20 Questions Every Professional Should Ask Themselves

Your answers will help identify your individual situation and become instrumental in taking your practice to the next level.

Your Patients

1.  Do your patients only accept treatment if their insurance covers it?
2.  Do your patients happily pay you at the time of service?
3.  Do your patients refer the majority of your new patients to you?
4.  Do you have as many new patients per month as you want?
5.  What percentage of patients accept your treatment plans?
6.  What is your rate of patient retention?

Your Team

7.  Could your team use a refresher course on people skills and effecive communication?
8.  Is your team aware of your practice mission and vision and do they live by it?
9.  Do your team membes know why they work with you versus another practice?
10.  Are there intra-staff conflicts? How are they resolved?
11.  Do you have team members who gossip and cause drama in the office?

You

12.  Are you attracting the type of patients you want?
13.  Does your schedule suffer due to cancellations and no shows?
14.  If you continue to do exactly what you are doing, will you be able to retire when you want to?
15.  Is your schedule booked produuctively for at least three weeks?
16.  Do you have team members who gossip and cause drama in the office?
17.  Do you leave the office feeling stressed?
18.  Are you happy with the amount of money you take home?
19.  Is your marketing producing the results you want?
20.  Did you achieve the practice growth that you wanted last year?