A 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, it is one of the toughest problems we face in private practice today.

ACHILLES HEAL THE PPOS HOPE YOU NEVER DISCOVER

I made a discovery when my father was dying of cancer and he asked Elizabeth and me to turn his practice around in order to help provide financial security for my mother. I accidentally stumbled across the Achilles Heel of managed care Insurance Companies. It is a well-kept secret which helped us instantly garner FAR HIGHER FEES FROM PPOS. Fees much higher than they were willing to admit they would pay.

It'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.

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 wasted your time sending in the first place) indicated they were going to pay or pay much more.

Calling again and again, asking for supervisors or resubmitting what you've already sent in are INEFFECTIVE means to battle the bullying. But there IS a proven-effective way to get them to listen AND to measurably REDUCE their TACTICS of TORTURE...