{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Dentistry Made Simple with Dr. Tarun 'TBone' Agarwal","title":"How to Drop Dental Insurance Without Hurting Your Practice","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1583,"description":"Dental insurance is not automatically the enemy. The bigger problem is often unclear strategy, inconsistent scheduling standards, and making an emotional decision to drop plans before the practice is ready.\nIn this episode, T-Bone and Meredith explain how to make smarter insurance decisions without going cold turkey. They discuss when an owner doctor can go out of network while the practice remains in network, how to evaluate plans using real revenue data, and why waitlists can help create more control over hygiene schedules, cancellations, and patient behavior.\nMain Topics\nWhy dropping dental insurance should be a strategic, data-driven decision  \nBalancing insurance participation with associate growth and hygiene capacity  \nTaking the owner doctor out of network while keeping the practice in network  \nEvaluating an insurance plan by revenue, fees, patient behavior, and opportunity cost  \nUsing waitlists to manage cancellations and limit access to overbooked schedules  \nPrioritizing patients who keep appointments and follow through with treatment  \nTracking broken appointments and creating clearer scheduling standards  \nBuilding a gradual plan to reduce dependence on unprofitable insurance plans  \n\nIn This Episode\nWhy “What problem are you trying to solve?” is the first insurance question to ask  \nHow dropping insurance too early can make it harder to fill an associate’s schedule  \nWhy associates often need significantly more patient flow than owner doctors  \nA $35,000-per-month insurance plan example that was not ready to be dropped  \nHow medical billing and sleep apnea revenue can affect insurance decisions  \nA waitlist framework for last-minute cancellations and repeatedly unreliable patients  \nWhy future appointments should go first to patients already committed to the schedule  \nHow clinical standards protect the practice from “supervised neglect”  \nWhy insurance can support a profitable, high-performing practice when managed strategically  \n\nTimestamps...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/C_aFR-zmxMmvhWnvWHKMACcnwK7eLxP4dNyg0ofmeKs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yNDdl/OTk0NTRiZmIxNmRm/YTM1OWExYzgwYTU1/MDJlNC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}