writing Previously we discovered that when a healthcare provider such as a doctor joins a network, he or she agrees to charge a lower fee to the network’s insureds.  This TAKE-HOME gives you an opportunity to see what joining a network is like from the healthcare provider’s point of view. For one thing, if you run a medical practice that has not been part of a particular network and then you decide to join it, you will have to start giving a discount to your existing patients who are part of the network.  In other words, your practice will receive less revenue for the same service you’ve providing to the spatient in the past.  Can you say, “Pay cut!” and/or, “Ouch?”Find out more in this behind-the-scenes look that’s focused on dentists and PPO networks.  You may never look at your dental practitioner the same way again.This TAKE-HOME involves readings from a company called ProfitablePPOs, which the readings begin and end with.  In between are readings from dentaleconomics.com, a publication for dentists that provides tips on running a dental practice.1.  Start by reading this web page (https://profitableppos.com/ppos/) of ProfitablePPOs, a business that aims to help dentists improve their financial outcomes when joining a PPO.  We’ll come back to other portions of this business’s Web site at the end. 2.  This article at dentaleconomics.com (https://www.dentaleconomics.com/money/article/16393365/how-ppos-are-affecting-the-value-of-your-practice) uses the term “PPO write-off” to refer to the discount on services that a provider gives as a result of being in a PPO’s network.  Read this article through the paragraph below EXAMPLE NO. 2.3.  The next article to read (https://www.dentaleconomics.com/money/article/16390245/what-ppos-wont-tell-you) mentions “codes.”  Every medical procedure has a 5-character (alphanumeric) code that is used for billing purposes.  Read all 8 paragraphs of this article.4-5.  Finally, return to the Web site of ProfitablePPOs.   Read this page (https://profitableppos.com/ppo-improvements/.) up to the FAQs. . . then go to the company’s home page (https://profitableppos.com) and read the first 3 “sections”  — “Tired of Having High Write-Offs . . . , ” “Starting a New Dental Practice . . . ” and “Thinking of Adding PPOs . . .” REQUIREMENTS1.  (2 Total Points) Identify one intriguing, surprising or helpful item, concept or piece of information from the readings at dentaleconomics.com (1 point) and indicate why you found it intriguing, surprising or helpful (1 point). 2.  (2 Total Points) Based on the portions of the ProfitablePPos Web site that we looked (or any of its other pages that you explored on your own), identify an intriguing, surprising or helpful item, concept or piece of information that is different from the topic addressed in 1 (1 point) and indicate why you found it intriguing, surprising or helpful (1 point). Free features N Outline $5 FREE N Revisions $30 FREE N Title Page $5 FREE N Bibliography $15 FREE N Formatting $10 FREE PLACE AN ORDER NOW Why Choose Us? N Satisfied and returning customers N A wide range of services N 6-hour delivery available N Money-back guarantee N 100% privacy guaranteed N Only custom-written papers N Free amendments upon request N Free extras by request N Constant access to your paper’s writer N A professional team of experienced paper writers N 10+ years of experience in the custom writing market MANAGE ORDERS We accept PLACE AN ORDER NOW


writing Previously we discovered that when a healthcare provider such as a doctor joins a network, he or she agrees to charge a lower fee to the network’s insureds.  This TAKE-HOME gives you an opportunity to see what joining a network is like from the healthcare provider’s point of view. For one thing, if you run a medical practice that has not been part of a particular network and then you decide to join it, you will have to start giving a discount to your existing patients who are part of the network.  In other words, your practice will receive less revenue for the same service you’ve providing to the spatient in the past.  Can you say, “Pay cut!” and/or, “Ouch?”Find out more in this behind-the-scenes look that’s focused on dentists and PPO networks.  You may never look at your dental practitioner the same way again.This TAKE-HOME involves readings from a company called ProfitablePPOs, which the readings begin and end with.  In between are readings from dentaleconomics.com, a publication for dentists that provides tips on running a dental practice.1.  Start by reading this web page (https://profitableppos.com/ppos/) of ProfitablePPOs, a business that aims to help dentists improve their financial outcomes when joining a PPO.  We’ll come back to other portions of this business’s Web site at the end. 2.  This article at dentaleconomics.com (https://www.dentaleconomics.com/money/article/16393365/how-ppos-are-affecting-the-value-of-your-practice) uses the term “PPO write-off” to refer to the discount on services that a provider gives as a result of being in a PPO’s network.  Read this article through the paragraph below EXAMPLE NO. 2.3.  The next article to read (https://www.dentaleconomics.com/money/article/16390245/what-ppos-wont-tell-you) mentions “codes.”  Every medical procedure has a 5-character (alphanumeric) code that is used for billing purposes.  Read all 8 paragraphs of this article.4-5.  Finally, return to the Web site of ProfitablePPOs.   Read this page (https://profitableppos.com/ppo-improvements/.) up to the FAQs. . . then go to the company’s home page (https://profitableppos.com) and read the first 3 “sections”  — “Tired of Having High Write-Offs . . . , ” “Starting a New Dental Practice . . . ” and “Thinking of Adding PPOs . . .” REQUIREMENTS1.  (2 Total Points) Identify one intriguing, surprising or helpful item, concept or piece of information from the readings at dentaleconomics.com (1 point) and indicate why you found it intriguing, surprising or helpful (1 point). 2.  (2 Total Points) Based on the portions of the ProfitablePPos Web site that we looked (or any of its other pages that you explored on your own), identify an intriguing, surprising or helpful item, concept or piece of information that is different from the topic addressed in 1 (1 point) and indicate why you found it intriguing, surprising or helpful (1 point). Free features N Outline $5 FREE N Revisions $30 FREE N Title Page $5 FREE N Bibliography $15 FREE N Formatting $10 FREE PLACE AN ORDER NOW Why Choose Us? N Satisfied and returning customers N A wide range of services N 6-hour delivery available N Money-back guarantee N 100% privacy guaranteed N Only custom-written papers N Free amendments upon request N Free extras by request N Constant access to your paper’s writer N A professional team of experienced paper writers N 10+ years of experience in the custom writing market MANAGE ORDERS We accept PLACE AN ORDER NOW