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DE’s Recall Visit—Reduced-fee plans

July 26, 2019

Should you take dental insurance? How much of a hit to your profit will you take? Drs. Greg Winteregg and Chris Salierno shed some light on what really happens when you sign on for a reduced-fee plan.

Chris Salierno, DDS,

Gregory A. Winteregg, DDS

Despite their disadvantages, reduced-fee plans are the cost of doing business today, says Dr. Chris Salierno. But they bring in patients. He and Dr. Greg Winteregg discuss how dentists should approach these plans, and they share some examples.

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Chris Salierno, DDS | Chief Dental Officer, Tend

Chris Salierno, DDS, is a general dentist from Long Island, New York. He graduated from Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine in 2005. Dr. Salierno lectures internationally on clinical dentistry, practice management, and leadership development. In 2017 he became a chief development officer with the Cellerant Consulting Group, and he was the chief editor of Dental Economics from 2014 to 2021. In 2021, he became the chief dental officer at Tend. He can be reached on Instagram @the_curious_dentist.

Updated May 13, 2022

About the Author

Gregory A. Winteregg, DDS

GREGORY A. WINTEREGG, DDS, is an internationally recognized practice management speaker and author. After transforming his small-town office into one of the top practices in the nation, Dr. Winteregg joined MGE Management Experts as a partner in 1994. Since then, he has personally consulted and lectured to tens of thousands of dentists. Visit mgeonline.com or call (800) 640-1140 to learn more about MGE and the upcoming calendar of CE events across the US and Canada.