Clinical Operations Services to Put Your Dental Clinic in the Black
AAL conducts an in-depth analysis of every aspect of clinical operations to improve profitability, student learning, and patient outcomes.MOVE YOUR DENTAL CLINIC FROM COST CENTER TO PROFIT CENTER
COVID-19 has made it even more difficult for dental clinics to be profitable. AAL wants to help your dental school clinic improve its efficiency and effectiveness so you and your staff can better assist patients, train students, lower costs, and increase revenues.
THE SIX VITAL COMPONENTS OF DENTAL CLINIC ADMINISTRATION
From how you train your front desk staff and who you authorize to schedule your patients to proper billing and coding and compliance, AAL will identify numerous ways to help you put your clinic in the black.
Budgets and Fiscal Responsibility
Human Resources
Patient Relations and Support
Data Management/EHR Records
Compliance, Safety and Environmental Health
Strategic Management
How Our Process Works
Our experts will analyze your clinical administration systems from top to bottom and identify all the ways you can increase clinic efficiency and effectiveness.
Submit an RFP
Request a proposal based on your needs. Then, we’ll set up a discovery call to discuss your goals and establish a scope of work that aligns with them.
Review Your Proposal
Our team will analyze your clinical administration systems from top to bottom and identify all the ways you can increase clinic efficiency and effectiveness. We work with you to assure it’s aligned with your expectations.
Implementation
We will work collaboratively with you to accomplish the proposal. Afterward, we will check-in with you at no charge and provide advice if new issues arise.
Meet Our Experts
Nichole Alley, MBA
AAL Consultant
Clinic Administrator Nichole Alley has been with the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine for four years and currently manages the following departments and individuals: patient coordinators, coders, inventory team, shipping and receiving, lab team (including pre-clinical support and dental technician), QA/QI director, nurse, sterilization, dispensaries. In addition, she provides leadership support for radiology, facilities, the EHR team, dental assistants and hygienists, front desk staff, and the call center. She is the chief strategist for all clinic processes, is in charge of clinic budget creation, management, and review, coordinates or personally performs all training, and oversees the tracking, management, and resolution of all patient issues.
Joseph W. Parkinson, DDS, MPA, FAGD
AAL Consultant
Dr. Parkinson is originally from Buffalo, New York, where he earned his BA in Biological Sciences from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1992. He received his DDS from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1997 followed by his AEGD in 1998. He achieved his Fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry in 2011 and earned his Master of Public Administration from Eastern Kentucky University in 2017.
Dr. Parkinson has 23 years of experience in private practice as well as large-scale dental clinic operations, including 15 years of administrative experience in multiple large-scale clinics. He has expertise in all areas of clinical operations, including strategic planning, quality assurance/quality improvement, risk management, HR, billing and coding, accreditation and compliance with regulatory bodies and agencies. He has authored articles on clinic administration and leadership for the Journal of Dental Education and has served on the Executive Board of a local non-profit organization.
Linda Wells, DMD, MBA
AAL Consultant
Lennon Scott, MBA
AAL Consultant
Mr. Lennon Scott, MBA has over 22 years of Information Technology experience and a BS in Computer Science. At the beginning of Mr. Scott career, he developed software applications for the banking industry. Mr. Scott has over 18 years of experience working in large scale medical and dental clinics and has administered multiple enterprise health record (EHR) systems including EPIC, Centricity EMR and axiUm. Mr. Scott is very proficient with Oracle, SQL Server, and other database technologies, and database reporting and analytics software applications: Crystal Reports, Microsoft SSRS Reports and Power BI.