{"podcast":{"title":"Dental Practice Heroes","slug":"dental-practice-heroes-1128005","podcast_index_feed_id":1128005,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2311108.rss","website_url":"http://www.dentalpracticeheroes.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/vfqjnjjvrfm6velki8v9cbhuaa4i?.jpg","author":"Dr. Paul Etchison","episode_count":702,"summary":"Where dentists learn how to cut clinical days while increasing profits - without sacrificing patient care, cutting corners, or cranking volume. We teach you how to grow a scalable practice through communication, leadership, and effective management. Hosted by Dr. Paul Etchison, author of two books on dental practice management, dental coach, and owner of a $6M collections group practice in the south suburbs of Chicago, we provide actionable advice for practice owners who want to intentionally create more time to enjoy their families, wealth, and deep personal fulfillment. If you want to build a scalable practice framework that no longer stresses, drains, or relies on you for every little thing, we will teach you how and share stories of other dentists who have done it!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-14T20:19:46.974979+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dental-practice-heroes-1128005"},"episode":{"title":"The Most Expensive Report You're Not Looking At","slug":"the-most-expensive-report-you-re-not-looking-at","published_at":"2026-06-03T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dental-practice-heroes-1128005/the-most-expensive-report-you-re-not-looking-at","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dental-practice-heroes-1128005","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2311108/episodes/19275462-the-most-expensive-report-you-re-not-looking-at.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2311108/episodes/19275462-the-most-expensive-report-you-re-not-looking-at.mp3","summary":"The most expensive report in your practice is the one you're not opening: the AR report. This episode unpacks why your old AR keeps piling up and how to clean it up without losing patients or overwhelming the front desk. You'll learn how to collect what you're owed (and when to let go), spot problems before they spiral, and build systems that keep it from happening again. Topics discussed: AR system failures and how to prevent themCollecting old AR without losing patientsPatient AR vs. insura...","meta_description":"The most expensive report in your practice is the one you're not opening: the AR report. This episode unpacks why your old AR keeps piling up and how to c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1718,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dental-practice-heroes-1128005/episodes/the-most-expensive-report-you-re-not-looking-at/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dental-practice-heroes-1128005/the-most-expensive-report-you-re-not-looking-at.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}