With October being Oral Hygiene Month in the dental industry, there’s never been a better time to educate and remind your patients about the importance of their oral health. Diseases caused by poor dental hygiene are on the rise, and periodontal disease doesn’t discriminate between...
When you track expenses for your business, are you looking at the whole picture or just what you assume to be important? This question is crucial to the long term success of any dental company. Your practice is constantly evolving, and the way your order...
We talk a lot about profit in the dental industry. Profit is our focus, our livelihood, our barometer of how well we’re doing. Yet, sometimes we can miss the smaller things that turn us that profit, the sort of “behind-the-scenes” stuff that makes your business...
Dr. Jaren Jensen of Smile Reef Pediatric Dentistry (https://smilereef.com/) has received eAssist’s monthly Top Practice Award (https://dentalbilling.com/category/eassist-top-doctor/). The award is given each month to eAssist clients who embody the values of community involvement, exemplary dental services, and quality patient care. Along with the doctor, this...
Dr. Shannon Barnhart of Fresno Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Dental Implant Center (https://fresnooralsurgery.com/) has received eAssist’s monthly Top Doctor Award (https://dentalbilling.com/category/eassist-top-doctor/). The award is given each month to eAssist clients who embody the values of community involvement, exemplary dental services, and quality patient care. Along...
We had a patient that had a crown done on a molar, I believe #14. The office is VERY good about documentation, taking x-rays, taking intra oral photos, impeccable chart notes, etc. This tooth had a very large amalgam on it, if I remember correctly,...
A pulp test is not a routine test for oral evaluation purposes and should not be done routinely before preparation of a crown or other restorative work on a vital tooth. The pulp vitality code is a “stand-alone code” and should not be combined with...
As I fly home from San Francisco after a week of being amongst Dental friends and colleagues at the ADMC and ADA meetings, I have a chance to reflect on the value of relationship building yet again. As eAssist continues to grow and reach more...
Trina McNeal has been with eAssist since December of 2018. She absolutely loves the challenge that dental billing presents, as she loves solving puzzles. Trina says, “The challenges of insurance billing, especially for offices that struggle with staffing issues, coding, lack of information, are what...
Of course, you want to attract as many patients to your practice as you can. More patients mean more production, more referrals, more revenue, and more growth, after all. While that’s all true, it’s also important to attract the right kind of patients to your...