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Lab talk, the good, the bad, and the ugly
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<blockquote data-quote="jcbdmd" data-source="post: 338764" data-attributes="member: 25113"><p>This is going to sound preachy, so I am prepared for the thrown tomatoes and pipe wrenches...</p><p></p><p>I understand that in the larger picture this is a shot at the way good labs need to operate.</p><p></p><p>I am more in tune with it than most.</p><p></p><p>I deal with shots every day at the way I choose to practice. My office is 4 people. We are completely out of network with insurance, and I see about 4 patients a day. We pay double what the 6-Dr.-practice up the road pays for some of our supplies (and probably 25% more for the rest).</p><p></p><p>Because we go slow, my high wage employees cost me twice. We're either slow and expensive or it's that we take our time and do it right... sometimes it is a fine line on which of those two it really is.</p><p></p><p>Something I haven't seen a lot of talk about on here recently is cost-of-doing-business advantages mega labs have. I also haven't seen the finger of blame pointed at the suppliers for selling us out to prefer the huge mega corporate labs and dental offices.</p><p></p><p>We lose patients sometimes to offices that do it cheaper/faster (but never better <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ),or have the glitzy advertisement (sound <s>familiar</s> <strong><em>Inclusive</em></strong>, <em>gag</em>)?</p><p></p><p>Some of this may hit close to the mark for some of you who have evolved to a manager role of a huge lab or "Dentist-owner" of 16 practices. Sorry, us little guys are tired of it.</p><p></p><p>But, I have to decide where to save costs myself too, and like it or not I have to experiment with stuff like Dandy. Feels like selling my soul to the Devil, but again where do I make the cuts to remain viable?</p><p></p><p>It is possible I am going to have to let the patients go elsewhere for the basic, and I bet you guys have let the dentists go elsewhere for the basic and charge them appropriately for the high end and fantastic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jcbdmd, post: 338764, member: 25113"] This is going to sound preachy, so I am prepared for the thrown tomatoes and pipe wrenches... I understand that in the larger picture this is a shot at the way good labs need to operate. I am more in tune with it than most. I deal with shots every day at the way I choose to practice. My office is 4 people. We are completely out of network with insurance, and I see about 4 patients a day. We pay double what the 6-Dr.-practice up the road pays for some of our supplies (and probably 25% more for the rest). Because we go slow, my high wage employees cost me twice. We're either slow and expensive or it's that we take our time and do it right... sometimes it is a fine line on which of those two it really is. Something I haven't seen a lot of talk about on here recently is cost-of-doing-business advantages mega labs have. I also haven't seen the finger of blame pointed at the suppliers for selling us out to prefer the huge mega corporate labs and dental offices. We lose patients sometimes to offices that do it cheaper/faster (but never better :) ),or have the glitzy advertisement (sound [S]familiar[/S] [B][I]Inclusive[/I][/B], [I]gag[/I])? Some of this may hit close to the mark for some of you who have evolved to a manager role of a huge lab or "Dentist-owner" of 16 practices. Sorry, us little guys are tired of it. But, I have to decide where to save costs myself too, and like it or not I have to experiment with stuff like Dandy. Feels like selling my soul to the Devil, but again where do I make the cuts to remain viable? It is possible I am going to have to let the patients go elsewhere for the basic, and I bet you guys have let the dentists go elsewhere for the basic and charge them appropriately for the high end and fantastic. [/QUOTE]
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