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Your Three Biggest Problems Are One Problem
Hamza Asumah, MD, MBA, MPH Ask any group of dentists what they are worried about heading into 2026 and you get the same three answers, in roughly the same order. Insurance and low reimbursement — cited by 55%, now the… Continue reading
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The 20% Case Acceptance Claim, Audited
Hamza Asumah MD, MBA, MPH You have seen the number. AI-assisted diagnostics are credited with producing a 20%+ improvement in patient case acceptance rates. It appears in vendor decks, industry reports, and conference keynotes, and roughly one in three US… Continue reading
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The Coverage Plan You Don’t Have Until You Need It
Hamza Asumah MD, MBA, MPH A hygienist tells you she needs six weeks off for surgery. A practice manager gives notice. Someone’s leave gets extended by a doctor’s note, and then extended again with work restrictions attached. In most practices,… Continue reading
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Turnover Isn’t Always About Pay. That’s the Good News.
Hamza Asumah MD, MBA, MPH When a good employee resigns, the first explanation offered in most practices is money. Someone offered them more. The market is impossible. We cannot compete. Sometimes that is true. Often it is the most comfortable… Continue reading
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EBITDA Is Engineered, Not Earned
Hamza Asumah MD, MBA, MPH For about a decade, dental group value was largely a function of how fast you could add locations. Capital was cheap, multiples were high, and acquisition was the strategy. That era has closed, and the… Continue reading
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Pure Groups Grow at 9.3%. Mixed Groups Grow at 1%.
Hamza Asumah MD, MBA, MPH This is the most uncomfortable finding in the 2026 DSO data, and I say that as someone who runs a multi-specialty group. Pure general DSOs grow at 9.3%. Pure specialist DSOs also grow at 9.3%.… Continue reading
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Cancellations Are the Growth Killer. No-Shows Aren’t.
Hamza Asumah MD, MBA, MPH Almost every practice in America treats no-shows and cancellations as the same problem. Same meeting, same policy, same frustration, same automated reminder solution. The data says they behave completely differently, and that most practices are… Continue reading
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Flat Production Is Not Stability. It’s a Constraint.
Hamza Asumah, MD, MBA, MPH The Dental Economics–Levin Group Annual Practice Survey puts average production per doctor at $1,001,807 — essentially unchanged from the prior year. On the surface that reads as steadiness. A profession holding its ground in a… Continue reading
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Before You Drop the Network: The Math to Run First
Hamza Asumah, MD, MBA, MPH Thirty-five percent of dentists say they plan to exit at least one insurance network within the next 24 months. Low reimbursement is now the single most-cited practice challenge, named by 55% of dentists — ahead… Continue reading
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Your Hygiene Shortage Is a Capacity Problem You Can Solve This Month
Hamza Asumah, MD, MBA, MPH Ninety-one percent of practices report difficulty recruiting hygienists. Among practices actively hiring, 88% describe it as extremely or very challenging. Staffing now sits essentially tied with insurance as the number one challenge dentists name heading… Continue reading
