How is Being an OMFS Business Owner Different Than GD?

[DMDtoMD]

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There is plenty of information about acquiring and maintaining a GD practice, but I am having a hard time finding information about practice management as an OMFS.

Is anyone aware of a series of podcasts, journals, articles, etc. that talks specifically about OMFS?

Also, feel free to share your $0.02 😉

 

[thewingman]

Yeah, would love to get to know more.

Also, it seems talking to new OMFS out there that the trend seems to be moving towards a traveling model, which is frowned upon by traditional OMFS. However, I believe that AAOMS might be addressing and discouraging this with new board certification/recertification requirements that require OMFS to take call and see follow-ups.

 

[2TH MVR]

My $0.02 since I am an ortho specialist and certain similarities apply. Certain specialties can attract new patients other than relying on GP referrals: ortho, pedo. OMFS seems to rely more on GP and insurance referrals. You just don't usually see stand alone OMFS practices next to a Starbucks. I also do not see a lot of dental offices with building signs that say: "Family Dentistry and Oral Surgery" like you see with ortho. So it appears that OMFS practices are still practicing like the traditional model (lucky I would say). What is the traditional model you ask? A single OMFS practice located in the same office complex with multiple GP practices. Oh, how I miss those days.

So, a new OMFS will need superb "I NEED YOUR REFERRALS SKILLS" and will most likely accept most insurance plans.

As a side note. One of my best friends was a OMFS. He received EVERY referral from me. He was available for ANY issue I may have had and would help with reading any radiographic peculiarities. If a button/chain attachment came off (rare) ... he would re-apply it at no charge for the patient. Patients liked him. My staff and I liked him. That's what you will need to do.

 

[AOMFS]

Dr. Niamtu is an oral surgeon who has a very heavy cosmetics private practice model. He has also written a nice little guide specific to starting an OMFS practice.

http://www.lovethatface.com/files/2013/04/BeginningNewPractice.pdf


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[Medin2017]

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[nealofgrafton]

hit up the aaoms lecture series about it. gotta buddy down at Nova that has been hitting those CE's hard this year

 

[yappy]

General dentist here. I would like to add 0.02 as this is something I've been thinking about / lamenting lately.
One big difference between myself and the OMS I work with is the amount of patient & staff we have to deal with at any one time. I find myself floating chair to chair, trying to fit tons of exams into my treatment times, writing up referrals, and sometimes helping organize the front end of the practice. Contrast that with OMS that tends to care for far less patients per day and pretty much never is in a position where he has to work out of several rooms at once. He also doesn't have to deal with anywhere near the amount of staff that I do.
The slower pace of OMS makes it easier to manage. From my perspective OMS management seems like less headaches than general dentistry.

 

[Localnative]

Yeah, would love to get to know more.

Also, it seems talking to new OMFS out there that the trend seems to be moving towards a traveling model, which is frowned upon by traditional OMFS. However, I believe that AAOMS might be addressing and discouraging this with new board certification/recertification requirements that require OMFS to take call and see follow-ups.

qualify each of these statements?

for light reading, please refer to https://www.aaoms.org/images/uploads/pdfs/code_of_professional_conduct.pdf

not sure what you mean by "new board certification" requirements...