Find resources and tools to help dentists during COVID-19 by clicking here
By: James V. Anderson, DMD, CEO “Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.” — Cavett Robert By now many of you have forgotten the resolutions that you made in the beginning of the New Year....
By: James V. Anderson, DMD, CEO and Founder of eAssist Dental Solutions I was asked recently if I thought the solo dental practice was becoming obsolete. Due to my goal of supporting the solo and small group practices with my dental billing business, I have had...
Don’t know the difference between “disallow and deny”? It is confusing sometimes to be able to distinguish what is the practice’s right to collect. Here are a few definitions to clarify dental insurance talk. ALLOWABLE: The amount used to calculate the appropriate benefit allowance consistent with “Maximum...
Jesse Worden has been with eAssist for 3.5 years. Before his journey with eAssist began, he was working in upper management at a financial institution but was not happy with their inability to provide flexibility or fair wages for his position. Then fate stepped in...
Even when practices take all precautions against broken appointments they still happen. This is something that is part of the culture of dental practices but limiting the number of these events is possible if you use the right scripting. Take note that if a patient...
http://www.quantumlabs.com/toothbrush/electric-toothbrush-replacement-heads.html Quantum Labs 1-888-659-0626 or QuantumLabs.com has a new idea for marketing the practice. They have available new electric toothbrush replacement heads for the Oral B and the Sonicare brushes at .99 cents a piece (48 per box at .99 cent each). Many patients have electric toothbrushes...
In the year 2013, the ADA began publishing the CDT codes on an annual basis. There are new codes, revised codes and deleted codes in each annual edition and dental professionals must update these codes to maintain compliance with HIPAA regulations. In addition, payment to...
I learned about eAssist through a posting on dentalpost.net. I immediately started researching and learning anything I could about the company. Within 24 hours I had applied and completed all the testing. A couple of weeks later I was assigned my first office. I jumped in with both feet...
Dear Colleague, I am very pleased to inform you that CDA has achieved a favorable and, in many respects, unprecedented settlement in our legal action against Delta Dental regarding its attempt to cut Premier Plan reimbursement fees. You asked us to take a stand on your...
From the ADA: Washington — The ADA is asking Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price to re-examine the Affordable Care Act's requirement that dentists and other providers who write prescriptions to Medicare beneficiaries with Part D coverage must be enrolled in or opted-out of Medicare...
