Dental professionals commonly mix up a dental clearinghouse with an outsourced dental billing company. Both help tremendously with the insurance claims process, and both try to make sure your insurance claims are accurate. So what’s the difference, and why do you need both?

If you’re in charge of the financial health of your practice, you want to keep track of certain dental KPIs (key performance indicators). You want to know where you are excelling, and what needs improvement. Knowing your dental KPIs will help you make choices and set goals for your dental practice.

You’re a dentist who has wisely chosen to outsource your dental billing work in order to increase your revenue and give better patient care. After several months (or years!) of outsourcing your dental billing, you’re thinking you want to bring your dental billing work back in-house. But is your team ready for this change?

When you outsource dental billing services, you’re looking for all of the amazing benefits the salesperson promised you in the initial phone call. You’re hoping to see your numbers climb, and your dental team less stressed by insurance claims work.

Becoming a practice leader as an office manager or any other dental team member is an admirable goal. As an experienced member of the dental team, you have great ideas and goals that can help the dental practice prosper financially and professionally. And you’re motivated by becoming a leader in order to implement these ideas.

Most dentists struggle because in-house patient billing services drive up more costs and take more time than they ever imagined. Chasing patients to pay bills can be a daunting task, but Dental ClaimSupport has a new pain-free automated patient billing service that saves time, and money, and improves income.

When a dental patient has a billing issue, it’s often hard to know what to do. You want to be understanding and empathetic, but you are running a business and need to collect your revenue as well. So how do you handle a dental patient who argues with you about their out-of-pocket cost?

You’re a dentist and business owner struggling to figure out how to prioritize dental practice expenses. Figuring out which dental practice expenses should be a priority, and which should be cut is a huge challenge. What’s the most important part of your practice budget? You want to be profitable while still having the best quality dental service.

Revenue cycle management (RCM) in healthcare describes the system to track services and collect revenue, from appointment to payment. From the moment you type a dental patient’s name into your schedule, you’re involved in RCM. Good RCM is essential to the financial health of your practice because it helps you stay focused on patient care.

Is your team considering ending their dental billing services? Once you’ve spent a few months, or even a few years working with a dental billing service, you might think that you’re ready to move on from outsourced billing. Your numbers are looking better, and your team is less stressed than they were before.