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Dental Practices Going Out-of-Network – the Difference Among Insurers

January 29th, 2023 by PPO Advisors

Shelley DeGroff, Founder of PPO Advisors More than ever, dental practices are exploring the idea of dropping all their insurance contracts and going 100% fee-for-service. Given the relentless effort by many insurers to lower reimbursements to providers, the appeal of totally eliminating insurance-pay from your practice is not surprising.  But going entirely fee-for-service isn’t easy ...

Can your practice stand to drop the major PPOs in your dental practice?

January 29th, 2023 by PPO Advisors

Shelley DeGroff, Founder of PPO Advisors A big topic currently trending among providers is whether or not to drop Delta Dental. As everyone should know by now, Delta is phasing out and replacing its Premier Network with a low cost PPO network, which slashes reimbursements by 15-25%. Many dentists are unable to provide the level ...

How Practice Owners Can Get Better Reimbursements from MetLife

December 9th, 2022 by PPO Advisors

By Shelley DeGroff, Founder of PPO Advisors The dental insurance landscape is constantly evolving. To keep up, practice owners need to be strategic about how they contract with insurers. There’s a tendency for dentists to adopt the “strategy” of simply trying to be in-network for everybody, but that’s neither feasible, nor financially sustainable. Instead, dentists ...