Episode length: 1h 12m | Published: 2023-04-27
Three of dentistry's leading specialists in practice protection come together for a candid roundtable on the challenges confronting dental practice owners today. David Harris of Prosperident, Adrienne Twigg of Bent Ericksen & Associates, and Erik Pook of Cirrus Group each bring a distinct and vital perspective — financial forensics, human resources and employment law, and commercial real estate.
Topics covered include:
- Embezzlement: how it starts, why it often goes undetected for years, and what to do about it
- Hiring mistakes that introduce financial and legal risk into your practice
- The most common employment law pitfalls dental practices walk into
- Commercial lease terms that quietly devastate practice value and profitability
- How to evaluate your current lease and what leverage you actually have
- Practical steps to reduce vulnerability across all three risk categories
About the guests: David Harris is CEO of Prosperident; Adrienne Twigg is a senior consultant with Bent Ericksen & Associates (HR/employment compliance for dental practices); Erik Pook is a principal at Cirrus Group (dental commercial real estate and lease negotiation).
The Issues Discussed Here Affect Every Dental Practice
From HR to financial controls, the risks facing dental practices today are interconnected. Prosperident specializes in the financial security side — helping you detect, quantify, and recover from employee theft.
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Episode Timestamps
- 0:00 - Introduction / Show open
- 3:36 - Embezzlement
- 8:00 - Hiring mistakes that introduce financial and legal risk into your practice
- 16:00 - The most common employment law pitfalls dental practices walk into
- 24:00 - Commercial lease terms that quietly devastate practice value and profitabil
- 32:00 - How to evaluate your current lease and what leverage you actually have
- 40:00 - Practical steps to reduce vulnerability across all three risk categories
- 48:00 - David Harris, CEO of Prosperident, is North America's leading dental embezz
- 56:00 - Adrienne Twigg is a senior consultant with Bent Ericksen & Associates,
- 1:00:55 - Erik Pook is a principal at Cirrus Group, experts in dental and medical com
- 1:08:05 - Closing / How to contact Prosperident