Starting the New Year make sure you are not just asking if insurance is the same, take time to ask for their new cards! You may be suprised to find many patients have new plans. Employers are increasingly integrating their health benefits to achieve cost savings, according to a new report from Anthem.
Anthem has surveyed employers on their interest in integrated benefits biennially since 2014, and, in the latest report, it found that 56% of the 300 polled employers said they are actively…
What is a CPT® code?
When you first start medical billing the change from using CDT codes to CPT is different. There are very few codes in dental that translate to one code. So when…
As Charles Darwin said of evolution, “It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.”
Understanding the changes in dental insurance plans
Are the following Chart Notes Good or Bad?
Are your clinical records good, bad or ugly? I audit lots and lots of dental records. I like the challenges of auditing detailed records, as I have to pay close…
Would you just jump down this waterfall?
Why the Net Collection Rate is the Key to a Healthy Dental or Practice Healthy collections mean a healthy practice. If you’re writing off too many balances or writing off…
Billing Errors
The dentist always has full responsibility for ensuring that dental claims have been completed accurately, correctly and at the time the patient received treatment. Bill only for the treatment provided…
Do Not Wait Until 2021 Find Your State Law and Be ready for the New Dental Codes for Covid Tests in Your Practice.
Dentists able to perform POC COVID-19 tests Governor Cuomo recently issued Executive Order 202.61. The Executive Order adds a requirement that all COVID-19 point-of-care (POC) test results be reported within…
The 3 P’s Every Dental Practice Needs to Know How to Manage – PPE, PPO’s & Practice Acquisitions
Join Christine Taxin, founder of Links2Success and Dental Medical Billing University and Nick Partridge, founder of Five Lakes Dental Practice Solutions for a webinar where they’ll discuss: “The 3 P’s Every…
It Takes an educated person to bill, not a computer!
Working with the smartest people in dentistry is an honor every day. The team that runs the business side of dentistry has done amazing with little to none official training. …
Provider Documentation Training “Dont use a text message”
Across all specialties, we often find documentation deficiencies in the various source documents. For example, Oral physicians were trained in prestigious schools, leaving with complete understanding of how to properly…
Billing Trauma Takes More Information
Trauma!!!!What does it take to bill medical is more complex then other billing. You must gather the following information in order to find the correct diagnostic codes. You must look…
Part 4 and final issue
Medicare Supplement (Medigap) plans may help cover certain out-of-pocket costs that Original Medicare doesn’t cover, such as deductibles, copayments, and/or coinsurance (depending on the specific Medicare Supplement plan). Not all…