Increase Revenue Without Seeing More Patients
Unitas Dental expertly negotiates your office’s PPO rates so that you can increase your revenue and dedicate more time to your patients and practice
Over 70% of the patient population has some form of PPO insurance, which means that most dental offices feel obligated to accept it. But as a practice owner, you may be increasingly frustrated with your PPO reimbursements. In fact, many clinicians find that their reimbursements have not increased after being in business for many years, or that the reimbursements they receive make it difficult for their practice to remain profitable.
That’s where a solution like Unitas Dental can help. The company is dedicated to negotiating your practice’s PPO rates and optimizing PPO participation. Phylip Curtis, Director of Sales and Marketing at Unitas Dental, has been with the company for 8 years and breaks down how the Unitas team helps practices increase their revenue without increasing their patient base.
Negotiations on Your Behalf
Most dental practices struggle with two common problems: 1) The PPOs that they are in network with have low reimbursements that seem to constantly fluctuate, and 2) They have a difficult time knowing which specific PPOs they are actually in network with, or if they are in network with too few or too many.
“Unitas Dental helps address both of these problems,” explained Phylip. “We help many different kinds of dental practices. For example, if you’re buying or building a new practice, we can help you get credentialed with PPOs, as well as negotiate and optimize the ideal PPO reimbursements for your specific practice and geographical area. If you’re mainly fee-for-service and are feeling the pressure to add more (or your first) PPO insurance, we can help negotiate and optimize PPO fee schedule proposals.”
While Unitas offers several service plans based on a practice’s specific needs, it most often services practices that have been in business for two or more years and participate with many PPOs. Unitas helps increase these practices’ current reimbursements with negotiation and optimization efforts. “If you schedule a free PPO consultation with us, we’ll help evaluate which of our services is best for your unique practice and situation,” assured Phylip.
Taking the First Step with a Consultation
Unitas Dental values the notion that every practice is unique, which is why they offer a free PPO consultation via phone or screen share that takes 30 minutes or less. “During this free consultation, we’ll evaluate your practice, determine which PPOs you currently participate with, and present you with your options to move forward with our services,” said Phylip.
Once a practice enrolls in Unitas’ services, it is assigned to a PPO account manager who personally handles the practice’s needs. “Your account manager will be your main point of contact and will work with you directly throughout your service,” said Phylip. “Currently, we have over 75 PPO insurance experts on staff who are happy and ready to help.”
Why Trust Unitas to Solve Your PPO Challenges?
When practices try to negotiate with PPO insurance providers on their own, they typically run into 3 main challenges:
1. No leverage—If a practice gets in contact with a PPO to negotiate, they may be easily turned down. Unitas has leverage because it works with thousands of practices nationwide and has many insurance contacts that practices don’t.
2. No context—If a practice does successfully negotiate and the PPO gives them an offer, how will they know the offer is competitive for their area? If they accept that offer and it is lower than average, they may be locked into that fee schedule for 2 or more years. Having worked with thousands of practices nationwide, Unitas can compare offers received from the PPO against other fee schedules it has received to evaluate how competitive the offer is for that given area.
3. No time—Odds are, your practice is already busy, understaffed, and overbooked. Most practices don’t have the time to dedicate to PPO negotiations and optimization, which require a lot of work and consistent communication with multiple insurance companies. Unitas not only has the time and resources to dedicate to this process, but the expertise to do it efficiently and effectively.
Unitas can help your practice overcome all of these obstacles with its variety of PPO solutions. Click here to schedule a complimentary PPO Revenue Assessment.
