Understanding Dental Billing

Dental billing is essentially submitting a dental claim to an insurance company in order to be reimbursed for treatment completed. It may sound like a simple process but in our current era of ever-evolving CDT codes, increased insurance regulations, and medical-dental integration there’s a lot...

As a dental practice, we are here to serve our patients and provide them the best care possible and to provide services to them to ensure they have a healthy mouth and good oral hygiene.  We as dental staff have to remember that our patients...

Written by Tamara Grigg In order to maximize your insurance collections, there are several pieces of information that need to be gathered and kept updated in your software.  There is a list of must-have info that should be collected when a patient comes into your practice...

Credentialing is a catchall term that refers to the ways in which professionals can measure and maintain their competence in education, training, and skills. The processes involved in credentialing include accreditation, certification and licensing.  Accreditation standards are set by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the...

Current trends in dental practice delivery include multi-doctor or group type practices versus the solo dentist model.  With that comes more credentialing requirements that many dentists overlook when they take on a new associate dentist. https://www.ada.org/en/education-careers/licensure/licensure-dental-students/licensure-by-credentials When you do decide you are busy enough and it...

Dental Billing