News Flash!  The national average hygiene production is $80/hour, but super stars can bring in $300.00 an hour or more!

Statistically, half of all dental offices realize below-average Hygiene production.  Hopefully your office isn't one of them, but no matter what level your hygiene production is at, we can guarantee an increase in production by 23%, while most practices on our High Octane Hygiene System have experienced increases as high as 50% to 100%. All this within a period as short as ONE MONTH. Learn the secrets of the Superstars and High Achievers by attending our workshop.

Learn how to:

• Maximize Direct (Hygiene) and Indirect (total office) production NOW!
• Arm your hygiene department with the fuel and tools needed to exceed expectations!
• Create the ULTIMATE HYGIENE STAFF GATEKEEPER to identify and direct cases to you.
• Establish and utilize Diagnosis-based HYGIENE protocols as your key to realize the true value of this department!
• Tie production and compensation Goals together in a way to reward producers, provide better patient care and assure that the department is never a "loss-leader" again but a powerful and profitable department beyond your greatest expectations.

Come prepared to move your hygiene department to the next level.

If You Can't Measure It- You Can't Manage It!

This is your 45 minute MBA Program for running your office!  We include ways to measure and manage without creating additional work for you.  We will provide 10 quick ratio's you MUST watch!

Learn how to analyze, justify and incorporate new technology and/or services into your practice.  We will also cover the tax advantages and how to leverage section-179 deductions in the final YEAR of availability.  Critical information will be provided on how to assess the financial and employee impact of new technologies and/or services.  Hear from other dentists who have gone through the process of acquiring the new technologies showcased, speak to the technology representatives, and check your balance sheet opportunities.  Additionally, we will be holding a discussion about a new concept in the medical field, sharing technology with colleagues and better financing options for patients and the practice.

Featured Exhibits:  Cone Beam, Laser, Florida Probe, CEREC, Magnavu, anesthesia equipment, Velscope, oral cancer screening, and more.

Ready?  If not, the fines are between $100 and $50,000 PER DAY with a cap of $1.5 Million!  Make sure you comply!

Learn how to Leverage your fees, instead of accepting crumbs, prevent carriers from turning patients against you, and learn how to change 'standard' contract language to get paid fro the extra work required to deliver quality dentistry

Tax exposure solutions and strategies-It is not too late to take the bite out of this year’s tax burden. Make Plans for the new tax rates headed our way!

There is no fee for this dinner meeting

When was the last time all of your close advisers sat at the same table to discuss your personal and business financial planning goals? Probably never. See how the Family Office concept, normally reserved for the super-wealthy, can work for you using your trusted adviser as the team leader.

Don't Become a Victim of Insurance Company Profiling

Are you prepared to face and win battles over reimbursement, fees and clinical procedures?  To do so will take a multidisciplinary approach that will test your skills as an effective clinician, business-person, human resource manager, and marketing expert... Roles which you likely have no formal training in!

Register now to learn how to win the battle over reimbursement, fees, and clinical procedures.  Dr. Charles Blair will show you how to sort through multiple action monitors that can help provide straight-talk strategies to change or expand the existing service mix profile based on percentile feedback to effectively stop leaving "money on the table" while improving patient care. The Mahan Team will cover how other practice management, financial, benchmark, and human resource metrics will complement and enhance your new strategic plan.  You will understand how the many tools that can make you successful are within your grasp, and discover how to pick through the available data that streams through your office to establish goals and strategies to avoid capitulating to signing up for multiple plans just to 'fill-in' the appointment schedule. The effective use of data is your best weapon.

All who dare! This annual Workshop on Wheels is a gas!, and tax –deductible to boot! Several topics-du jour on managing your office, planning for retirement, effectively managing employees and much more will be addressed in this participative and fun venture to Tunica MS on the MAHAN CUSTOM COACH EXPRESS. PLUS: Casino, golf, Spa, Food and entertainment at one of the area’s most exciting escape destinations. We had great fun last year, and this year looks even better. See our brochure.

Check out our Goals for this year's trip.

Coding Changes and Adjustments can have a significant impact on your practice's bottom line.  Join us as nationally acclaimed speaker Olivia Wann (http://www.modernpracticesol.com/) presents this years changes.

This is an Exclusive Mahan & Associates, LLC Program reserved for the most entrepreneurial dentist looking to be free of micromanagement burdens and grow his or her practice exponentially.

Premier Practice Manager:  A multidisciplinary approach to allow owners the freedom to surpass their wildest practice and personal goals.  Topics included in the PPM are the Practice HR ScoreCard Bonus Programs that can be Sustained, Goal Setting, Benchmarking Solutions, Production Measures, and Performance review.

Physician Offices beware of coding changes that can impact your office.  Learn strategies to counter lower reimbursement, delay of payments and denials, plus the RAC Attack-what it is and how to prepare.

This seminar was for Owners and  Managers who wanted to learn the Key elements of successful web design, management and features.

How can a website draw new clients, project the best image for your practice and also be a workhorse for your business on the Internet? Learn the most successful strategies for web design, applications and link to your practice metrics to drive new patients to your office and project the image you seek.

NetClient is a practice's secure portal for a personal, private, instant, and 24/7/365 link to all office accounting, financial, and important archived documents from wherever you can 'log-on' to the Internet.

If you already are a Mahan & Associates NetClient user, come and learn some important NEW tricks and features to add horsepower to this unique business tool.

For those not familiar with NetClient, we will show you the many benefits of embedding this service into your daily routine.  If you don't know the difference  between a Portal and a PC, this meeting is for you!

Not all pension plans are created equal!  Depending on the owner's age and goals, the company's staff demographics, and pension law updates, it may very well be time to change plan design and rebalance the plan's portfolio options.

Garland and Gary will be reviewing the options that are specific to certain age groups which will put you in the best position to retire comfortably while maximizing your tax advantages with the appropriate plan.  Gary will be reviewing current economic trends and vehicles to get your investments to perform positively.

This free seminar was sponsored by Merrill Lynch.

Time to take a last look back at 2008 from a practice tax perspective!  What should be done to wrap up the year successfully? Garland W. Mahan, Jr. will be reviewing what you need to do in these last few weeks of the calendar year to optimize the most recent tax changes to your advantage, along with some addtional Year End reminders!

Who said learning can't be fun?  We're back for another road trip to Tunica!!! We will be leasing luxury bus liners and serving great food and drinks while Garland, Chris, and guests speak on the latest technologies, reimbursement methods, financial and practice planning, as well as a few other fun topics to learn from while you ride.  We will have plasma TV's, food, and the blenders running!  All that is missing is you and your friends!  We've prepared an online brochure with additional details.

Did you miss all the fun of Tunica?

Mahan & Associates is excited to bring back Olivia Wann with Modern Practice Solutions (http://www.modernpracticesol.com/) for another great workshop.  Has your practice met your annual requirements in addition to the required annual training?  Olivia will be reviewing Blood-Borne Pathogens, Safer Sharps, Personal Record Keeping, MSDS, as well as Annual Directives.

Olivia has been published in several national publications and is a nationally recognized speaker on coding as well as OSHA & HIPAA compliance.

Mahan & Associates, LLC is excited to bring back Olivia Wann with Modern Practice Solutions (http://www.modernpracticesol.com/). Olivia will be reviewing what you need to know about coding changes for 2008 and how they apply to your practice.  She will be reviewing how to "Stay off the Fraud Detection List" and "How to Increase Profits with Accurate Code Combinations".

Olivia is published in several national publications and is a nationally recognized speaker on coding as well as OSHA and HIPAA compliance.  She was here last year and the demand for her return was huge!

Michelle Dodge with Bank of America Practice Solutions will be speaking on the current economic events taking place and why the time for you could be right now to finance your practice growth initiatives.

Michelle works with dentists all over the country and makes the equipment, practice purchase, and other capital investments a reality.  With the Federal Reserve Rate dropping constantly, come find out why the optimal time to go for the growth initiative may be right now!

We have just completed our Comprehensive Annual Survey Analysis for the Dental and Medical Industry.  Come and see where your Practice stacks up in comparison to database averages and where you stack up to the Mahan & Associates, LLC middle Tennessee Averages.

In this day and time where employees can gather payroll information faster than ever due to the Internet, you need a comprehensive and comparative analysis of some of these sources.  You will be exposed to what we have determined is the average of averages.  We will also be discussing compensation solutions which are a win/win for you and your employees!!!

Garland W. Mahan, Jr. spoke to the Millennium Study Club regarding Salary Compensation products and services as well as touched on the 2008 Economic Stimulus Act.

Economic Stimulus Act 2008 - Get your rebate checks!!! The major headlines have to do with the rebate checks, however there is much more to the act than just that.  This stimulus package has created potential opportunities for practitioners which need immediate planning and implementation to take advantage of.

The Educational Services Team will be reviewing what strategies are available through this stimulus package which can be beneficial not only for 2008 but for years to come if implemented properly.  In addition, pitfalls for high wage earners will be reviewed along with preventative measures to plan for these as well.

Garland W. Mahan, Jr. Spoke to Patterson Dental regarding the 2008 Economic Stimulus Package.

Garland W. Mahan, Jr. spoke at the Volunteer Study Club on Practice Transitions.

Time to take a last look back at 2007 from a practice tax perspective. What should be done to wrap up the year successfully?

Learn how to make Net Client Work for you!  This educational session will give you the tools to take your business to the next level!

As new regulations pushes the medical industry into new, un-charted waters, pay for performance is on the mind of every savvy practice owner.

How to prepare the practice for the move to electronic medical record systems, payment for compliance incentives, and other changes that will fundamentally re-shape how business is done in the years to come?

Attendees found out in this evening session on November 15th, 2007, which provided answers and resources for making these critical decisions.