New Patients Now

The Practice

Want to grow your practice and attract more new patients with actionable, proven strategies? New Patients Now, hosted by Flint Geier, is the go-to podcast for private practice owners, doctors, and team leaders seeking no-nonsense insights and practical guidance. Built on nearly 30 years of success from the Scheduling Institute, soon to be the New Patient Institute, it delivers advice you can apply immediately. Each episode uncovers what’s truly driving growth in the most successful practices, and more importantly, how you can implement those strategies in your own office. From team training and marketing to patient experience and leadership, you’ll gain clear, actionable steps to help your practice thrive. Ready to find out exactly where your practice stands? Take the 5-Star Challenge at www.5starchallenge.com to identify your hidden growth opportunities. Subscribe to New Patients Now and start turning insights into action.

  1. 3d ago

    From Startup to Success

    This week Flint sits down with Dr. Mike Jin, a practice owner who spent three years inside 16 different offices, from Beverly Hills cosmetic practices to community clinics, figuring out exactly what he wanted to build and why. He opened his own practice at the end of 2019, got hit by a pandemic a few months later, and still built something that now runs at more than three times the productivity of the average dental office in America.  In this episode, Flint and Dr. Jin get into what he found, what he built, and what every practice owner can take from it.

    51 min

  2. May 28

    Operational Lessons From a $15 Million Practice

    In this episode, Flint Geier sits down with Danielle Haase, Call Center Team Leader at a thriving multi-specialty dental practice in Terre Haute, Indiana, to pull back the curtain on what a $15 million practice is actually built on.  What makes Danielle's story remarkable is where it started. She was hired as a chart puller, literally pulling paper files off the wall, and grew into leading a six-person call center team that serves three practices simultaneously. Today, her team converts 96.4% of new patient calls into patients in the chair!  This episode is a masterclass in what consistency, ownership, and a culture of feedback produce over time, and a direct challenge to every doctor and team member who wonders what's really possible inside their practice.    In this episode, you'll hear:  How one team member went from pulling paper charts to leading a 6-person call center across three practices  What it actually takes to hit a 96.4% new patient call-to-show conversion rate  Why most practices are losing new patients at the phone and don't know it  The operational shift that happens when one person truly owns the new patient statistic  What a real accountability and feedback culture looks like inside a high-performing team  The one piece of advice Danielle would give any doctor or team member who wants results like this

    31 min

  3. May 21

    Building a Practice on People, Standards, and No Excuses

    In this episode, Flint sits down with Dr. Brad Hughes, owner of Vision Dental Partners and a Scheduling Institute alumni, to talk about what it actually takes to grow from a single-chair practice in Leo, Indiana to ten locations and what most doctors get wrong before they ever get started.    Brad is a great example of what happens when a doctor doesn't just go through the program but actually executes on it.  The new patient experience, case acceptance, and team standards.  He took each piece, ran it at a high level, and built Vision Dental Partners into what it is today.     In this episode, you’ll hear:  What it looks like when a doctor fully commits to the program and executes on the fundamentals at a high level, and what that compounds into over time  The self-awareness shift that changed his trajectory in 2013 and why he says it took six years to get there  The hard truth about team members who won’t get on board and why keeping them is actually the bigger risk

    47 min

  4. May 14

    The Truth About Dental Membership Plans

    In this episode, Flint Geier sits down with Ryan Corby, CEO of Smile Advantage, to explore how dental membership plans can become one of the most powerful tools for growth in private practice when implemented with intention. They break down the most common misconceptions around membership models and highlight what separates the practices that fully leverage them from those that only scratch the surface.  From how you name the plan to how your entire team communicates it, Ryan shares what it takes to turn a membership into a true practice system, not just a line item or add-on. What becomes clear is this: the strongest results come when the membership is fully aligned with the patient experience and supported by consistent messaging at every level.  In this episode, you’ll hear:  Why dental membership plans can drive stronger case acceptance and patient loyalty when fully implemented  How language and positioning can instantly change perceived value  What it looks like when membership becomes integrated into the entire practice system  How top teams align messaging across every patient touchpoint  The biggest misconception about recurring revenue in fee-for-service practices

    38 min

  5. May 7

    How a Fee for Service Practice Increased New Patients by 281% and Spent Less on Marketing

    For most of 2025, this North Carolina dentist was telling herself the same stories every practice owner falls back on: it’s the economy, my market is saturated, we’re fee-for-service so growth is hard.  She was averaging 11 new patients a month.  She had taught her team everything she knew, and the numbers had stalled out. Five months later (without spending one extra dollar on marketing) her practice booked 42 new patients in a single month. Dr. Sarah Myers and her office manager Shannon join Flint for one of the most no-fluff growth stories we’ve shared on the show. They walk through how training the team changed the trajectory of the practice in Cary, NC, what almost held them back, and the moment they realized roughly 30 of those 42 new patients came from existing patient referrals — not paid ads. In this episode, you’ll hear: How the practice grew new patients from 11 a month to 42 a month — with the marketing budget actually trending slightly down The mindset shift from “I’m the doctor” to “I’m the bottleneck” — and why owning that unlocked everything else How a 6-person team built accountability around new patient calls without losing a single team member Why the patient experience went up at the same time the volume went up — and how Google reviews tell the story The specific advice Dr. Myers would give a practice owner two years into ownership: “Don’t try to figure it out alone”

    33 min

  6. Apr 30

    What I Learned from 100 Days Alcohol Free

    Most of us have made a commitment and immediately started looking for the out. The diet that "doesn't count on weekends."  The 90-day challenge with a Mexico wedding exemption built in. If you've ever done that—congratulations, you're human. But it's also exactly the pattern that keeps practices plateaued.  In this episode, Flint Geier shares what happened when he committed to 100 days without alcohol—no caveats, no exceptions—and why the hardest moment was the very first urge to make the exception. What started as a personal reset quickly became one of the clearest illustrations he's found of what separates thriving practice owners from the ones wondering why nothing changes.  The answer isn't in what you add. It's in what you subtract.     In this episode, you'll hear:  Why the urge to give yourself an "out" early in a commitment is the exact moment it matters most to hold the line  How cutting one habit quietly unlocked 100+ more productive hours in a single quarter  The two-doctor comparison that explains why some practice owners always feel behind on time  Why the most successful leaders subtract responsibilities rather than add more to their plate  A simple 30-day challenge you can start this week — and what it might reveal about your own practice

    26 min

  7. Apr 23

    17 Years of Unfiltered Truth About What’s Really Holding Your Practice Back

    What happens when someone has listened to more new patient phone calls than almost anyone on the planet — and then retires? You sit her down and ask her to tell you everything she knows.  Ginger Foretich spent 17 years at The Scheduling Institute, starting as an auditor making mystery calls to dental and orthodontic practices across the country. Over time, she evaluated thousands of practices and hundreds of thousands of front desk interactions. On her final day with the company, she shared the patterns, the misconceptions, and the hard truths that separate practices that grow from ones that stay stuck.  What she's seen is clarifying: most practices lose new patients before anyone ever walks through the door — not because of marketing, not because of clinical skill, but because of what happens in the first 60 seconds of a phone call.  The fix isn't complicated.  It's just rarely implemented correctly.    In this episode, you'll hear:  The #1 mistake front desk teams make on new patient calls — and why it costs you appointments  Why individual accountability changes behavior when group training doesn't  What doctors almost always get wrong when trying to improve their front desk teams  How the best practices build a culture where certification becomes a way of life — not a stressor  The one thing Ginger says she’d tell a struggling practice owner on her way out the door

    29 min

  8. Apr 16

    How a This Endo Practice Went from 260 to 314 New Patients - Without Burning Out Their Team

    Running 314 new patient appointments a month would make most practice owners break into a sweat.  Luke, COO of Access Endodontics in Maine, does it while preaching something his team calls the Chill Factor.    Luke joined New Patients Now to share how his high-volume endodontic practice grew from around 260 new patients a month to consistently averaging 314 — without burning out the team or sacrificing the patient experience.  His practice won the Scheduling Institute’s Beat the Baseline competition not by chasing the number, but by focusing on something simpler: removing every possible barrier between a patient and a scheduled appointment.    The conversation covers the operational systems that keep their schedule solid, the cultural framework that bridges the clinical and admin divide, and what Luke actually means when he tells his team to chill.    In this episode, you’ll hear:  How Access Endodontics uses a “bookshelf” scheduling approach to reduce no-treats and keep the day predictable  Why 68% of patients who leave a practice do so because of indifference — not competition, price, or clinical outcomes  The three pillars of their team culture: Communication, Trust, and the Chill Factor  What happened when his team first pushed back on Scheduling Institute training — and why the resistance was actually a good sign  Why giving patients fewer choices leads to more scheduled appointments

    37 min
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Want to grow your practice and attract more new patients with actionable, proven strategies? New Patients Now, hosted by Flint Geier, is the go-to podcast for private practice owners, doctors, and team leaders seeking no-nonsense insights and practical guidance. Built on nearly 30 years of success from the Scheduling Institute, soon to be the New Patient Institute, it delivers advice you can apply immediately. Each episode uncovers what’s truly driving growth in the most successful practices, and more importantly, how you can implement those strategies in your own office. From team training and marketing to patient experience and leadership, you’ll gain clear, actionable steps to help your practice thrive. Ready to find out exactly where your practice stands? Take the 5-Star Challenge at www.5starchallenge.com to identify your hidden growth opportunities. Subscribe to New Patients Now and start turning insights into action.

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  • Creator
    The Practice
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    33
  • Rating
    Explicit
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