As a practice owner, you face incredible demands for your time and energy. Delivering exceptional care and managing a thriving practice take skill and expertise, and AGD is here to assist you through the process. From cutting-edge education to tools for managing your business to finding efficient ways to engage in AGD's advocacy efforts, we has the resources you need to plan for retirement and beyond.
Managing Your Practice
Whatever your career stage or goals, AGD has programs and services that address your needs. From practice management tools and information to cutting-edge continuing education, your AGD membership includes these tools as well as networking opportunities that allow you to learn from the best in your field as you advance.
Insurance and Coding
Dentists face myriad challenges when working with insurance companies and complying with coding requirements. We offer a number of coding resources to support our members as they navigate this crucial part of their business. Take advantage of benefits such as member-only discounts on coding and insurance guides, form templates, and more.
For additional information about these programs, contact the Dental Practice & Policy department at practice@agd.org.
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Managing Purchasing Needs
You can save more on your dental supplies throughout the year than you pay in AGD membership annual dues with AGDVANTAGE and its 30% discount for AGD members. With DHP's amazing customer service and multiple distribution centers, you can expect to receive your orders in days, not weeks. Call 800.626.2163, and ask for ext. 4568 to create a new account or update your existing account with DHPI. Be sure to mention your AGD member number.
Advocacy
The AGD makes sure that general dentists can speak up when it matters most. That means making participation easy so that our members can unit their voices on legislative and regulatory activities affecting their practices. Learn more about AGD's Advocacy efforts.
AGD’s educational, networking and leadership opportunities support General Dentists to deliver exceptional care and build stronger practices. AGD has developed a new membership plan that gives General Dentists the ability to select the option that works best for their needs.
Premium Plus membership includes expanded benefits and is recommended for the general dentist who wants to maximize the value of AGD’s offerings.
Premium membership is ideal for those seeking to maintain their current membership experience by selecting from the menu of benefits that they wish to utilize.
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EVENTS
Survival of the Fittest: What It Will Take to Run a Successful Practice in the Next 10 Years with the Current Economic Outlook
Date(s)
Oct. 20, 2022 at 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Richard A. Huot, DDS, FAGD
Subject: 550 Practice Management and Human Relations
Credits: 1
Thursday, Oct. 20: 7:30–8:30 p.m. CDT
Audience: Dentists
Fee: $125 (nonmembers); $75 (members); $37.50 (students)
Description
Like most other types of small businesses, dental practices have not escaped the consequences of COVID-19 and the inflation now officially entrenched in this economy. This webinar will touch on how to make your practice more effective in these financial times, what you can expect to see in the economic near future, and basic financial steps you can take to ensure success throughout your dental practice career.
Learning Objectives
- Learn how to identify basic economic business cycles and how they affect dentistry.
- Identify key office financial indicators that enable productivity and profit.
- Learn how to identify if your practice is a candidate for merger or acquisition for growth and/or transition.
Speaker Bio
Richard A. Huot, DDS, FAGD, is the founder of Beachside Dental Consultants Inc., which he started in 2004. He has lectured at many meetings on topics such as leadership issues, dental practice career transitioning, common sense office design, proper insurance coding, financial planning and buying/selling dental practices. His articles have been featured in Dental Products Report, Dental Economics, Dentistry Today, Dental Practice Report, ADA News, AGD Impact and other state dental journals.
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