Which is more important to a practice's success: collection or production?

About this episode

Terry and guest Callie Ward discuss the importance of collections versus production for the financial success of dental and medical practices.

Production represents the services rendered and the value created by a dental and/or medical practice. Without adequate production, there wouldn't be anything to collect, regardless of how efficient the collections process is. Terry welcomes Dental consultant, Callie Ward, to discuss that robust collections are absolutely crucial to translate production into actual revenue and profit. A practice with excellent production but weak collections will struggle financially and how to make sure practice success.

People in this episode

Host: Terry

Guest: Callie Ward

Topics covered

• practice success
• collections
• production
• financial health
• dental practice
• medical practice

Keywords

• collections
• production
• practice success
• revenue
• profit
• financial health
• dental consultant

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants

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