How to Stop Losing Sleep Over a Delta Dental Claim — And Replace It With Predictable Revenue (The Fun Way)

June 29, 2025
Topics: Dental
Written by: Keilani

How Smart Practice Owners Are Ditching PPOs and Adding $500K+ in Recurring Revenue

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- How to Build a Membership Plan That Pays You Monthly (Even While You Sleep!)

- Why PPOs Are Stealing Your Revenue—And How to Take Control of Your Profits

- The 3-Step System to Scale Recurring Revenue
(Even If You’ve Never Sold a Membership Plan Before!)

- The #1 Mistake Dentists Make When Dropping PPOs (And How to Avoid It!)

LIVE Case Study: How One Dentist Went from PPO-Dependent to $500K+/Year in Recurring Revenue With a Membership Program!

In dentistry today, PPOs are not your friend, they hurt your cash flow, demolish your profit margins, jeopardize your patient relationships & use A.I. to deny claims!!

If I had an employee or partner that messed up my business like that, I would FIRE them ASAP! 

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If the Words “Delta Dental Claim” Make You Twitch, This Article is For You

Let’s be brutally honest.
Hearing Delta Dental claim is like hearing IRS audit.

It’s a bureaucratic horror show:
Lost claims. Rejected claims. Claims “pending further review.”
And let’s not forget your office manager sobbing over the phone for 40 minutes just to squeeze out a measly $67 reimbursement.

Meanwhile, your patient thinks you’re Scrooge McDuck charging out-of-pocket fees.

This ends today.
Grab your favorite overpriced latte, buckle up, and let’s flip your practice from insurance hostage to membership-powered freedom machine.


Dr. Lisa’s Delta Dental Nightmare vs. Her BoomCloud™ Epiphany

Meet Dr. Lisa.
A real doc, just like you, buried alive in Delta Dental claim denials.
In 2019, she lost $82,000 in unpaid claims ( yes, you read that right).
Her staff spent 16 hours a week fighting to get claims paid.

One day, after an ugly cry in her supply closet, Lisa called me.
We set up her BoomCloud™ membership plan.
Within 12 months:

  • 418 patients joined her plan

  • Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR): $17,250

  • Dropped two worst PPOs

  • Stopped crying in the closet

  • Reinvested profit to expand her hygiene department

She didn’t just fix the Delta Dental claim nightmare — she made insurance irrelevant.


The Delta Dental Claim Isn’t Your Real Problem

Dentists think insurance companies make their lives hard. True. But the real enemy? Unpredictable cash flow.

Fact: The average dental practice loses 9–12% of revenue every year in unpaid claims, delays, and write-offs.
Fact: Insurance admin eats up 20–30% of staff time.
Fact: Membership patients spend 2–4X more annually than insurance patients — and pay YOU upfront.

The Delta Dental claim will always be a pain. But when you build your own membership plan, you can reduce dependence on PPOs and claim rejections.


Here’s the Ugly Math (and the Better Math)

Metric With Delta Dental Claims With BoomCloud™ Membership
Claims Rejected 8–15% 0% (no claims!)
Average Write-offs 30–40% 0%
Admin Hours 10–20/week 1–2/week
Predictable Monthly Revenue No Yes ✅
Revenue per Patient Lower 2–4X Higher

Which column do you want your practice living in?
Exactly.


Fire Your Worst PPOs & Replace Them With MRR

Let’s talk about the real flex: predictable cash flow.

How to do it with BoomCloud™:

1️⃣ Design a plan

  • 2 Cleanings, Exams, X-rays

  • Discounts on fillings, crowns, whitening

  • No insurance. No Delta Dental claim drama.

2️⃣ Price it to cover fixed costs
If your rent, salaries, and utilities cost $30,000/month, aim to cover at least half with membership MRR.

3️⃣ Automate billing
BoomCloud™ auto-bills members so you can sleep easy. No more “Did you pay your balance?” calls.

4️⃣ Market it EVERYWHERE
Website pop-ups, front desk scripts, treatment plan presentations, social media shoutouts.


Case Study: Dr. Sam’s Escape from Delta Dental

Dr. Sam, a GP in Utah, hated fighting Delta Dental claims so much he almost quit practicing.
He built a BoomCloud™ plan in 2020:

  • Gained 500 members in 14 months

  • Now pulls in $22,000 in pure MRR every month

  • Dropped three insurance plans that denied 25% of his claims

  • Invested in 3D printing — increased same-day crowns revenue

Sam says:

“If I could tell every new dentist one thing: Don’t build your practice on Delta Dental claims. Build it on memberships.


⚡ Pro Tips: How to Escape the Delta Dental Claim Quick Sand

Audit your PPOs:
Find out which plan writes off the most. Start there.

Train your staff:
Present your membership plan as a better-than-insurance option at every consult.

Run the numbers:
If you lose $10,000/month to Delta Dental claim rejections, replacing that with membership MRR takes just 333 members at $30/month.

Outsource claims follow-up:
While you build your plan, outsource claim chases so your staff can focus on patient experience.

Brag about it:
Patients LOVE feeling like they’re part of a “VIP Club” — unlike insurance companies that treat them like a number.


The Big Win: Membership Plans vs. Delta Dental Claims

Imagine this future:

  • ZERO time wasted arguing with Delta Dental

  • Monthly revenue predictably deposited in your bank

  • Patients loyal to YOU — not their insurance card

  • Stress-free practice with higher profit margins

That’s not a fantasy. That’s BoomCloud™ reality.


Final Word:

The Delta Dental claim may never go away — but your dependence on it can.

Membership = freedom.
Insurance = stress.

Choose wisely. Then go get paid before you pick up that handpiece.

#NoMoreDeltaDrama


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Author Bio

Jordon Comstock is the Founder & CEO of BoomCloud™, a software that allows practice, clinic & spa owners to build, manage and scale a membership program. This helps practice & clinic owners to create recurring revenue & improve loyalty via membership programs. Jordon is passionate about Music, Hawaii, Healthcare businesses like: dentistry, optometry, med spas and massage spas. Schedule a demo of BoomCloud™ and learn how membership programs can improve your business. Here are more dental books to improve your practice

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