Monday, May 6, 2019

KEEP YOUR PRACTICE UNDER CONTROL

INSIST ON A DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

Can you tell how fast your car is going without a speedometer? Or how far you've driven without an odometer? Can you tell how much gas is in the tank without a gauge? You might have some idea, or at least a guess, but can you trust these instincts as you fly past that state patrol car on the freeway, or cruise by that last gas station for 200 miles?

Just as you can't be expected to "guesstimate" how your car is performing without "reports" from various instruments, you can't monitor the business of your practice without a report of what was accomplished each day in the office. This Daily Activity Report can tell you at a glance how your practice is functioning on a daily basis:

Daily Activity Report
Date:  __________
Restorative
# of patients scheduled  __________
# of patients seen  __________
% of patients seen as scheduled (show rate)  __________
# of broken appointments  __________
# rescheduled  __________
Hygiene
# of patients scheduled  __________
# of patients seen  __________
% of patients seen as scheduled (show rate)  __________
# of broken appointments  __________
# rescheduled  __________
Production and Collections
Daily production goal$__________
Production$__________
Daily goal adjustment$__________
Collection total (goal: 40% to 50% of day's production)$__________
Collection over the counter$__________
Collection by mail or online$__________
Collections to Production ratio (goal: 97% or more)  __________%
Adjustments and write-offs$__________
Bank deposit$__________

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