By Melinda Wilhelm, Director of Talent Management Only 6.4% of claim payments to dental practices are made via the health-care EFT standard. Why is this happening? According to Regina Belot, Accounting specialist at eAssist, https://dentalaccounting.com, it is because the office staff are not trained to properly...
By: Belle DuCharme, CDPMA, Dental Training Consultant There are many dental assistants who have been successfully promoted to Office Manager because of their better than average communication skills and their knowledge of dental procedures and scheduling. This promotion is usually not accompanied by a transition period...
There actually are successful practices that are in network to none or to one insurance company, usually Delta Dental but not for any others. It can work but the practice must have some important systems in place and it must be a truly remarkable practice....
We all have “lame” excuses for not doing things and sometimes we believe these excuses instead of challenging the truth in them. In dental practices there are a gamut of excuses why the practice is not a success. Here are a few to ponder. ...
Telephone patient scheduling requires skill, professionalism, confidence and finesse---not something you can easily find without training and experience. For these skills, you don’t need a dental background, but you do need to be instructed on the practices scheduling protocols. Before you start scheduling by phone...
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By: James Anderson, DMD, CEO “If you’re in the luckiest one percent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 percent.” ― Warren Buffett As eAssist continues to grow to more than 350 billing agents nationally, I can’t help but wonder...
Can you use D2740 and by report to charge for a crown upgrade? Charging an additional fee for an "upgrade" is a big no no for PPO plans but you can bill for the service if it is a real extra service that can be documented....
Dawn Garlock started with eAssist in December of 2015. She finds that the most interesting thing about dental billing is finding out what is holding up claim payment. Dawn enjoys doing the research and feels that there is a sense of accomplishment when she can...
By Natalie Lucken, Account Manager Technology, at its core, is designed to save time and human labor, thus increasing our efficiency. Chances are you probably use a lot of technology every day to do your job, and just going about your daily life. The phrase Apple...
