You’ve probably heard it before – dress for the job you want. The same can be said for attracting new patients. You may have had the experience before. You walk into a new doctor or dentist office, as a patient, and it’s clear that maybe...
There are many excellent CE and sleep management education courses available to dentists these days. One overwhelming trend, however, that seems to be occurring in these sessions is a lack of emphasis on titration of the sleep apnea device and the importance of retesting the...
People cannot have a Health Savings Account (HSA) and “a standard healthcare FSA [Flexible Spending Account]” simultaneously (“What is a Limited Purpose FSA and How Account Holders Can Use It”). However, people can have an HSA as well as a limited purpose flexible spending account...
Providers and staff are often confused by the myriad amounts of information needed to simply identify their practice on a claim. It is of the highest importance that all identifying information on the claim be correct so that not only is payment issue to the...
People with their employer’s health plan can use funds from a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) “for copayments, deductibles, some drugs, and some other health care costs” (“Using a Flexible Spending Account (FSA)”). People can deposit money into their FSA up to a contribution limit, which...
Beyond a referral a lot of dentists don’t realize how helpful a patient’s primary care provider can be their treatment and insurance coverage. A primary care provider can give you a great deal of supporting documentation and history though to assist in your patient’s care.Of...
People could enroll into High Deductible Health Plans (HDHP) for cheaper premiums, but higher deductibles (Caldwell and Cautero 2019). People who “are healthy, don’t visit the doctor often, or don’t have a large family,” and “have a lot of liquid savings” can benefit from HDHP’s...
It’s something we are familiar with in dentistry, coordination of benefits between carriers. Often times when you have a primary and a secondary dental carrier the secondary will not duplicate benefits paid by the primary. Legally you should only be collecting up to your usual...
For treatments that do not have any corresponding CDT codes, dentists could record the “‘unspecified …procedure by report’ CDT Code” on the dental claim, along with any “documentation that explains the service provided” (“Frequent General Questions Regarding Dental Procedure Codes”). For instance, dentists can record...
Many practices have an aversion to outsourcing any part of their practice. There are ideas about the cost, quality of work and concerns over patient security. In many instances it isn’t a problem to keep things in-house because competent, motivated employees can be found to...