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The Best Picture PodcastMichael Clayton (2007) Director: Tony Gilroy Producers: Jennifer Fox, Kerry Orent, Sydney Pollack, Steve Samuels Screenplay: Tony Gilroy Photography: Robert Elswit Music: James Newton Howard Cast: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe, Sydney Pollack Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 90%/Audience: 69% 2024-09-162h 14
The Best Practices Show with Kirk Behrendt625: How to Significantly Increase Your Revenue Without Getting Off of PPOs - Dr. Tom OrentHow to Significantly Increase Your Revenue Without Getting Off of PPOsEpisode #625 with Dr. Tom OrentTo drop or not drop PPOs — that is the question. If you're frustrated and don't know what to do, don't miss this episode! Kirk Behrendt brings back Dr. Tom Orent, CEO of Freedom Summit, to reveal what you can do to safely reduce your dependence on PPOs. If you do it right, you can increase your revenue while staying in! To learn how, when, and which PPOs you should drop, listen to Episode 625 of The Best Practices Show!...2023-09-0656 minThe Best Practices Show with Kirk Behrendt597: How to Safely Reduce PPO Write-Offs Without Leaving PPOs - Dr. Tom OrentHow to Safely Reduce PPO Write-Offs Without Leaving PPOsEpisode #597 with Dr. Tom OrentIt’s impossible to reduce PPOs. That's what your friends and colleagues tell you. But it is possible — they just don't know how to do it right! To teach you how to do it safely, Kirk Behrendt brings in Dr. Tom Orent, “The Gems Guy” and CEO of Freedom Summit, to reveal his proven strategies that will free you from your “PPO hell”. To learn more about how Dr. Orent can help you and your practice, listen to Episode 597 of The Best Practic...2023-07-0348 min
Ascent Dental RadioE165: Interview with Dr. Tom Orent - Part 2If you would like to REDUCE your DEPENDENCE on PPOs, you can download my FREE SPECIAL REPORT, “A 4-Step System Dentists Use to Safely and Predictably Withdraw from PPOs and INCREASE Net Profit” go to www.PPOfoe.comIf you're sick and tired of being jerked around by network insurance plans, being told what you can and can't do for your patients, and losing hundreds of thousands of dollars per year...My team and I have set aside some time this week to speak with you. A 60-Minute complimentary Breakthrough Call. By the end of that...2023-06-2328 minAscent Dental RadioE164: Interview with Dr. Tom Orent - Part 1If you would like to REDUCE your DEPENDENCE on PPOs, you can download my FREE SPECIAL REPORT, “A 4-Step System Dentists Use to Safely and Predictably Withdraw from PPOs and INCREASE Net Profit” go to www.PPOfoe.comIf you're sick and tired of being jerked around by network insurance plans, being told what you can and can't do for your patients, and losing hundreds of thousands of dollars per year...My team and I have set aside some time this week to speak with you. A 60-Minute complimentary Breakthrough Call. By the end of that...2023-06-1024 min
The Dental HandoffEpisode 67 | Escape from PPO Hell with Dr. Tom OrentIn this week's Dental Handoff, Dr. Kelly welcomes in bestselling author, and speaker, Dr. Tom Orent! Dr. Orent is the founder of the Freedom Summit Dental Practice Transofrmation Coachin Program, a revolutionary method to help dentists “escape from PPO hell” and grow successful practices.
Dr. Orent was accredited by the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. He then served for 6 years as an AACD Accreditation Examiner.
Over the last 22 years, Dr. Orent’s proven strategies helped hundreds of dentists reduce their dependence on PPOs, and as a result, grow their practices by multiple six-figures in short order...2023-05-3044 min
The Dentalpreneur Podcast w/ Dr. Mark Costes1680: The PPO FoeOn today's episode, Dr. Mark Costes speaks with Dr. Tom Orent, a bestselling author, speaker, and founder of the Freedom Summit Dental Practice Transformation Coaching Program. Dr. Orent is a revolutionary voice in the dental industry, helping dentists escape from PPO hell and grow successful practices. Over the last 22 years, his proven strategies have helped hundreds of dentists reduce their dependence on PPOs and add multiple six-figures in revenue to their practices. Tune in to learn from one of the leading voices in the dental industry on how to grow your practice and achieve financial freedom. ...2023-04-051h 02
Dental Practice HeroesInterview - Are We In PPO Hell? With Tom OrentWhat is PPO Hell and is your practice in it? What to do if you are and tips on giving a new patient exam that keeps more of your patients in your office. Text us your feedback! (please note: we cannot respond through this channel)) Check out www.relevanceonlinemarketing.com if you want to get the same great marketing results as Dr. Etch. Mention DPH and get your first month FREE!Take Control of Your Practice and Your Life I help dentists take more time off while making more money...2023-03-2742 min
Best Dental MarketingHow To Double Your Practice's Profitability In Under A YearOn this episode of BUZZ, special guest Dr. Tom Orent details how to dramatically and rapidly increase your net profit at your Dental Practice. Dr. Tom Orent is the bestselling author of the book Transform Your Dental Practice from Coalmine to Goldmine Before It's Too Late: Essential Gems for Success, and the founder of the Freedom Summit, a Dental Practice Transformation Coaching Program, designed to help dentists “escape from PPO hell” and grow successful practices. Over the last 22 years, Dr. Orent’s proven strategies helped hundreds of dentists reduce their dependence on PPOs, help more of their...2023-03-1431 min
Best Dental MarketingHow To Properly Withdraw From PPOs And Increase NetOn this episode of BUZZ, we are joined by Dr. Tom Orent. Dr. Orent is the bestselling author of the book Transform Your Dental Practice from Coalmine to Goldmine Before It's Too Late: Essential Gems for Success, and the founder of the Freedom Summit, a Dental Practice Transformation Coaching Program, designed to help dentists “escape from PPO hell” and grow successful practices. Over the last 22 years, Dr. Orent’s proven strategies helped hundreds of dentists reduce their dependence on PPOs, help more of their patients accept optimal health recommendations, and as a result, grow their practices by multipl...2023-02-2801 min
Dr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastDisnify Your Way to Magical Success - EP 021Managed care insurance and doc-in-the-box DSOs are rapidly turning our dental profession into a commodity business. Low fee DSOs and the infestation of network reduced-fee insurance plans are making it tougher for us (private practice GP dentists) to earn a fair profit. Tougher but not impossible. How can a solo practitioner GP dentist grow and prosper today? Build relationships and referrals by creating an experience your patients will never forget. Deliver service they’ll rave about to their friends and co-workers. Nobody on the planet does service and experience better than Disney. Vance Morris is a...2020-01-2400 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastYour New Patients Most Critical 30 SecondsIf there was a single EASY GEM you could deploy which requires only 30 seconds of your time, costs little or nothing, and GUARANTEES a measurable reduction in new patient no-shows and an increase in case acceptance... wouldn't you want to do this for every new patient? How can you ensure that every new patient entering your practice enjoys a case of the "warm fuzzies?!" If building your practice and your income is a priority (as well it should be) then understanding the MATH behind each "Gem" you deploy is an important piece of the puzzle. In this...2019-11-0500 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastSecret Source of EmployeesThis is a story about a Nun. Her name was Sister Denesita. What if you could unearth a seldom-tapped deep (nearly endless) source of potential new team members... a source filled with people EAGER to WORK... willing and ABLE to learn just about anything you require of them. And just what if these folks were HAPPY to work for wages the likes of which you've not seen in dentistry since light cured composites were invented? Well, there IS such a source and very likely nearby your practice. Once I discovered this unpolished "Gem" I continued t...2019-10-2600 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastIs 1 Million Enough To RetireFor some people, it’s a pie in the sky number they wish they could achieve… but likely can only dream of. But for many dentists, a 1-million-dollar retirement nest egg would leave you WOEFULLY SHORT of being able to enjoy a comfortable retirement. I'll never forget what Hugh told me nearly two decades ago. Hugh Doherty is one of the very few dentists who also hold the title CFP... Certified Financial Planner. Hugh told me that 95% of dentists will NEVER RETIRE to the same level of financial comfort they enjoyed while they had an active income from...2019-10-1600 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastScathing Patient Reviews - EP 017Unfortunately, one of the questions I get from Gem's Family members more and more often is how to respond to a terrible review left by an irate patient. The internet presents awesome opportunity. It can help us in so many ways. But it also has the power to cause massive rapid damage if you let it. In the old days if a patient was ripping mad at a dentist the old adage was, "A happy patient will tell a friend and an unhappy patient will tell 10 friends." Even 10 people hearing how terribly you...2019-10-0600 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastHow to Fill Your January ScheduleWhether you have just a few openings left in doctor's schedule for January or you're "wide open" right now, here is a PROVEN EFFECTIVE way to FILL your chair and come out of the gate smokin' this January... it won't cost you a penny and will take almost no time at all... Listen to the podcast and then design your flyer (or Gems Family members may just swipe the already "Done-For-You" flyer I wrote). Once you’ve written and designed your flyer, then using some of the same text from the flyer, craft a couple of emails yo...2019-09-2500 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastInsurance BullyingIt's (beyond) time to fight back. Ask your business staff how much of their VALUABLE TIME IS WASTED by dental insurance carriers deploying DELIBERATE BULLYING TACTICS. It's beyond time to fight back. Being put on hold and left there for 20 minutes, 30 minutes, even more... only to be disconnected requiring calling back in and starting all over again. Told they never received claims for which you have PROOF of receipt. Forced to resubmit supporting documents which were already submitted with the original claim. Denied benefits or drastically reduced even though the pre-determination (which you shouldn't have w...2019-09-1800 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastMagic Phrase Increases New Patient FlowImagine if there were a "Magic Phrase of Marketing..." a short easy sentence your team could learn in less than 30 seconds and deploy today... one sentence which could increase your new patient flow by as much as 15% per year. This Magic Phrase exists and will cost you absolutely nothing... Your team member, Jill, is on the phone with a new patient, Betty. Jill did a great job. Said all the right things and did so with a smile on her face and a delightfully positive attitude. She wraps up the call by thanking Betty for...2019-09-1100 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastLicensing Board InvestigationMy team knew I preferred not to be interrupted while treating a patient. When Izabel buzzed I knew there was something wrong. She began, "Dr. Orent, there's a man here to see you. Says he is an investigator from the Massachusetts State Licensing Board... the Board of Registration in Dentistry. He showed me his badge. Says he wants access... to all of our patient records." His visit was without warning. Unannounced. I had no idea why he was at my front desk. What I did know was that it's never good news. I told Izabel to tell...2019-09-0400 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastMonday Morning Sabotage, Forrest GumpHave you ever attended a weekend CE course, come back all excited to apply what you learned at the course... only to be thwarted by that Monday morning back to the same old grind routine? Feels like getting the wind knocked out of you. There’s a SIMPLE SOLUTION to ensure that upon your return you and your team take full advantage of all that you've learned at any seminar, course or continuum. I received the following question from one of my Gems family Members, Dr. Andrew G. Tom, I will be taking a course on...2019-08-2800 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastStop Believing My Own ExcusesSPOILER ALERT. The KEY to Your UNLIMITED POTENTIAL may Just be a KEY you’re not ready, willing or able to accept. On the other hand… for those who are willing to accept the concept I reveal in this episode… all of your dreams may be possible. You've invested more money, time, blood, sweat and tears into your practice than most could imagine. What have you got to show for it? If you're like many dentists, the answer is not nearly enough. You've worked really hard and have a loyal following of patients and a solid team. Yet th...2019-08-2100 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastDA Asks to Speak with You End of DayLate Thursday afternoon before a long holiday weekend Mary, your Dental Assistant, stops you in the hallway and says, "Doctor, when you have a moment, I'd like to speak with you in private."
Your day was pretty nice until this point. Then Mary drops the "I need to speak with you in private" bomb.
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Get your FREE copy of my book, “Transform Your Dental Practice from CoalMine to GoldMine” (currently $16.97 on Amazon, but yours free as a Gems Podcast listener).2019-08-1500 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastDilemma. Offer ONLY Best Option Care?Have you ever tried to figure out why many patients fail to schedule recommended (and sorely needed) treatment? Recently I spoke with Fred, a general dentist in practice for 37 years. He's given this issue a lot of thought. Fact is Fred pretty much NAILED the WHY. Fred figured out why many patients don't take action. Why they allow things to get worse. Dental diseases are progressive. Even though Fred put his finger on the WHY... he had yet to discover the "HOW." How to present best option care in a manner that A) Consistently increases...2019-08-1400 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastSigns it's Time to Fire an EmployeeYou walk on eggshells beating around the bush rather than speaking to her directly. There are systems and strategies you'd love to try in YOUR practice but you hesitate to ask for her help for fear of her knee-jerk emotion-sucking NEGATIVE ATTITUDE. Or maybe it's not that black and white. She has a positive attitude, patients love her, and she's been with you forever. Fact is she even says "yes" when you ask her to do stuff. But weeks or months later you realize that little or none of what you requested got done. There...2019-08-0700 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastRed Flag Warning Signs Of EmbezzlementWhat could possibly be more traumatic than having your dental practice burn to the ground? How 'bout learning that the only computer backups were lost along with everything else in the fire. Worse than that... TRUE Story… though not his real name, Dr. Bob's trusted office manager of 19 years was the one who threw the backups back into the building... right after she set the fire! When Mindy, a Certified Fraud Examiner, first told me that story I thought I'd heard the worst possible embezzlement story. Turns out she had many that were equally shocking and a fe...2019-07-3000 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine Podcast2 Words Never to SayUse an appropriate substitute for just ONE of the two words you should never say together and you'll likely save yourself tens of thousands of dollars over the years, and you'll also prevent a whole bunch of bad karma with otherwise great patients...
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Get your FREE copy of my book, “Transform Your Dental Practice from CoalMine to GoldMine” (currently $16.97 on Amazon, but yours free as a Gems Podcast listener).2019-07-2300 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastOne Word Increases Case AcceptanceEvery dentist has run into this frustrating failure to communicate. During your exam you found 3 teeth with 25-year-old failed amalgams. You've described to your patient in exhaustive detail about the wide-open margins, leakage of saliva and bacteria, and new decay now undermining the old filling.
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Get your FREE copy of my book, “Transform Your Dental Practice from CoalMine to GoldMine” (currently $16.97 on Amazon, but yours free as a Gems Podcast listener).2019-07-1600 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastBakery Trick Skyrockets HygieneWhat do a bakery and your hygiene schedule have in common that could easily turn a weak falling apart middle of the day hygiene schedule into a highly profitable cash generating machine? Is Your Practice Suffering from Either of these Profit-Sucking Problems? Your hygiene schedule is solid at the beginning of the day. Things looked great at 8:00 am. But it's all downhill from there! Two or three call just minutes before their appointments (that may make them feel better but it for sure doesn't help you one iota!) Others don't even have the decency to...2019-07-0900 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine Podcast3 Years in Federal PrisonThink this could never happen to you? That was Frank's attitude as well. Until the day a Federal Judge sentenced him to three years in "Club Fed" (Federal Prison). The scary part of Frank's story is that the first line he crossed was a line crossed by thousands and thousands of dentists every day. Could be happening in YOUR office... and it may be happening without your knowledge. Either way, it would be worth a five-minute informal meeting with your team. Today. Trying to Make a Decent Living Shouldn't Be Against the Law ...2019-07-0200 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastWhen Patient Asks for a DiscountBill has been with you as a patient just a little over a year. He originally found your practice by your web site. Had some minor perio issues which you've resolved through scaling and root planing visits. He has faithfully followed the three-month recall intervals you recommended. He's an upper-level executive with a local Fortune 500 computer software company. Super sharp guy. Really nice guy. The kind you wish you had many many more of in your practice. Last week, at Bill's request, you presented a cosmetic makeover treatment plan including fee and financial options. Bill said he'd...2019-06-1900 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastThe Achilles Heel of PPOsA deer in the headlights. Literally, what I saw in front of my car last night in the driveway. Figuratively, what's happening to dentists in the headlights of the Evil Insurance Empire. Managed care is great for insurance companies who are making a FORTUNE off the BACKS OF DENTISTS. Managed care is good for employers who want to offer dental insurance as a benefit without paying a fortune for it. For patients, it's not so great, but for dentists, the fight against the negative consequences of managed care insurance is one of the toughest problems we face...2019-06-1200 minDr. Tom "The Gems Guy" Orent's CoalMine to GoldMine PodcastCoalMine to GoldMine Intro to Planet GemsWelcome to Planet GEMS! I’m Dr. Tom Orent… aka, the GEMS guy! This podcast is for General dentists and prosthodontists, in solo or small group practices. If you are tired of managed care insurance dictating how much you can charge, and meddling in the doctor-patient relationship… if you’d like to become at least a little less dependent… or even Independent of PPOs… if you’d like to measurably improve case acceptance, make much more money while working LESS time, then you’re in the right place. This podcast is for you if you’d like to do more...2019-05-2900 min
Dentists, Implants and WormsEpisode 46: The World's Most Famous HygienistWendy has been called the world’s most famous hygienist. She is a highly productive practicing hygienist, strategic advisor, international speaker, trainer, consultant and coach. She has directly coached more than 3,718 dental practices in 12 countries around the world. She has the longest track record of doubling hygiene production. Wendy has a unique way of connecting with hygienists, they listen to one of their own! She has consulted and worked with some of the biggest and fastest growing private dental practices, as well as some of the largest DSO organizations in both the United States and Aust...2016-08-091h 02