
← Don Pelto, DPM - Podiatry Practice Mastery7 Sept · 9 min
How I Make Insurance Patients More Profitable
<p>Many podiatrists accept insurance and stay busy but still struggle to make their practice as profitable as it should be. In this episode of Podiatry Practice Mastery, Don breaks down why simply seeing more patients isn’t always the answer—and why seeing the right mix of patients and fully utilizing the services insurance reimburses can make a major difference.</p><p>Don covers evaluating low-paying insurance plans, improving billing and coding, performing appropriate procedures, incorporating DME and custom bracing, improving imaging efficiency, and reducing unnecessary low-value appointments. He also explains why some practices don’t have a profitability problem at all—they simply need more patient demand.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> profitable podiatry practice, podiatry insurance reimbursement, podiatry billing and coding, DME for podiatrists, podiatry practice profitability</p>