Nickerson Consulting

Nickerson Consulting is a business consultant in Palm Desert, California, working with dental practices and small businesses. The firm offers dental practice management consulting, helping practices address the specific challenges they face, and works with doctors to become stronger leaders. Its consulting services cover practice performance analysis, startup guidance for new practices, associate transitions, and team building, along with programs such as Blueprint For Success, Startup Essential - Launch Pad, Strategic Suite - Transition, Team Building Retreats, and Executive Elite-Training. Nickerson Consulting holds a rating of 5.00 from the customers who have reviewed it. Appointments can be scheduled by phone, and the office is open Monday through Friday from 8:00AM to 5:00PM.

The practice describes its mission as discovering, developing, and delivering new ways to guide practices and teams toward their vision and goals. Its stated approach is to identify areas of concern in a dental practice and provide expertise and advice on solutions, offering an outside view from experienced consultants. The firm works to help practices and their employees move forward as a team through methods and training. Its performance analysis work examines key performance indicators including patient retention rate and new patient acquisition, evaluating how these affect operational efficiency and patient satisfaction. For new practices, the firm outlines steps after opening, including team orientation and training, patient registration and experience management, standard operating procedures for clinical and administrative work, technology integration such as practice management software and electronic health records, and marketing and patient acquisition strategies.

Sherri Nickerson began in the dental industry in 1972 as a registered dental assistant and has since worked as a treatment coordinator, insurance biller, scheduling coordinator, and office manager. In 1997 she became office manager of a practice in Woodland Hills, where she increased collections and lowered accounts receivable. She has worked as a practice analyst and consultant since 2001, assisting more than 2,000 offices around the country, and from 2005 to 2013 worked as a practice analyst with Mercer Advisors.

The office is on Hovley Lane East in Palm Desert.