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Feb 2026
24m 26s

The Cash Flow Fix Your Front Desk Hates ...

Dr. Paul Etchison
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A last-minute cancellation shouldn’t hijack three hours of your day. We dig into a simple shift—pre-collecting before you schedule—that lowers AR, slashes cancellations, and gives your front desk a calmer, cleaner workflow without awkward money talks at checkout. By the end, you’ll have the words, the rules, and the check-ins to make pre-collections stick—a ... Show More
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