Data-driven guides for practice owners and managers navigating PPO contracts, write-offs, and the path to better reimbursement. No fluff — just the analysis frameworks that move the needle.
Learn the three numbers you need per carrier and how to classify contracts as KEEP, MONITOR, or RECONSIDER.
PPO write-offs average 30–40% of gross production. Here's how to calculate your exact number and what to do about it.
A step-by-step guide to requesting higher reimbursement rates from your insurance carriers.
How to strategically reduce PPO dependence and move toward a more profitable fee-for-service model.
What net reimbursement rates actually mean, what benchmarks to target, and how to improve yours.
How igion.ai's Contract Health Score works and what it tells you about each carrier relationship.
A framework for deciding which insurance plans to keep, monitor, or drop based on your own data.
Why reimbursement rates vary by carrier, market, and tier — and how to evaluate your own carriers objectively.
The administrative burden, chair efficiency gap, and collections friction that erode profitability beyond the fee schedule.
How to evaluate and negotiate insurance contracts when opening or acquiring a dental practice.
The biggest fear dentists have when dropping a carrier is patient loss. Here is what the data and top consultants actually say about retention rates, and the proven communication protocol that keeps 75–95% of patients.
Insurance-referred patients are the least loyal and lowest-value patients in your practice. Here is how leading fee-for-service and transitioning practices build a reliable new patient pipeline on their own terms.