The Course
A watch-and-listen path through the accepted YouTube videos and podcasts sourced for the Unlock content library.
10 lessons
Dental Code Advisor Podcast / Practice Booster · with Penny Reed · 2022-03-24
Directly addresses when PPO participation helps or hurts a practice, matching the add, keep, renegotiate, or drop decision logic.
PPO participation, plan evaluation, join vs exit decisions, chair-hour value, insurance participation
Growth in Dentistry / Dental Intelligence · with Kelsey Porter · unknown
Strong renegotiation-focused source on improving profitability without leaving networks.
PPO fee negotiation, reimbursement improvement, in-network profitability, negotiation cadence
Articles: core-001
Dentistry Unmasked / Dental Economics · with Ben Tuinei and Jordon Comstock · unknown
Directly fits the drop decision and discusses how to choose which plans to drop without losing patients.
dropping PPO plans, reimbursement negotiation, patient retention, payer strategy
Articles: core-001, core-019, core-020, core-026, core-035, core-036
Less Insurance Dependence Podcast · with Art Wiederman · unknown
Real-world discussion of the financial and practical realities after dropping PPO plans.
dropping PPO plans, going out of network, financial impact, patient-focused practice strategy
Everyday Practices Dental Podcast / Productive Dentist Academy · with Christine Uhen and Dr. Gwendolyn Buck · unknown
Good owner-strategy source for moving from participation to out-of-network care.
out-of-network transition, PPO exit strategy, fee-for-service, practice-owner execution
Articles: core-001
Dental Office Rescue · with Clint Johnson · unknown
Strong fit for add, keep, and renegotiate strategy because it covers participation choices and hidden fee-schedule losses.
PPO revenue recovery, insurance participation, startup credentialing, established practice fee strategy
Articles: core-001
PPO Advisors · with Shelley DeGroff · unknown
Focused on managing PPO participation as a profit lever rather than treating participation as a fixed condition. Vendor-owned content, so useful but biased.
PPO management, insurance company relationships, fee schedules, practice profitability
Articles: core-001
Henry Schein Dental · 2022-11-11
It directly addresses how PPO participation affects dental practice profitability.
PPO participation, practice profitability, payer mix, dental business strategy
Articles: core-037
Scott Leune Practice Mastery · 2026-05-11
It is executive-facing discussion of PPO fee pressure and private-practice economics.
PPO fees, private dentistry, dental CEO decision-making, profitability
Articles: core-037
Thriving Dentist · 2025-11-13
It supports executive-level thinking about balancing insurance participation instead of treating PPO strategy as binary.
insurance participation, hybrid participation model, payer mix, practice strategy
Articles: core-037
45 lessons
Dental Billing Academy / eAssist · with Dr. Iris Han and Phylip Curtis · 2026-05-12
Directly addresses how dental practices misunderstand PPO network agreements and how that affects reimbursements, estimates, collections, and financial performance.
PPO participation, direct contracts, leased networks, reimbursement impact, negotiation strategy, participation optimization
Dentistry Made Simple with Dr. Tarun Agarwal · with Sandi Hudson · 2018-07-02
Focused on negotiating with PPO insurance companies and includes Unlock The PPO's perspective on participation strategy for dental practices.
PPO negotiation, insurance fee negotiation cadence, pitfalls, outsourcing negotiation, PPO participation strategy
Articles: core-002
The Raving Patients Podcast · with Dana Moss · 2025-12-26
Strong private-practice economics fit: negotiation readiness, fee-schedule discipline, PPO exits, and cash-flow impact are central to the episode.
PPO fee negotiation, fee schedules, 80th percentile fees, umbrella plans, exiting low-paying plans, outsourcing PPO work
The Dentalpreneur Podcast · with Shelley DeGroff · 2023-09-13
A dedicated PPO-contract episode with a negotiation consultant, built around practice revenue, fee schedules, and PPO participation decisions.
PPO negotiations, umbrella networks, fee schedules, reducing PPO dependence, onboarding timeline, contract strategy
Dental Claim Support · unknown
The video is explicitly about negotiating a better dental PPO fee schedule.
PPO fee schedule negotiation, dental practice management, reimbursement improvement
Articles: core-002, core-004, core-015, core-022, core-029, core-031, core-032, core-035, core-037
BEANbite Dental Billing Company · unknown
Directly matches the article's core topic: improving PPO dental fee schedules through negotiation.
PPO dental fee schedules, negotiation tactics, reimbursement improvement
Articles: core-002
Henry Schein Dental · unknown
A practical video specifically on PPO negotiation and optimization for dental practices.
PPO negotiation, PPO optimization, dental practice reimbursements, participation strategy
Articles: core-002
Henry Schein Dental · unknown
Strong framing for established owners because it focuses on reimbursement control and the business impact of PPO participation.
PPO reimbursements, reimbursement control, dental insurance economics, PPO strategy
Articles: core-002
Patient Prism · with Harold Gornbein of Apex Reimbursement Specialists · unknown
Directly addresses dental PPO fee negotiation and credentialing, which maps cleanly to whether fees can be negotiated and what the process involves.
PPO fee negotiation, credentialing, insurance participation, reimbursement strategy
Articles: core-003, core-004, core-013, core-015, core-016, core-018, core-019, core-028, core-029, core-030, core-031
Henry Schein Dental · with Unitas Dental · unknown
Long-form webinar specifically about raising PPO reimbursements across practices.
PPO reimbursement increases, payer fee schedules, practice-wide negotiation process
Articles: core-003
Henry Schein Dental · with Phylip Curtis, Unitas Dental · unknown
Directly targets owner expectations around reimbursement rates trending down and what practices can do.
reimbursement strategy, PPO fee schedules, negotiation tactics
Articles: core-003
Practice Biopsy · unknown
Specific payer focus makes it useful for setting realistic expectations about negotiation limits and carrier-by-carrier variation.
Delta Dental PPO, payer negotiation, insurance strategy
Articles: core-003
Insurance Untangled · with Ben Tuinei and Tessina Bullock · unknown
Current enough to help describe modern negotiation complexity without turning the article into a generic insurance explainer.
2025 PPO negotiations, payer behavior, dental insurance strategy
Articles: core-003
Dental Billing Academy · with Unitas · 2026-05-08
Strong direct fit because it connects participation status, negotiation, and optimization in one owner-facing discussion.
PPO fee participation, negotiation, optimization, fee schedule strategy
The Navigating Dental Insurance Podcast · with Ben Tuinei · 2016-11-23
One of the clearest process-oriented sources for explaining what owners should expect after the yes/no answer.
seven-step PPO negotiation process, dental insurance, fee schedules
Articles: core-003
The Dentist Money Show · with Ben Tuinei · 2016-09-21
Good finance-oriented angle for established owners evaluating whether negotiation is worth the effort.
PPO negotiation, dental practice finance, reimbursements
Articles: core-003
Dental Advocacy Group · 2022-04-22
Directly frames when a practice should run a fee schedule analysis and is tightly aligned with the article's worked-example angle.
dental PPO fee schedule analysis, multiple insurance contracts, reimbursement review
Articles: core-004
ACT Dental / PPO Advisors · with Shelley DeGroff · unknown
Very strong fit because the notes call out evaluating fee schedules, understanding write-off percentages, auditing EOBs, credentialing, and assessing PPO mix.
PPO trends, write-off percentages, fee schedule evaluation, EOB audits, PPO mix
Articles: core-004
Growth in Dentistry / Dental Intelligence · with Angie Holland · unknown
The show notes directly reference evaluating UCR, current fee schedules, and third-party agreements, which maps well to comparing top procedure codes against PPO allowed amounts.
insurance fee negotiation, credentialing, UCR fees, current fee schedules, third-party agreements, fee optimization
Today's Dental Consulting · 2025-06-10
More tactical than strategic, but useful if the article mentions where fee schedules live operationally and why clean allowed-amount data matters.
Open Dental, importing in-network fee schedules, treatment plan estimates, operational fee schedule setup
Quick Bites for your Dental Office · 2021-02-12
Direct terminology fit for explaining UCR vs fee schedule plans and why payer percentages may actually be percentages of the payer's own schedule.
UCR, fee schedule, table of allowances, insurance breakdown call, office fees
Articles: core-005
Thriving Dentist · 2023-05-27
Compact owner-facing explainer for the arithmetic behind write-offs, useful for examples showing office fee minus PPO allowed or contracted fee.
insurance write-off, allowable amount, fee schedules, contractual obligation
RID Journal · with Ben Tuinei · 2023-02-10
Short but directly framed around what a practice could charge without PPO restrictions and how to think about the PPO write-off.
PPO write-off, UCR fees, PPO restrictions, dental practice fees
Articles: core-005
PPO Advisors · with Shelley DeGroff · unknown
Owner-level source tying master fees, PPO contracted schedules, shared networks, EOB tracking, and write-offs into one strategic explanation. Vendor-owned content, so useful but biased.
master fee schedule, PPO negotiation, credentialing, fee analysis, EOB tracking, write-offs, umbrella networks, reimbursement stacking
Less Insurance Dependence · 2025-04-24
Useful for clarifying when PPO fee limits do or do not apply, and for examples contrasting full UCR fees with payer-controlled fees.
PPO fee control, uncovered services, UCR fees, fee schedules, non-covered services, state rules
Articles: core-005
Henry Schein Dental · 2021-07-27
Direct match for evaluating which PPO plans to join, keep, renegotiate, or drop.
PPO analysis, keep/drop decisions, insurance participation, reimbursement, payer mix
Henry Schein Dental · 2023-05-01
Useful for the negotiation and reimbursement angle after profitability analysis identifies weak plans.
PPO negotiations, dental insurance trends, reimbursement strategy
Henry Schein Dental · 2021-06-25
Strong write-off and revenue framing for explaining why contracted fees can hide true plan profitability.
insurance write-offs, revenue growth, collections, PPO economics
Linda Piccinini · with none · 2017-07-15
Tactical example of how write-offs show up operationally in practice software.
PPO percentage, write-offs, Open Dental reporting
Dental Strategy Institute · with Pete Volk · unknown
Directly matches the article angle: which PPO contracts are hurting profitability and how to evaluate them by payer or contract.
PPO contract profitability, carrier-level plan analysis, write-offs, collections
Articles: core-014
PPO Advisors · with none · unknown
Short, direct media item on measuring how much revenue is being written off because of PPO contracts.
PPO write-offs, lost revenue, PPO contract review
Articles: core-014
The Best Practices Show / ACT Dental · with Christina Byrne · 2024
The episode is explicitly about demystifying PPO write-offs and is tightly aligned with calculating and reducing write-offs.
PPO write-offs, retaining collections, fee schedules, PPO strategy
Articles: core-014
The High Performing Dental Team · with Dayna Johnson · 2025-08-04
Practical explanation of how allowed amounts and fee schedules affect insurance estimates, adjustments, and reporting accuracy.
allowed amount method, fee schedule method, Dentrix setup, EOBs, adjustments, reporting
Articles: core-014
Dental Product Shopper / Unitas Dental · with Matt Hironaka · 2022-03-01
Focuses on what write-offs mean, how they differ from adjustments, and how practices can reduce lost PPO revenue.
insurance write-offs, PPO opportunities, adjustments, revenue growth
Articles: core-014
Dental Office Rescue Podcast · with Clint Johnson · unknown
Useful strategy context for identifying PPO revenue leakage, though less directly about the exact write-off calculation workflow.
PPO revenue recovery, PPO strategy, underpaid contracts, collections
Articles: core-014
Henry Schein Dental · 2022-12-02
Strong match for a profitability scorecard because it centers the unit economics of PPO patients.
PPO optimization, per-patient profit, reimbursement, plan participation
Articles: core-016
Henry Schein Dental · 2024-12-23
Broad but directly tied to diagnosing PPO profitability problems, useful for scorecard framing.
PPO problems, profitability, reimbursement, insurance participation
Articles: core-016
Henry Schein Dental · 2021-02-23
Reimbursement is the first scorecard pillar; this is a specific long-form video on increasing it.
PPO reimbursement, negotiation, insurance fees, dental practice revenue
Thriving Dentist · 2022-08-12
Directly supports scorecard decisions about whether a plan is worth keeping or dropping.
dropping PPO plans, patient retention, profitability, plan participation
Articles: core-016
The Dental CEO Podcast · with Natalie Soda of PPO Profits · 2026-05-11
Directly matches the low-fee PPO capacity-cost thesis: producing more while collecting less because the schedule is full of under-reimbursed work.
low reimbursements, high write-offs, stagnant fees, shared networks, hidden fee schedules, PPO renegotiation
Articles: core-017
Bite-Sized Dental Marketing · with Sandi Hudson of Unlock the PPO · 2025-10-31
Frames insurance dependence as both a financial and emotional cost, with emphasis on dentists working harder while taking home less.
insurance dependence, shrinking reimbursements, profit drain, patient retention, going out of network
Articles: core-017
Shared Practices · with Clint Johnson · 2025-11-03
Discusses the financial impact of heavy PPO participation and the tradeoff between adding volume and dropping low-value plans.
low reimbursements, PPO chaos, fee schedules, dropping bottom-tier plans, administrative cost
Articles: core-017
Shared Practices · with Dr. Alejandro · 2025-07-28
Relevant to opportunity cost and chair-time allocation: it discusses what happens after dropping a plan and how schedule capacity becomes the constraint.
fee-for-service transition, dropping Delta, patient attrition, schedule fullness, hygiene capacity, restorative bottlenecks
Articles: core-017
Just a Couple of Dentists · with Dr. Deren Flesher; Dr. Erik Zundo · 2025-12-09
Useful contrast between long-term FFS and PPO-heavy practice models, especially for patient mix and model-dependence arguments.
FFS vs PPO, PPO-heavy practice, patient expectations, volume vs relationships, practice model fit
Articles: core-017
The Fee for Service Dentist Podcast · with Troy Pearce · 2019-01-13
Useful case-study material for the claim that removing low-fee PPO volume does not automatically mean shrinking the practice.
dropping PPO plans, FFS transition, growth after plan removal, large vs small practice, 12-chair practice
Articles: core-017
30 lessons
The Dental Billing Podcast · 2025-04-29
The episode description says carriers lease networks behind the scenes and practices can be pulled into networks they did not directly sign with.
insurance verification, leased networks, hidden network participation, surprise balances, accounts receivable
The Dental Startup Journey with Maritza Duran · 2021-08-20
Directly targets TPA contracting, which is core context for explaining how PPO participation can involve entities beyond the named carrier.
TPAs, dental practice contracting, payer intermediaries, network participation
Thriving Dentist · 2023-08-19
The title and summary directly align with umbrella PPO participation, one of the article's key architecture concepts.
umbrella PPO plans, dental PPO participation, network stacking
PPO Advisors · 2024-10-29
Short but specifically about PPO umbrella networks from a dental PPO advisory channel. Vendor-owned content, so useful but biased.
umbrella networks, PPO contracts, dental provider participation
Dental EMR - Modern Endodontic Practice Management · with Unlock the PPO representative · 2025-04-18
Long-form discussion involving Unlock the PPO and dental insurance renegotiation, likely useful for article-aligned framing and internal voice consistency.
PPO renegotiation, specialist practice reimbursement, dental insurance contracts, network participation
Articles: core-007
The Dentalpreneur Podcast w/ Dr. Mark Costes · with Shelley DeGroff, PPO Advisors · 2023-05-22
The episode description names PPO contract negotiation and PPO Advisors, making it a practitioner source for how PPO participation affects practice economics.
PPO contracts, negotiation, insurance providers, revenue impact, dental practice operations
Articles: core-007
The Dentalpreneur Podcast w/ Dr. Mark Costes · with Vivek Kinra, PPO Profits · 2024-01-16
Useful for credentialing and fee schedule mechanics, especially the distinction between being in network and understanding the path that made that status happen.
PPO credentialing, fee schedules, insurance contract negotiation, practice launch
Articles: core-007
The Dental Startup Journey with Maritza Duran · 2023-07-27
Long-form dental practice content focused on PPO networking, useful background for how providers enter and manage network relationships.
PPO networking, credentialing, dental startup participation, payer contracting
Articles: core-007
Wisdom · with Shelley DeGroff, PPO Advisors · 2024-05-29
The companion notes define an umbrella company as a third-party administrator that expands network reach and uses one negotiable fee schedule.
dental credentialing, umbrella companies, TPAs, network-of-networks, PPO contracting, fee schedules, reimbursement audits
Articles: core-008
The Dentist Money Show / Dentist Advisors · with Mike Alder, CEO of Unitas Dental · 2016-07-06
Dental-industry discussion of managing third-party payor relationships, adjacent to how TPAs and PPO networks affect reimbursement.
third-party payors, PPO relationships, insurance company partnerships, rate management, dental pricing
Articles: core-008
Dental Billing Academy · with Allison · 2021-09-14
Useful for explaining the administrative side of third parties in dental claims and billing, though it is more about billing vendors than benefit-plan TPAs.
third-party billing companies, dental revenue cycle, claims workflow, communication, operations, reimbursement outcomes
Articles: core-008
Judi Health · with none · 2026-02-20
Not dental-specific, but useful background for defining a TPA before narrowing into dental PPO networks and dental claims administration.
TPA definition, self-funded benefits, claims administration, plan administration, employer health benefits
Articles: core-008
Vox / Explain It to Me · with Dr. Lisa Simon · 2024-09-18
Public-facing context for why dental insurance feels unlike medical insurance; useful background for why TPAs and PPO arrangements matter to reimbursement.
dental insurance structure, billing differences, discount-plan framing, patient cost exposure, dental vs medical insurance
Articles: core-008
Integrity Practice Sales · with Tracey Gutzmer · 2026-02-06
Best direct match found; chapters include direct contracts vs umbrella networks, shared networks and surprise PPO changes, and stacked contracts.
direct contracts, umbrella networks, leased networks, stacked contracts, shared networks, insurance maps, fee schedules, UCR billing
Articles: core-009, core-010, core-011, core-013, core-015, core-016, core-018
Apex Reimbursement Specialists · 2016-12-28
Short but specific public example of a carrier/network relationship changing, with direct Cigna contracting presented as one path after umbrella access changes.
Connection Dental, Cigna, umbrella access, direct contracting, network access changes, DPPO members
Articles: core-009
Nobody Told Me That! A Dental Podcast with Teresa Duncan · with none · 2024-07-31
Useful context for explaining why a direct-contract answer can vary by plan type and network path.
shared networks, participation considerations, self-funded plans, fully funded plans, disallows, audits, Medicare Advantage
Art of Dental Finance and Management · with Clint Johnson · 2021-02-10
Useful for carrier-variation warnings because the description references tiered networks and avoiding unknowingly joining one PPO plan connected to many others.
PPO contracts, tiered networks, fee schedules, plan selection, unknowingly signing into multiple plans, reimbursement strategy
eAssist Dental Solutions / Dental Billing Academy · with Dr. Iris Han; Phylip Curtis, Unitas PPO Solutions · 2026-05-08
Strong match for explaining why a payer list is not enough; it connects participation type to actual reimbursement and patient estimates.
PPO participation, direct contracts, leased networks, umbrella networks, reimbursement, fee schedules
Articles: core-010, core-011, core-015, core-022, core-023, core-026, core-027, core-037
Less Insurance Dependence Podcast · with Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah · 2025-06-12
Supports the map-as-control-document angle: practices may think they left one plan, then discover through EOBs that an umbrella route still applies.
umbrella PPO plans, hidden participation, network outsourcing, EOB discovery, resignation SOPs
Less Insurance Dependence Podcast · with Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah · 2024-03-21
Frames umbrella PPO plans as a hidden source of increased write-offs and trapped participation, matching the article's reimbursement leakage angle.
PPO umbrella plans, hidden write-offs, resignation strategy, reimbursement leakage, insurance dependence
Less Insurance Dependence Podcast · with Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah · 2023-08-17
Public episode page says umbrella plans can hide true plan involvement and complicate PPO exits.
umbrella PPO plans, plan involvement, resignation notice periods, active patient data, insurance adjustments
Articles: core-011
Henry Schein Dental · with Natalie and Chloe from eAssist / Unitas PPO Solutions · 2023-04-03
Useful supporting media for how PPO reimbursement can leak through claims handling and contract strategy, though less specific to stacking than the umbrella-network episodes.
PPO reimbursement, claims routing, fee negotiation, billing and coding, reimbursement optimization
Articles: core-011
ACT Dental · with Sandi Hudson, Unlock the PPO · 2026-01-06
Strongest media fit because it directly addresses shared-network agreements and why practices need to opt out proactively.
shared network agreements, PPO complexity, opt-out strategy, 2026 network changes, practice control
ACT Dental · with Sandi Hudson, Unlock the PPO · 2023-03-28
Supports the article's needed distinctions: direct contract vs shared network, opt-out vs termination, and regular EOB auditing.
direct contracts, shared networks, opt-out vs termination, PPO trends, EOB audits
Articles: core-012
The DentistryIQ Network · with Ben Tuinei and Jordon Comstock · 2024-05-21
Gives context for the broader decision path and risks around leaving plans, even though opt-outs are narrower than full PPO exits.
PPO plan exits, reimbursement negotiation, dropping plans, patient retention, insurance strategy
The Dental Master Series Podcast · with Brock Dumont · 2025-04-05
Background on exit readiness and transition risk, especially where opt-out decisions overlap with broader PPO reduction strategy.
PPO exits, risk assessment, transition planning, roadblocks, patient mix
Articles: core-012
Navigating Dental Insurance Podcast / SayNoToPPOs.com · with Bill Rossi · 2017-05-26
Covers how and when a dental office can drop certain PPO networks and prepare for transition.
PPO readiness, dropping PPO networks, out-of-network transition, preparation
Articles: core-012
ITDOnline · with none · 2026-04-20
Supports the post-change EOB verification step after an opt-out.
EOBs, EFTs, copayments, patient responsibility, dental billing
ACT Dental · with Sandi Hudson · unknown
This is directly about shared-network agreements, the article's core hidden-risk topic.
shared networks, dental PPOs, payer participation, network agreements
Articles: core-023
Less Insurance Dependence · unknown
It supports the sequencing and preparation work before terminating a PPO relationship.
PPO resignation, termination preparation, dental practice strategy, patient communication
Articles: core-023
5 lessons
Growth in Dentistry: A Dental Intelligence Podcast · with Kelsey Porter of Beacon PPO Solutions · 2026-04-06
Strong fit for pricing, process, and what the owner should expect from a vendor's workflow. Vendor guest makes it useful but biased.
PPO fee negotiations, negotiation cadence, first offers, leased networks, carrier leverage, process timeline, practice workload
Articles: core-006
Dental Code Advisor Podcast · with Christi Billquist of Unitas PPO Solutions · 2022-05-10
Good source for the audit, optimize, and identify-leased-network section. Vendor-owned perspective through Unitas, so useful but biased.
PPO fee negotiation climate, network optimization, direct vs leased arrangements, annual PPO audit, credentialing
Articles: core-006
Working Interferences Dental Podcast · 2023-07-27
Useful counterweight because it discusses a scenario where a third-party PPO negotiator cannot get all relevant information.
practice purchase, credentialing, fee-for-service transition, PPO third-party negotiators, missing information, owner decision-making
Articles: core-006
The Better Dental Life Podcast · with Teresa Duncan of Odyssey Management · 2023-12-19
Not narrowly about negotiation vendors, but useful for evaluating whether a vendor's advice fits real front-office insurance operations. Guest sells insurance education, so useful but biased.
dental benefit plans, dental insurance coding, office manager training, practice strategy, insurance trends
Articles: core-006
The My Practice My Business Dental Podcast · 2022-03-28
Useful for the conflicts-of-interest section because it frames one consultant stance against another: drop plans vs learn to operate profitably with them.
PPO participation, dropping insurance plans, profitability with PPOs, consultant claims, practice leadership
Articles: core-006
15 lessons
The Dental Marketer · with Lisa Weber, Unlock The PPO · unknown
Directly addresses whether startup practices should accept PPOs, framing PPOs as a patient-acquisition channel with real fee-discount cost.
startup dental practice, adding PPOs, PPOs as marketing, patient acquisition, fee schedules, insurance participation, numbers and ROI
Articles: core-020
PPO Advisors · with Shelley DeGroff · 2024-03-22
Concrete discussion of how PPO participation affects profit and operations, with timestamps around negotiation and credentialing. Vendor-owned content, so useful but biased.
PPO management, credentialing, negotiation process, TPAs/shared agreements, profitability, insurance company pressure
The Dentalpreneur Podcast · with Shelley DeGroff · 2024-03-22
Strong fit for timing and capacity questions because the episode discusses reducing PPO dependence and thresholds for a healthy balance.
PPO dependence, growth strategy, fee negotiation, practice revenue, contract strategy
The Dentalpreneur Podcast · with Shelley DeGroff · 2024-03-22
Useful supporting episode on how PPO contracts and verification work, though less specifically about when to add than the Playbook and Dental Marketer items.
PPO contract negotiation, insurance verification, fee schedules, practice profitability
Thriving Dentist · with expert panel · 2026-06-11
Strong direct match for patient retention and risk when dropping PPOs.
dropping PPO without losing patients, profitability, scheduling pressure, readiness
Articles: core-021
Less Insurance Dependence Podcast · 2023-09-21
Gives before/after financial data from a practice that dropped PPO plans.
actual practice data, write-offs, collections, overhead, patient relationships
Less Insurance Dependence Podcast · with Gary Takacs; Naren Arulrajah · 2024-10-10
Useful for the readiness and team-morale side of a PPO transition.
out-of-network transition, team motivation, patient concern handling, PPO resignation anxiety
Articles: core-021
Productive Dentist Academy / Everyday Practices Dental Podcast · with Dr. Gwendolyn Buck; Christine Uhen · 2024-07-17
Strong source for scripts and process, including patient questions and team training.
Delta Dental out-of-network transition, team scripts, patient letters, retention, risk-reward, readiness
Dental Marketing Theory · with Susan Leckowicz · 2025-05-27
Direct match for how to drop PPOs without losing the practice.
dropping PPOs, patient retention, case acceptance, team training, marketing shifts, 5-step strategy
Dental Code Advisor / Practice Booster · with Christi Billquist · 2022-05-10
Fee negotiation context helps distinguish plans that should be negotiated first from plans that should be dropped.
PPO contracting, PPO fee negotiations, dental insurance contracts, reimbursement strategy
Pain-Free Dental Marketing · with none · 2025-08-14
It directly addresses the fear of losing patients when moving out of network, though it is brief.
PPO exit, out-of-network transition, patient retention, patient communication
Articles: core-024
Smiles Are Wild · with none · 2024-01-31
Patient-facing framing helps the practice explain what changes when network status changes.
in-network vs out-of-network, patient education, dental insurance, patient communication
Articles: core-024
Front Office Coach / Team Culture Works · with none · 2019-05-18
Staff communication determines whether patients understand and stay through an insurance-status change.
dental insurance explanation, front office communication, patient scripting, benefits conversation
Articles: core-024
Moonlight Beach Dental · with none · 2021-01-13
A real practice explains its out-of-network stance in language patients can hear.
out-of-network dentistry, patient explanation, dental insurance, practice positioning
Articles: core-024
The Dental Marketer · with none · 2023-08-20
It offers a compact patient-facing explanation angle for fee-for-service positioning.
fee-for-service explanation, patient communication, scripting, insurance-free dentistry
Articles: core-024
20 lessons
Dental Unscripted · with Stefani Sandoval · unknown
Credentialing mechanics and network status are essential startup PPO planning inputs.
dental credentialing, startup acquisitions, insurance timelines, owner credentialing, network status
The Dentalpreneur Podcast · with Vivek Kinra · 2024-01-16
It is focused on PPO contracting strategy, credentialing, fee schedules, and insurance negotiation.
PPO strategy, credentialing, fee schedules, insurance negotiation, NPI, contracting
The Dentalpreneur Podcast · with Vivek Kinra · 2024-01-17
It continues the startup-relevant discussion on negotiable fee schedules and credentialing value.
PPO fee schedules, credentialing, contract negotiation, dental reimbursements, NPI
Articles: core-025
Wisdom · with Shelley DeGroff · 2025-04-14
It covers credentialing, umbrella companies, direct contracts, and fee schedules in one startup-relevant discussion.
credentialing, umbrella companies, direct contracts, fee schedules, dental billing
PPO Advisors · with Shelley DeGroff · 2024-11-04
It is a concrete credentialing-focused PPO Advisors video for new and transitioning providers.
dental credentialing, provider transitions, PPO process, insurance applications
Articles: core-025
The Dental Marketer · with Lisa Weber · 2017-08-11
It directly addresses whether first-time practice owners should accept every PPO plan and why fee schedule math matters before signing.
dental startup PPO selection, PPO participation, fee schedule awareness, insurance as marketing, practice numbers
Dental Acquisition Unscripted · with Stafani Sandoval · 2023-06-09
It is a focused episode on credentialing in a dental practice transition, where contracting and credentialing are often confused.
dental credentialing, dental acquisition, practice transition, payer enrollment
Articles: core-027
The Dental Startup Journey with Maritza Duran · with none · 2023-03-02
It directly matches startup PPO negotiation and contracting decisions before launch.
PPO negotiation, startup dentists, insurance contracting, reimbursement strategy
Henry Schein Dental · with none · 2022-09-20
It is specifically about startup PPO credentialing and reimbursement setup before opening.
dental startups, PPO credentialing, high reimbursements, fee schedules, direct contracts, umbrella networks
Ideal Practices · with none · 2020-08-23
It provides timeline and checklist context for sequencing pre-opening work.
startup timeline, first-year checklist, launch planning, practice opening
Articles: core-028
The Dental Startup Journey with Maritza Duran · with none · 2021-09-03
It is a targeted credentialing explainer with timeline and new-dentist considerations.
dental insurance credentialing, credentialing timeline, new dentist, third-party contracting
The Dental Startup Journey with Maritza Duran · with none · 2023-02-09
It gives useful background on fee schedule leverage and negotiation timing.
PPO fee renegotiation, dental fee schedules, reimbursement, negotiation cadence
Articles: core-028
Dental Claim Support · with none · 2025-05-23
It flags common pre-opening credentialing pitfalls in a concise format.
dental credentialing mistakes, insurance enrollment, startup administration
Articles: core-028
Thriving Dentist · with none · 2023-06-17
It frames why startup owners need to understand write-offs before judging whether fees are profitable.
insurance write-offs, fee schedules, profitability, PPO impact
Articles: core-029
Thriving Dentist · with none · 2023-04-22
It translates UCR strategy into the fee table inside practice software.
UCR fees, practice management software, master fees, dental billing setup
Articles: core-029
Thriving Dentist · with none · 2021-02-10
It covers operational setup of fee schedules for a startup practice building its master fee schedule.
fee schedules, dental management software, UCR, insurance fees
Articles: core-029
Today's Dental Consulting · with none · 2025-05-27
It is a practical walkthrough for handling UCR fees even when participating with insurance plans.
UCR fees, in-network plans, Open Dental, exclusions, limitations, billing setup
Articles: core-029
Dental Start Up Unscripted · with none · unknown
It centers on credentialing workflow, which is the core alternative to negotiating first.
dental credentialing, startup setup, payer enrollment, insurance readiness
Articles: core-030
Tricia Casasanta · with none · unknown
It adds general PPO negotiation strategy to the credential-first versus negotiate-first comparison.
PPO negotiation, dental insurance contracts, fee schedules, insurance strategy
Articles: core-030
Stedi · with Megan Struxness · unknown
It is not dental-specific, but payer enrollment mechanics are relevant to credentialing and effective-date risk.
payer enrollment, enrollment workflow, healthcare contracting, effective dates
Articles: core-030
23 lessons
Henry Schein Dental · with none · 2024-04-30
Verification prevents billing and reimbursement problems before treatment.
insurance verification, dental billing, front office workflow, claims readiness
Articles: core-031
Dental Startup Academy · with none · 2022-03-12
It is a practical reference for building the verification workflow a PPO monitoring guide needs.
insurance verification, benefits breakdown, dental billing operations, office workflow
Articles: core-031
Dental Claim Support · with none · 2022-07-05
EOB interpretation is central to detecting PPO payment errors and monitoring contracted fees.
EOB review, payment posting, denial review, reimbursement auditing
Dental Claim Support · with none · 2022-05-20
Claim denial causes are a concrete monitoring signal for PPO implementation quality.
claim denials, dental billing, reimbursement workflow, documentation
Dental Claim Support · with none · 2022-04-15
It gives baseline operating context for how claims move through the billing process.
dental billing, insurance claims, reimbursement workflow, billing operations
Navigating the Business of Medicine · with none · unknown
It directly matches the article's operational point that payer contract effective dates must be tracked and verified.
payer contract effective dates, credentialing, revenue cycle operations, provider enrollment
Articles: core-032
Prime Credential · with none · unknown
It supports tracking contract timing and preparing for new payer contracting cycles.
payer contracting cycle, credentialing, contract preparation, revenue cycle
Articles: core-032
Business and Financial Education for Dentists · with none · unknown
Practice transitions expose credentialing and fee schedule timing risks that make effective-date tracking important.
dental credentialing, fee negotiations, practice transitions, payer contracts
Articles: core-032
SAPRO LLC - Dental and Medical Revenue Management · with none · 2025-07-03
Monthly billing audits are a concrete workflow for finding fee schedule and contract-date problems after claims are paid.
dental billing audits, revenue leaks, monthly review, insurance payments, revenue cycle
Dentistry Support, LLC TM · with none · unknown
EOB literacy supports detecting missed fee schedule updates, underpayments, and contract mismatches.
EOB monitoring, dental insurance, payment review, billing training
Articles: core-032
Open Dental Software · with none · unknown
Official Open Dental training on advanced fee schedule handling is directly relevant for maintenance.
Open Dental, advanced fee schedules, practice management software, dental billing setup
Articles: core-033
Open Dental Software · with none · unknown
It shows the specific setup action of creating a fee schedule inside Open Dental.
Open Dental, creating fee schedules, software setup, dental practice management
Articles: core-033
Open Dental Software · with none · unknown
It focuses on maintaining fee values, which keeps PPO fee schedules accurate over time.
Open Dental, editing fees, fee schedule maintenance, reimbursement accuracy
Articles: core-033
Novonee - The Premier Dentrix Community · with none · unknown
It gives a Dentrix-specific walkthrough for updating fee schedules correctly.
Dentrix, fee schedule updates, dental practice workflow, PPO fee maintenance
Articles: core-033
Novonee - The Premier Dentrix Community · with none · unknown
It compares fee schedule and allowed amount methods in Dentrix for accurate insurance estimates.
Dentrix, insurance estimation, fee schedule method, allowed amount method, PPO billing
Articles: core-033
Patterson Dental · with none · unknown
Patterson's Eaglesoft fee schedule training gives platform-specific setup context.
Eaglesoft, fee schedules, dental software, billing workflow
Articles: core-033
Academy Of Dental Practice Careers · with none · 2014-04-20
It gives practical background on how dental insurance payments are calculated against contracted or allowed fees.
dental insurance payments, allowed amounts, patient portion, reimbursement math
Articles: core-034
Dental Claim Support · with none · 2024-04-09
Tracking unpaid claims supports the same revenue-control workflow as catching underpaid negotiated PPO fees.
unpaid dental claims, claims tracking, insurance AR, follow-up workflow
Articles: core-034
The Art of Dental Finance and Management Podcast · with Bill Rossi · 2020-03-11
It centers on managing and exiting PPO participation, which maps closely to an annual review checklist.
PPO exit strategy, in-network management, fee schedule review, dental practice finance
Articles: core-035
The Best Practices Show · with Sandi Hudson · 2018-11-16
It focuses on reducing PPO write-offs with Sandi Hudson, directly matching reimbursement-analysis work.
PPO write-offs, dental insurance dependence, reimbursement strategy, Unlock The PPO
Articles: core-036
ACT Dental · with Sandi Hudson · 2025-03-19
It covers evaluating PPO plans before dropping them, which supports analysis-led reimbursement strategy.
PPO participation, plan dropping, dental profitability, insurance strategy
Articles: core-036
ACT Dental · with Dr. Barrett Straub; Miranda Beeson · 2024-07-03
It connects PPO write-off reduction to practice profitability and measurable improvement.
PPO write-offs, dental profits, reimbursement leakage, practice management
Articles: core-036
Insurance Untangled · with Ben Tuinei; Tessina Bullock · 2026-05-20
It frames PPO fee negotiation as an overlooked revenue opportunity.
PPO fee negotiation, dental insurance reimbursements, revenue opportunity, payer contracts