Greg White, DMD, the president and CEO of PepperPointe Partnerships in Lexington, Ky., recently joined Becker’s Future of Dentistry Roundtable Sept.…
Private equity has brought real gains to dentistry — greater access to care, more investment in technology and a deeper reach into Medicaid populations in some states. But one executive says a bigger shift may still be ahead, as consolidation…
Dental practices are navigating persistent margin pressure from rising overhead costs, PPO fee compression and tight labor markets. Cost-cutting alone rarely moves the needle. According to dental leaders, the squeeze on margins is no longer temporary. Dental equipment and supply…
Although compensation can get dentists in the door of a dental practice, it may not be what keeps them there. Four executives at Becker’s Future of Dentistry Roundtable Sept. 14-15 said the organizations that win the next wave of hiring…
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Dental practices are increasingly being asked to screen for high blood pressure, diabetes and other chronic conditions, but the reimbursement system hasn’t fully caught up to that expanded role. Dental and medical benefits still largely operate separately, and payers are…
Although private equity has largely defined the last few years of consolidation in dentistry, many executives agree that this era is now over, and that financial performance will begin to decide who survives long term. Three dental executives joined Becker’s…
As DSOs and dental groups scale, many still turn to the external labor market to fill talent gaps, but the next source of growth may already be on staff. Hiring from outside can mean recruiting experienced dentists, bringing in outside…
Although executives have varying opinions on who is best positioned to win the next era of dentistry, they do largely agree on what will separate the winners from the rest: financial discipline, a solid operational foundation and a model built…
Although artificial intelligence often gets credit as the trend that will define dentistry’s future, some executives aren’t so sure. Some say the real advantage over the next few years will come from somewhere else entirely. Four dental executives joined Becker’s…