Dental Insurance Specialist · Team Trainer · Speaker
Bri Richardson, CDA
Founder, Elevate My Practice · Creator, Paid in 30 Days
Bri Richardson spent 12 years inside dental practices — first as a dental assistant, then as a business assistant — before opening Elevate My Practice full time. She built the Paid in 30 Days system to fix the exact problems she watched practices struggle with for years: high AR, missed collections, denied claims, and front office teams left to figure out insurance on their own.
About
She Has Done the Job. Not Just Studied It.
Bri Richardson, CDA is a dental insurance specialist, team trainer, speaker, and founder of Elevate My Practice, LLC. She began her dental career in 2009 as a dental assistant, spending four years on the clinical side before transitioning to the business side — where she worked as a business assistant for eight years, managing insurance billing, AR, collections, verifications, and the full revenue cycle for dental practices in the trenches.
In 2017, Bri started training dental teams on how to get paid faster and make insurance less painful. By 2021, she opened Elevate My Practice and Dental Insurance SOS full time — because the demand was real and the gap in the industry was obvious. Most dental teams are never properly trained on the systems that keep a practice financially healthy. Bri built her company to change that.
Her signature Paid in 30 Days system has helped practices reduce AR by hundreds of thousands of dollars, increase collections ratios by double digits, and build front office teams that actually understand what they're doing and why. She works with practices nationwide through in-person and virtual training, consulting, speaking, and her Dental Insurance SOS support program.
Bri's micro-coaching program delivers ongoing accountability, KPI tracking, monthly check-ins, and real-time support for dentists and their teams — giving practices the kind of continuous guidance that makes training actually stick long after the engagement ends.
"In my three decades of dental management consulting, I interacted with thousands of dental team members. About a dozen of them impressed me as much as Bri Richardson. Over the course of two years, I observed an energetic, articulate dental auxiliary who was like a 'sponge in a fountain' — soaking up ways to communicate more effectively, develop systems of follow up, and learn to be an outstanding treatment coordinator. A huge part of that was understanding everything pertaining to patients' benefit plans. Today, over a decade later, I'm blown away with her leadership skills in the ever-changing insurance puzzle. It's her passion to not only clear up insurance debris piles but to work with dental teams to avoid any backlog in verification, filing, processing, and follow up."— Linda Miles, Dental Management Consultant · 30+ Years in Dental Consulting
Career Timeline
Built From the Inside Out
2009
Began Career as a Dental Assistant
Started on the clinical side, working directly with patients and doctors. Built foundational knowledge of dental procedures, treatment planning, and how practices operate from the ground up.
2009 – 2017
Transitioned to Business Assistant
Spent eight years as a business assistant managing dental insurance billing, AR, collections, insurance verifications, claim submission, and appeals — learning the revenue cycle by living it every day.
2017
Started Training Dental Teams
Began teaching other dental teams the systems and skills she had developed — focused on getting practices paid faster, reducing AR, and making insurance less painful for everyone in the office.
2021
Opened Elevate My Practice Full Time
Launched Elevate My Practice, LLC and Dental Insurance SOS as a full-time training and consulting company — offering in-person and virtual dental team training, speaking, consulting, and ongoing support nationwide.
2024
2024 Nifty Award Winner
Recognized with a 2024 Nifty Award. Contributing author to DentistryIQ, Dental Crown Magazine, and Dental Compliance Center. Featured guest on The Thriving Dentist Podcast.
Frequently Asked Questions
About Bri Richardson & Elevate My Practice
Who is Bri Richardson?
Bri Richardson, CDA is the founder of Elevate My Practice, LLC and creator of the Paid in 30 Days dental training system. She spent 4 years as a dental assistant and 8 years as a business assistant inside dental practices before opening her training and consulting company full time in 2021. She specializes in dental insurance billing, AR management, collections, and front office training for dental practices nationwide.
What does Bri Richardson specialize in?
Bri specializes in dental insurance billing, accounts receivable management, collections ratio improvement, clean claim submission, insurance appeals, copay estimation, and front office training. She works with dental practices nationwide through in-person and virtual training, speaking engagements, and ongoing consulting and support.
What is Elevate My Practice?
Elevate My Practice, LLC is a dental training company that teaches dental practices and teams how to get paid in full in 30 days — both from the insurance company and from the patient. Founded by Bri Richardson, CDA, it offers dental team training, AR management consulting, front office training, speaking engagements, and the Dental Insurance SOS ongoing support program. The company's signature system — Paid in 30 Days — helps dental practices reduce AR and increase collections ratios through structured training and systems.
What is the Paid in 30 Days system?
Paid in 30 Days is a dental training system created by Bri Richardson that teaches dental teams the billing, insurance, and collections skills needed to get claims paid faster, reduce AR, and increase collections ratios. It covers money mindset, insurance verification, clean claim submission, appeals, copay estimation, out-of-network billing, patient billing, treatment planning and financial conversations, collection protocol, and KPIs — delivered through in-person or virtual training engagements.
Is Bri Richardson available for speaking engagements?
Yes. Bri Richardson is a CE-approved speaker available for dental conferences, study clubs, and group practice events. Her signature talk, Paid in 30 Days, is a two-hour CE session on dental insurance and collections for practice owners and their teams.
Ready to Work With Bri?
Whether you need dental team training, a speaker for your next event, or ongoing AR support — start with a free discovery call.
Book a Free Discovery CallOr reach out directly: Bri@ElevateMyPractice.com · (716) 512-9168