by C Dreiling | Mar 23, 2026 | Blog Posts, Resources
Your Practice 2.0A lot of dentists are tired right now. Collections are tighter. PPO pressure is worse. Teams are harder to manage. Employees are more expensive and difficult to retain or recruit. And for many owners, it can start to feel like the only options left...
by C Dreiling | Mar 22, 2026 | Blog Posts, Resources
The Essence of Our WorkDental practices are often buried in complexity.Fee schedules. PPO participation. Write-offs. EOBs. Front-desk confusion. Patient questions. Team inconsistency. Carrier reps. Bad assumptions. Old habits.It gets noisy fast.But underneath all of...
by C Dreiling | Mar 20, 2026 | Blog Posts, Resources
“The Entrepreneur’s Mind” → Stop Running the Practice the Way Insurance Wants You To The Practice Owner’s Mindset Most dental offices are still making decisions the way carriers trained them to. That is the trap. If you build your systems around: what insurance allows...
by C Dreiling | Dec 19, 2025 | Blog Posts, Resources
The Hidden Costs of Open Enrollment to Dental Practices Why Open Enrollment Changes Shouldn’t Dictate Your Fees, Contracts, or Revenue Starting January 1 Stop Accommodating Your Patients’ Employer Cost-Cutting Decisions.Every fall, employers across the country...
by C Dreiling | Dec 15, 2025 | Blog Posts, Resources
“The Entrepreneur’s Mind” → Stop Running the Practice the Way Insurance Wants You To The Practice Owner’s Mindset Most dental offices are still making decisions the way carriers trained them to. That is the trap. If you build your systems around: what insurance allows...
by C Dreiling | Dec 9, 2025 | Blog Posts, Resources
How Carriers Are About to Cut Your Reimbursements for 2026 For years, many PPO negotiation companies have promised practices quick wins: a fee bump here, an extra network there, or the “easy button” of plugging in umbrella networks like Careington or Connection...
by Sam Morstain | Apr 7, 2023 | Case Review
Stephanie Calon is the office manager for Stillwater Dental Associates in Stillwater, OK. Stephanie and Dr. Zach McNickle, who owns the practice, worked with Solutions 101 to audit their insurance contract and reimbursement data. The results of that audit lead to Dr....
by Sam Morstain | Mar 22, 2023 | Case Review
Dr. Clark Plost Dr. Clark Plost is a private dental practice owner in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He first started working with Solutions 101 while he was finishing his post-dental school residency program. Clark knew he wanted to open his own dental practice quickly. Partnering...
by Ruth Miller | Feb 7, 2023 | Case Review
Janet Baker is the office manager for Edmond Family Dental Design in Edmond, Oklahoma. I spoke with Janet to ask her about her experience partnering with Solutions 101 to fix their practice’s insurance contract situation and increase their revenue. Janet has a great...
by Ruth Miller | Feb 6, 2023 | Case Review
“I wish I had done it sooner,” Dr. Christopher Leyster told me, “I wish I could have connected with S101 and started before I signed so many contracts, back when I was buying the practice in the first place. That would have saved a lot of time.” Dr. Leyster is a...
