Less Insurance Dependence Podcast

Scared of losing a lot of patients once you drop PPO plans? Well, using a video may be the solution to keep as many existing in-network patients as possible! In this episode, Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah talk about how video can be used as a resource to successfully drop PPO plans.

Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah discuss 3 strategies Maverick Dentists use to achieve personal, professional, and financial satisfaction. Find out whether you are a Maverick Dentist by listening to this episode!

Rapport = Know, Like, Trust. Your new patients get to know you, like you, and trust you when you make an effort to improve rapport. Tune into this episode to find out a great way to quickly develop rapport with Your New Patients!

If you are a listener from Massachusetts, you may already know about the Ballot Measure. However, if you listen to this episode out of Massachusetts, you likely do not know about it. 

Listen to this episode to find out the outcome of the Massachusetts Question 2 Ballot Measure!

In this episode, Naren and Gary discuss the importance of measuring the practice call conversion rate and the grading system that will enable you to figure out your practice situation. They also share how to measure the call conversion rate.

Did you know that Ekwa Marketing provides the required support to increase the call conversion rate of your practice?

They not only track your call conversion rate but also monitor the calls under HIPAA compliance and provide information on what needs to be done to improve your practice call conversion rate every month.

If you’re interested to learn more about how this would work in your practice, book a Free Marketing Strategy Meeting here: www.lessinsurancedependence.com/marketing-strategy-meeting/  

In this episode, Gary and Naren discuss 5 specific things that we could all learn from the 2022 Annual RIDA Summit.

Listen to find out insight that will help you get a better understanding of how the reducing insurance dependency process works in the current dental world!

We would encourage you to schedule a free marketing strategy meeting with Ekwa Marketing  to find out what exactly you should do to attract more patients: https://www.lessinsurancedependence.com/marketing-strategy-meeting/

In this episode, Gary and Naren discuss the answer to this episode title question, share the most powerful tool that will allow you to attract the right associate, and how to avoid potential problems you will have to deal with by hiring the wrong associate dentist. 

Did you know that the #1 reason why associateships fail is that the practice is not busy enough to support the senior doctor and the associate?

You can be proactive and solve this through marketing! 

If you want to learn how to Master marketing in 2022 and beyond, schedule a Free Marketing Strategy Meeting with Ekwa: www.lessinsurancedependence.com/marketing-strategy-meeting/ 

Your dental practice needs to be relationship-driven if you want to reduce insurance dependency successfully, and this is something that your new team members may not be aware of.

Tune into this episode to learn how to get new team members on board when resigning from PPO plans!

If you want to learn more about how digital marketing would work for your practice, schedule a Free Marketing Strategy Meeting with Ekwa Marketing: www.lessinsurancedependence.com/mastering-dental-marketing/

In this episode, Naren and Gary discuss the 2 activities that you should do to continuously grow your new patients, data behind potential patient referrals, the concept of ambassadors, and how you can make your practice referrals positively impact your practice growth.

Listen to this episode and learn how to transform your existing patients into ambassadors!

If you want to learn more about how digital marketing would work for your practice, schedule a Free Marketing Strategy Meeting with Ekwa Marketing: www.lessinsurancedependence.com/mastering-dental-marketing/

In this episode, Gary and Naren discuss an option in response to the fact that dentists cannot have the 'Heads up conversation' with all their patients. 

When you make use of this option, you can help your patients understand how your decision will positively impact them.

Want to learn how to reduce your practice overhead to 60% or less? Register for the 3-hour Masterclass to do precisely that by visiting: www.lessinsurancedependence.com/masterclass/