Whether you are new to dental office work or have years of experience, your education in the business of dentistry is crucial to making the practice and your career a success. Collecting insurance claims drives up income, but it’s become incredibly difficult.
Something that has come up a lot in general conversations, especially since the pandemic, is work-life balance. People who used to commute to work every day are getting hours back in their day that used to be spent in the car. Dental offices don’t necessarily work this way though... teeth can’t be tended to virtually! Not to mention, someone needs to be running the actual office. The workload doesn’t seem to ever lighten.
Savannah-based dental billing company, Dental Claim Support has made the Inc. 5000 list for the second year in a row, proving steady growth and improvement
You’re someone with experience working in a dental practice, but you’re looking for a new career path. You’re searching for something relevant to your past work experience, but with newer challenges and more opportunities. We all know there’s a bit of a ceiling when it comes to working in a dental office.
For any dental practice, the biggest roadblock to receiving full income is the cumbersome insurance billing process. How to calculate patient financial responsibility? Knowing what you should collect gets even harder when the patient has coverage under multiple plans. That’s when your dental insurance coordination of benefits (COB) knowledge is so valuable.
Since your office manager has been overwhelmed with work, you’ve been looking to find someone to take over your insurance billing. As the practice owner, you’re not quite sure where to start when it comes to hiring an insurance coordinator. It’s a big job to fill and you want someone who will help increase your revenue.
You’re an insurance coordinator or office manager moving through the dental billing process. You’re a little green when it comes to knowing the process front to back, and you’re not sure who to turn to with specific questions on insurance claims.
Are you one of the doctors who discovered your PPO agreement because you were asked to write off a significant amount for a procedure? Maybe you were made aware of the provisions outlined in the manual after a claim denial, an audit or grievance filed by a patient.
As most of us know in the dental industry, family members being a part of the dental practice in some shape or form is pretty common. They could be a part of your hygiene team, your administrative team, billing.... You name it!
In an upcoming Dental Claims Academy webinar, we will be discussing ICD-10-CM and applying diagnostic codes to dental claims. Claim rejections happen all the time, that’s why it’s important to always be learning about how to avoid this so that your practice can get paid quicker!
