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Payer mix

Payer mix: Payer mix is the share of a dental practice’s revenue that comes from each source of payment, such as fee-for-service (FFS) patients, PPO dental plans and Medicaid.

Payer mix is the share of a dental practice’s revenue that comes from each source of payment, such as fee-for-service (FFS) patients, PPO dental plans and Medicaid.

Payer mix affects collections relative to production and is a standard item in due diligence. A heavy PPO mix generally means more fee write-downs.

Part of the DDSIntel glossary. See how the figures are built in the methodology. Markdown version: /glossary/payer-mix.md.

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