James V. Anderson, DMD, CEO Founder of eAssist Dental Solutions “Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” Og Mandino With fall comes the change of colors, the air is cooler and the nights get darker. Much of what we have planted as ideas...
This code is applicable when a period of healing is required prior to the fabrication and seat of the permanent prosthetic. It is viable and necessary but with insurance policy provisions may be excluded as a payable code or will be considered as “inclusive” of the...
Marcie Nguyen I recently had the pleasure of spending a weekend with some of our Alliance Partners with the Speaking Consulting Network and was amazed by their openness and willingness to help each other. There were world class, accomplished speakers, highly recognized and influential consultants, corporate...
Padgett Presley applied to eAssist in October of 2017 and was placed with her first office in January of 2018. She finds dental billing to be really interesting and enjoys it because it is really what allows the dentist to be a dentist! They do...
By Sally McKenzie, CEO of McKenzie Management Dental offices are busy places. Team members have various tasks they need to complete throughout the day, which is why they often see answering patient phone calls as an unwelcome distraction. Instead of focusing on scheduling patients who...
Belle DuCharme, CDPMA, CDC A word that strikes fear in every person’s mind that files insurance claims: DENIAL How can this be? You know you did everything right but now you have to appeal the claim. To get paid you must put in time and accuracy...
Why is outsourcing patient debt collection a lifeline for your practice? Managing a dental practice can be at times challenging and a bit scary because of the many responsibilities involved. Having patients who like to talk to you is important but when it comes time to...
Patient’s want an appointment not an excuse. If you pre-appoint most or all of your hygiene patients, you certainly have a satisfying feeling when you look ahead into the appointment book and see little to no openings. Thoughts of “Wow, patients love us”, “We are in...
How often is the practice thrown off by patients who are habitually late or just don’t show up even after being confirmed? Everyone knows how annoying this is and what it does to the schedule let alone the doctors nerves. What about staff members who do...
While you are in the middle of scheduling a patient's next appointment, he tells you that he has a new address. Did you know that you don't have to close out of the Appointment Book (and lose the appointment information you've already entered) to edit...
