Documentation/Patient Records
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…
Tip: Documentation skills don’t have to be hard.
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…
Documenting telephone calls at your dental practice is just as important as documenting patient visits.
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…
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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…
Non-Surgical Periodontal Treatment
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…
Dental Coding Audits! Why are you waiting for a letter or call, stop it before!
Dental practices should periodically audit their coding to minimize compliance risks and optimize revenue. Many private payers including Medicaid’s Special Investigative Units (SIU’s) and the Department of Justice have had…
Trying to Bill TMD to Medical and not recieving payment. Below look for your state law!
TM TREATMENT AND THIRD PARTY INSURANCE COVERAGE Minnesota, in 1987, became the first state to adopt legislation requiring health insurance policies issued within the state to include coverage for the…
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Anthem Has Changed Filing Time for filling claims/ Another reason to attend the Las Vegas Meeting
Anthem has notified doctors and other providers that the timely filing window for professional claims is being shortened to 90 days. “Effective for all commercial and Medicare Advantage Professional Claims…
What do I do When a Medicare Patient Refuses to Sign an ABN?
Question: What do I do when a Medicare patient refuses to sign an ABN? Answer: That depends on whether the patient is still demanding to have/receive the service/supply. If they…
Dental Treatment Note Checklist Must Haves
When teaching at NYU Dental students wrote small books for notes, directly after joining the world of dentistry in a practice they started to use text messages as Dr. Studley…