5 Popular Dental Billing Companies of 2024

Selecting the right outsourced dental billing company for your office is not a decision that should be taken lightly. You need to make sure that this company and its service providers are trustworthy and can deliver on the promised results. After all, they will play a key role in your office’s financial success. In this post, we’ve compiled a list of 5 popular dental billing companies. Each dental practice is unique, so you need to make sure the dental billing company you select is best suited for your practice’s needs.

eAssist Dental Solutions

Founded in 2011, eAssist was created to relieve the dental billing issues experienced by Co-founder Dr. James Anderson, DMD, and his Office Manager Sandy Odle. Dr. Anderson was struggling to find a dental billing specialist who could consistently deliver results. He tried google searching “outsourced dental billing,” but no results appeared. He knew that collecting 100% from insurance companies is critical to getting paid as a dentist. That’s when he and Sandy set out to create eAssist. eAssist originated with one dental billing specialist. Since then, it has grown to 2,000+ dental billers and has served 5,000+ dentists since its founding. 

Additionally, eAssist is partnered with top names in the dental industry. In 2021, eAssist acquired Dr. Charles Blair’s Practice Booster. This enables eAssist to offer clients Practice Booster’s Online Code Advisor, included with eAssist’s dental billing services. The Online Code Advisor helps the practice’s in-office staff avoid coding errors. Users can search any code number to find tips, narratives, flowcharts, code corrections, and more. All of this can help you maximize legitimate reimbursements.

But that’s not all. In 2022, eAssist acquired a majority stake in Unitas PPO Solutions. Unitas negotiates higher PPO insurance rates for dental practices. Now dental practices can start getting paid more in addition to getting paid faster through eAssist dental billing.

eAssist also has the bonus of working with Henry Schein. Henry Schein acquired a majority interest in eAssist in 2021. Since then, eAssist has been able to tap into Schein’s vast network and resources to serve even more dental office clients.

In short, dental offices that work with eAssist and its family of brands are inviting the ultimate insurance coordinator to work for them. 

What services does eAssist offer?

• Dental insurance billing
• Patient billing
• Dental insurance verification
• Dental credentialing powered by Unitas PPO Solutions
• Dental coding support powered by Practice Booster 
• Dental accounting & bookkeeping
• EFT & deposit reconciliation
• Online CE

Dental Claim Support

Dental Claim Support, based in Savannah, GA, was founded in 2012 by three members of the dental industry who noticed the significant amount of money dentists were losing to insurance companies. They currently offer revenue cycle management services for private practices, emerging groups, and DSOs.

Services offered by Dental Claim Support: 

• Credentialing

• Insurance verification

• Dental billing

• Oral surgery billing

• Patient billing

• 1:1 consulting

Essential Dental Services

Based in Boston, MA, Essential Dental Services was founded in 2012 by current CEO Amanda DeMoura. Using her experience as a dental office Practice Administrator, she initially started the business to assist local offices with insurance claims support. Now the company supports offices nationwide. 

Services offered by Essential Dental Services: 

• Remote insurance billing

• Patient A/R add-on

• Insurance Verification

• Consulting

Dental Support Specialties

Dental Support Specialties was founded by a former office manager in 2008 so that she could work from home while taking care of her young daughter. Based in the Midwest, the company now provides remote administrative support services to practices throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Services offered by Dental Support Specialties: 

• Phone scheduling and support

• Accounts receivables recovery

• Insurance billing, eligibility, and verification

• Special projects

Dental Billing Group

Brandy and Thomas Lorence founded Dental Billing Group. They combined Brandy’s 15-plus years of experience in the dental industry and Thomas’ 15-plus years of experience in integrated security to establish their remote dental billing company.

Services offered by Dental Billing Group: 

• Claim submission/attachments

• Insurance verification

• Insurance aging

• Fee schedules

• Posting insurance payments EFT/checks

Conclusion

Outsourcing your dental billing processes to the right company can help streamline your revenue cycle management and improve your practice’s financial performance. When choosing a partner for your practice, consider factors such as reputation, experience, and the range of services offered, including by their partners. By working with a reputable dental billing company, you can focus on providing high-quality patient care and growing your practice.

All information in this post has been taken from the website of each dental billing company listed above. Such information may change and eAssist has not independently verified for accuracy.