The My Practice My Business Dental Podcast
Welcome to The My Practice My Business Dental Podcast. I'm Dr. Rob Thorup, Clinical Director at MPMB. In our podcast shows we help dentists profit and thrive with excerpts from The Clinical Business of Dentistry Training here at MPMB.This podcast is dedicated to helping dentists and their teams reclaim forgotten profitability in dentistry, and to learn business skills specifically designed for dental practices. We look forward to your subscription, and we hope you let your colleagues know about our podcast. For more information on our GUARANTEED training, please visit us at www.mypracticemybusiness.com and surf our website pages. Our mission statement is simple: We increase the monthly net revenue of dental practices with our key methods, tools, and training utilizing every day, need-based dentistry, even with PPO plans. And we teach you how to do it ethically, legally, and morally, adhering to contracts and state laws, so you can be paid fairly for the services you provide.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 166
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Who Teaches Dentists to Dump Dental Insurance Plans?
The list is long and unfortunately distinguished. Don’t get me wrong, most of the time we don’t like dealing with insurance plans and their reps either. But we are the only major consul…
Current Topics with Tracy and Dr. Rob of MPMB
Insurances, laws, office manager and front office training, Disney Institute and leadership, ending with DSOs and why you don't need them. To date, there is one DSO that is showing som…
Dental Manufacturer Accountability
Are we receiving what we are paying for with our dental supplies?
Every time I asked my assistant for an A1 shade of my new composite, I would think she was handing me a “used” compule. …
5 Things Your Dental Office Is Doing Wrong
"The title may sound harsh, but after working with hundreds of dental offices, we’ve discovered that nearly every office does the same things that negatively affect the practice. These …
Dental Offices Ruled by Patients
Never let the patient circumnavigate the front office team members Doc. You gave them a job, let them do it.
Can Dental Training Drive Performance?
How many times do we attend dental trainings with the hopes of that expensive training making a difference in the performance of our dental practice? It can when dental teams, and the d…
2021 in Review, and a big training announcement
A big "thank you" to all of you listeners and clients. Just some thoughts and a big announcement on training...
If Dental Insurance Doesn't Cover It...
What am I getting at you might ask? It’s simple. The majority of dental teams have been brainwashed into thinking that if dental insurance won’t pay for it, heaven forbid you actually c…
Freedom Goes Both Ways
Hardly a week goes by that we don’t see an article published, or a diatribe written, condemning dental insurance companies. Or, more specifically, the reimbursement rates, delay tactics…
If "A", Why Not "B"?
I'm always amazed at how dentists and their teams are completely brainwashed when it comes to business decisions that completely lack fundamental judgement of business skills. No busine…
How To Battle PPO Plans
There are five steps in battling dental insurance plans. At MPMB, we have this down to a science, and hope all listening will engage to protect the integrity of dentistry.
OM/FO Training from the Big Island of Hawaii
Welcome to the MPMB office manager and front office training on the Kona Coast, Big Island of Hawaii, at the Westin Hapuna Beach Resort. Our training for front office personnel at MPMB …
Bundling Distinct Dental Procedures and the New Utah Dental Law
Enough is enough. We as dentists can no longer do free dentistry on our PPO patients, yet that is precisely what third-party payers want us to do. It needs to stop right now. Look at wh…
Run The Numbers, Cerec Wins Everytime!
CAD/CAM technology simply makes dentists want to do better. And the patient experience is second to none. Cerec is leading this charge. If you're not going to DS World, you are missing …
Effective vs. Ineffective Dental Teams
Five components that differentiate effective dental teams versus ineffective dental teams. The first one deals with "trust" issues.
"The Unspoken Rules"
Today's podcast dives into excerpts from a book called, "The Unspoken Rules" by Gorrick. This is a great read and can be applied to dentistry to help practices do better.
It's Good For Your Patient. Therefore, It Should Be Free...
We had a dental product rep attend one of our introductory courses, and he was blown away with what he learned. Especially when he learned how dental offices can charge for his amazing …
Clarifying Manipulative Dental Insurance Verbiage
Just because a #dental #insurance company states something doesn't make it true. I know that sounds unrealistic, but we see this crap all the time. We investigate dental insurance #cont…
Solo Dental Practices Rock!
Opening up a solo dental practice isn't as difficult as most are led to believe, and they become quickly profitable with just a little bit of business training with the dentist/owner.
Teaching Dental Teams How to Think, Not What to Think
For years we've been told "what to think" instead of "how to think" when it comes to the clinical business of dentistry. We need to dismiss the "dictators of thought" and allow rational…