Going From 15 Team Members To 3 and Doubling Productivity w/ Bob Skopek l Greatest Hits

The Orthopreneurs Podcast with Dr. Glenn Krieger

In this episode, I am joined by one of the POWERHOUSES of the orthodontic practice, Dr. Bob Skopek.

He has practiced orthodontics for over 20 years in North Barrington, Illinois. His practice focuses on customer experience, exceptional clinical care, and business efficiency.

Talking of efficiency, he transitioned from a practice of 15 team members and 11 chairs to 3 team members and 3 chairs.

And guess what happened to his revenue after the transition….. it DOUBLED.

This is HUGE from an efficiency perspective, but how did he achieve this.

He credits a few things:

✅Learning to move teeth with plastic – (he is a top 1% Invisalign provider)

✅Remote monitoring through DentalMonitoring App

✅OrthoFi to do the heavy lifting (insurance and patient processing & collection, finance, follow up with patients, etc.)

✅Transitioning to an almost text-only office with the help of the Rhinogram App

This is a value-packed episode for anybody trying to be more efficient in their practice. Tune In

Key Takeaways

Meet Dr. Bob Skopek (01:38)

Doing great technical Ortho (08:06)

From 15 team members to 3 and doubling revenue (13:11)

Clear aligner orthodontic efficiency (14:46)

Remote monitoring to decrease office time (18:01)

How OrthoFi has helped Skopek orthodontics be more efficient (21:45)

Transitioning from a phone call to a texting office (26:38)

Remote new patient exams (29:54)

Running a practice entirely on technology (31:45)

Quotes
"But the biggest thing I found with OrthoFi is that I minimized staff so much. I used to have two financial coordinators and one part-time person on the phone with insurance companies" Dr. Bob Skopek
"We're a texting office. We've eliminated probably 90% or more of our phone calls. We communicate through our DentalMonitoring and Rhinogram apps" Dr. Bob Skopek
"We just kept saying it over and over, and now all of us don't say, give us a call, we say shoot us a text" Dr. Bob Skopek
Dr. Skopek on how they transitioned from phone calls to text messages.
"The first step for me if I'm going to do clear aligner orthodontics was I have to be able to do the same level of orthodontics that I can do with braces and wires" Dr. Bob Skopek
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