Dental practice claims alleging failure to refer, or failure or delay in diagnosis may arise from a general dentist’s lack of referral to a specialist. On occasion, patients have asserted their general dentist referred them to a specialist who provided …
2018 Medicare Part A costs Medicare Part A helps cover inpatient hospital expenses. As a Medicare beneficiary, you’re generally eligible for premium-free Medicare Part A coverage if you or your spouse paid Medicare taxes while working for 10 years or …
U0001 – Cdc 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-ncov) real-time rt-pcr diagnostic panel For services beginning February 4, 2020, Medicare has created two HCPCS codes to report testing for this particular strain of the coronavirus, U0001: CDC 2019 Novel Coronavirus Real Time …
The safety of patients, dentists and dental team members has been and always will be the American Dental Association’s (ADA) utmost concern. The ADA has issued interim recommendations aligning with those from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for use …
Dental records are especially important when submitting dental benefit claims or responding to lawsuits. While the dental record could be viewed as a form of insurance for your practice, make sure you include only those facts that are relevant to …
Evidence based medicine such as the updated periodontal staging and caries lesions also gives well defined information about the clinical condition itself. You cannot just look at the codes, you need to check the policy. When I am coding or …
Documenting telephone calls at your dental practice is just as important as documenting patient visits. Similar to other documentation, the common rule when it comes to call documentation is that if it is not documented, it did not happen. Therefore, …
Attention to the dental world: We must be part of our children’s care and report when needed. If you are seeing children with a lot of decay or refusal of treatment it is our duty to report! What is child …
We received so many calls regarding the 2020 ADA claim form that we have added a power-point to DentalMedicalBilling.com web site for all to take and understand how to make the transition. If you have any questions regarding the changes …
Have you learned how to use the updated Periodontal Stages? One of the updated guidelines you may want to incorporate: Non-Surgical Periodontal Treatment You can bill Medical with the correct documentation and diagnostic codes. AAP treatment guidelines stress that periodontal …