title: Don't Commit Assume-icide.
abstract: The year is quickly coming to an end and your schedule is wide open, plus the goals for practice productivity have not been achieved, which naturally means the collections are behind too. You know that all year long you have informed patients of the dentistry they need, the decay they have, the fractured teeth, the broken cusps, etc., and they still haven't gone forward with their care. You have asked the business team to call all of these patients and they say they have without much success.
authors.forename: Cindy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ishimoto
mesh_terms: D005376:Financial Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007342:Insurance Benefits; D007347:Insurance, Dental; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*