For any dental practice, the Smilecare Patient Payment Plan is simple to set up and simple to run. It has two principal objectives.
Firstly to encourage patients to attend regularly for consultations, examinations and periodontal care and secondly to minimise the amount of administration required within the practice.
As such, Smilecare will not only save you a considerable amount of time, it could also save you a great deal of money.
Frequently asked questions
You decide the type of scheme you want to offer your patients.
The main plans that our practices have are:
Membership/Maintenance Plan – Based on a Preventative Care Plan, you can offer various options according to frequency of examination and hygiene visits and level of cover.
Capitation – after an initial assessment of the patient, this will include not only examinations and hygiene visits but other treatment such as fillings, crowns, extractions. It will not include items such as cosmetic and orthodontic work. We work with you to ensure that the correct treatment is included at the correct fee.
Hygiene Plan – A patient will decide which level of cover is best for them and pay monthly for their hygiene visits.
Children’s Plan – We will work with you to ascertain what is included and at what fee to set the plan at – this plan will encourage your younger patients to remain with you through loyalty to the practice.
Orthodontic Plan – This plan will allow your patients to pay for their orthodontic treatment is monthly payments.
Alternative NHS Plan – A very effective plan when costed correctly and when you do not have the capacity to take an any more NHS patients. Patients receive private treatment at a discounted rate which makes it an attractive alternative to the NHS.
We feel that our administration charges are extremely competitive. Our admin charges decrease with every 1,000 patients registered onto your plan.
Worldwide accident and emergency insurance is available and is provided by The Dental Insurance Partnership.
We do not insist that insurance is included in your plans.
Smilecare will provided practice branded leaflets and posters for your practice. A member of our team will come to the practice to speak with them team about how your plan works and how to speak confidently to patients about joining the plan.
You may choose to offer our add on, Rewards Plus. This gives plan members access to our Rewards Plus Platform which gives them discounts and offers on a full suite of shops, supermarkets and attractions. If used correctly, discounts will cover the cost of their dental plan.