You learned about days open and how to track it. So, now what? In this episode of Metric Mondays, Kirk Behrendt brings back Dr. Barrett Straub, ACT’s CEO, to share another critical metric to help you work smarter, not harder. By tracking gross production per day along with days open, you will predict, meet, and eventually exceed the goals and targets for your practice. To learn the next step toward a better practice and better life, listen to Episode 850 of The Best Practices Show!
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Main Takeaways:
- Before anything else, figure out what your version of better practice, better life looks like.
- Know your days worked and gross production per day to reach and exceed targets.
- PPD helps measure the productivity and efficiency of all of your providers.
- Your PPD tells you a story of what is going on in your practice.
- You want a high PPD, but it’s not just about the money.
- There are many countermeasures to improve PPD.
Snippets:
0:00 Introduction.
0:29 Why this is an important topic.
2:31 How production per day helps track daily productivity for all providers.
4:49 Reach $1.5 million in fewer days.
7:30 Ways to increase production per day.
13:05 Final thoughts.
Dr. Barrett Straub Bio:
Dr. Barrett Straub practices general and sedation dentistry in Port Washington, Wisconsin. He has worked hard to develop his practice into a top-performing, fee-for-service practice that focuses on improving the lives of patients through dentistry.
A graduate of Marquette Dental School, Dr. Straub’s advanced training and CE includes work at the Spear Institute, LVI, DOCS, and as a member of the Milwaukee Study Club. He is a past member of the Wisconsin Dental Association Board of Trustees and was awarded the Marquette Dental School 2017 Young Alumnus of the Year. As a former ACT coaching client that experienced first-hand the transformation that coaching can provide, he is passionate about helping other dentists create the practice they’ve always wanted.
Dr. Straub loves to hunt, golf, and spend winter on the ice, curling. He is married to Katie, with two daughters, Abby and Elizabeth.
