2025 has arrived, making it the perfect time to prioritize efficiency in your dental practice. By streamlining daily operations with automation, you can save time, reduce stress, and create a smoother experience for your team—and, most importantly, your patients. The tools outlined in this checklist will not only enhance your practice’s cash flow but also help you deliver an exceptional patient experience.
Collect payments as quickly as a text
Chasing down payments can be a hassle for your team and frustrating for your patients if they need to call or write a check. Text-to-Pay offers a quick, convenient solution by allowing patients to settle their bills where they are, on their phone!
- Payments happen faster—one practice reported receiving $350,000 in payments within 2 hours of sending a bulk text to all patients with a balance.
- Send payment reminders individually or in bulk to maximize efficiency and cash flow.
- It’s simple for everyone involved.
Save a patient’s card for faster checkout
Keeping a card on file securely in your payment system helps eliminate billing headaches. Whether it’s for same-day or future appointments, having preferred payment information readily available makes transactions seamless.
- Practices that store cards on file have seen a 97% improvement in time-of-service collections.
- Speed up checkout times, keeping patients happy. Patients can leave the office without making a pitstop to pay.
- Eliminate sending paper statements or follow-up billing tasks.
Offer recurring payment plans
For care that involves ongoing treatments, providing flexible and customizable recurring payment plans makes it easier for patients to budget.
- Payment plans reduce financial stress for patients, making them more likely to accept care.
- Automated recurring payments save your team time from processing statements manually.
Enable 24/7 online bill pay
Delays in payments can impact your practice’s cash flow. Offering patients the option to pay online—whether through a QR code, URL, text link, or on your website—ensures payments can be made anytime, even outside office hours.
- Speeds up payment processing, reducing revenue delays.
- It provides convenience and meets the preferences of 75% of patients who want to pay their healthcare bills online.
Digitize payment updates with automatic posting
Manual updates to patient accounts slow down your office staff and put your practice at risk for errors. Automatic posting ensures transactional details are accurately updated in your EMR/PMS, regardless of the system.
- Save time with precise, automatic updates to your ledger.
- Keep patient payment records accurate and up-to-date effortlessly.
These strategies are your blueprint for 2025 success: stronger cash flow, happier patients, and a powerful start to the new year.
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