How should a dental practice handle a patient with a DMO contract when proposing out-of-pocket treatment? By having an honest, leadership-based conversation about what the DMO will and will not cover, then offering out-of-pocket treatment options that the patient can pay for separately. Most DMO contracts explicitly allow the doctor to introduce out-of-pocket options as long as the patient has been informed about what the DMO covers first. Check the contract to confirm. If the contract is unclear, write to the administrator or president and ask. The likely answer is yes, because out-of-pocket treatment costs the DMO nothing and removes the [...]