A new member benefit designed to reduce administrative burden and sharpen financial visibility across your DSO.
Running a dental service organization is a different challenge entirely from running a single practice. Finance teams are managing invoices, supplier relationships, approvals, and compliance across dozens — sometimes hundreds — of locations, often with lean staff and systems that were never designed with multi-location dental operations in mind.
The result is predictable: hours spent reconciling invoices that should take minutes, limited visibility of where money is going, and growing exposure to errors and compliance risk as the organization scales. These are not marginal inefficiencies. They represent real cost — in time, in dollars, and in the capacity of your team to focus on higher-value work.
Sevāredent exists to help our members solve these kinds of operational challenges. That’s why we’re pleased to announce a new partnership with Ottimate, an AI-powered accounts payable (AP) platform purpose-built for multi-location dental and healthcare organizations.
Why Ottimate — and Why Now
Most AP platforms were built with single-location businesses in mind. Bolt-on support for multiple locations typically means workarounds, not workflows. Ottimate is different. The platform was designed from the ground up to handle the volume, complexity, and compliance requirements that come with managing a DSO at scale.
For Sevāredent members, the timing is strategic. As our member DSOs continue to grow — adding locations, onboarding new suppliers, and absorbing more invoice volume — the gap between manual processes and sustainable operations widens. Ottimate bridges that gap.
What Ottimate Delivers for Sevāredent Members
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- Automated Invoice Processing, End to End — Invoices are automatically captured, matched to purchase orders, and routed through an approval workflow across all locations — without manual reconciliation at each site. Approvals move faster, suppliers get paid on time, and your offices stay operationally sound.
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- Invoice Trust Score — Ottimate’s Trust Score enables finance teams to immediately identify low-risk, routine invoices for accelerated processing while surfacing exceptions that genuinely need human review. Built-in PHI redaction and HIPAA-compliant document handling are included — a critical consideration for any organization operating in the dental and healthcare space.
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- Real-Time Spend Visibility — Finance leaders gain a centralized view of spend, supplier activity, and financial performance at both the location and corporate level. That means the ability to identify where lab costs are running high, which supplier contracts need renegotiation, and how cash flow is trending across the entire network — in real time, not month-end.
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- Scalability Without Added Headcount — Manual AP can sustain a small DSO. It cannot sustain a growing one. Ottimate’s automation is designed to scale with your organization, absorbing increased invoice volume and new locations without requiring proportional increases in administrative staff.
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- Contract Matching for Member Pricing — One of the most direct benefits for Sevāredent members: Ottimate can automatically match invoices against Sevāredent-negotiated supplier contracts, flagging discrepancies and helping ensure your DSO consistently captures the contracted pricing you’re entitled to.
The Impact in Practice
The efficiency gains are measurable. A DSO managing 12 locations, for example, that previously spent 15 hours per week on manual invoice reconciliation can reduce that manual work by approximately 70% through Ottimate’s automated approval workflows — freeing the finance team to focus on supplier strategy, cost optimization, and growth planning rather than administrative throughput.
Across three critical dimensions — accuracy, compliance, and visibility — Ottimate gives DSO finance teams the infrastructure to operate with confidence.
In Their Own Words
“Sevāredent members now have access to Ottimate, giving their DSOs AI-powered AP automation and financial insights. This member benefit helps reduce administrative burden, improve efficiency, and support operational decision-making across multiple offices.”
— Blake Hibray, President, Sevāredent Sourcing Solutions
“We’re excited to bring Ottimate to Sevāredent members. DSOs can now leverage our platform to automate AP, track margins and cash flow, and confidently manage finances across all locations — all tailored to the unique needs of multi-location dental organizations.”
— Zach Svendsen, VP of Alliances, Ottimate
Accessing Ottimate as a Sevāredent Member
Sevāredent members access Ottimate at preferred member pricing as part of this partnership. To get started:
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- Contact your Strategic Account Manager to learn more about how Ottimate integrates with your current procurement and supplier workflows.
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- Schedule a discovery call directly with Ottimate and reference your Sevāredent membership to apply preferred pricing.
This is one of the more operationally significant member benefits we’ve added to the Sevāredent portfolio. If your DSO is managing AP manually — or with tools that weren’t built for multi-location dental operations — this is worth a conversation.