# Collections

A term used when buying dental practice.

The cash actually received for the dentistry produced, after insurance write-offs and adjustments.

It is the number a dentist-to-dentist price is quoted on, which is why the guide's rule of thumb is a share of annual collections and not of production, and it is the first figure a practice lender asks for. Ask for collections by month and by payer for three years and set them against production. The gap is insurance write-offs, uncollected patient balances, or both, and a spread that widens toward the sale is a finding about the front desk as much as the payer mix.

Part of: Buying a Dental Practice (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-dental-practice)

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-dental-practice/terms/collections
Not dated: The same editorial definitions as the glossary, inside a trade.

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