The ADA has been very helpful in continuing to issue guidance on teledentistry billing and current policies from insurance carriers. We look forward to seeing more carriers offer reimbursement for evaluations conducted via teledentistry during the COVID-19 outbreak. This valuable …
Starting to work with emergency rooms is a benefit to all who participate. The patient, the doctors and the oral doctors It is a win for all. First many patients who go to an emergency room are not treated since …
Providers are concerned a new national policy from Aetna involving evaluation and management services will result in inappropriate down-codes. Under the policy, Aetna will automatically down-code claims gave for office visits or certain modifiers when the insurer finds an “apparent …
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Suggested Documentation for Oral Hygiene Counseling (D1330), Nutritional Counseling (D1310), and Tobacco Counseling (D1320) Evidence-Based Dental Plans Some evidence-based dental plans provide benefits for one oral hygiene instruction, nutritional counseling or tobacco counseling visit each year for patients assessed at …
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, …
Most Americans know that SSN is an abbreviation for Social Security Number — the identifier that has been used for everything we do in the United States. However, Medicare has given a new way for Medicare patients https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/New-Medicare-Card/Understanding-the-MBI-with-Format.pdfto protect their …
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 …
New Medicare Card Transition Ends Next Week: Claim Reject Codes Beginning January 1 If you want to get paid you should be reporting MBIs on all of your Medicare claims. The deadline is here: if you are not using Medicare …
Doctors stand up and know what is going on. You ask why are the DSO’s doing so well? I hear this at every conference I teach at. Some of the reasons are the way they are running the dental offices, …