934: Metric Mondays: An Easier Way to Achieve a 182% Increase in Dental Practice Collections – Dave Monahan

Uninsured patients are afraid of the dentist. But it’s not the pain they're scared of! They don't have coverage, and they're anxious about the cost. In this episode, Kirk Behrendt brings back Dave Monahan, founder and CEO of Kleer, to share how to remove this barrier and grow your collections by 182%. To learn the easier way to get patients through the door and accept treatment, listen to Episode 934 of The Best Practices Show!

Learn More About Dave:

• Send Dave an email: dave@kleer.com 
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Episode Resources:

• Watch the video version of Episode 934: https://www.youtube.com/@actdental/videos

Main Takeaways:

• Focus on getting existing patients to come in more often and accept needed treatment.
• Uninsured patients avoid dentists mostly due to lack of coverage and fear of cost.
• Patients with coverage, such as a membership plan, come in twice as much.
• Membership plans increase treatment presentation and acceptance.
• You will keep more of what you produce with a membership plan.

Snippets:

0:00 Introduction.

1:56 Engage your existing patients.

4:05 Coverage, defined.

6:06 Kleer’s case study data.

11:09 Collections is the most important metric.

12:58 Average discount percentages.

14:59 Final thoughts.

16:03 More about Kleer-Membersy.

Dave Monahan Bio:

Dave Monahan is the CEO of Kleer, an advanced, cloud-based platform that enables dentists to easily design and manage their own membership plan and offer it directly to their patients. Kleer is turn-key and free to implement. Their mission is simple: partner with dentists to increase the value of their practices by making dental care accessible and affordable to everyone.