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05 Dec List of ADA/CDT Codes: added, revised, and deleted by the American Dental Association effective January 1, 2016

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For additional information, visit the ADA's website: http://www.ada.org/en/publications//cdt New CDT Codes and Descriptions for 2016 D0251 EXTRA-ORAL POSTERIOR RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE D0422 COL & PREP GENETIC MATERIAL-LAB & REPORT D0423 GENETIC TEST-SUSCEPTIBILITY TO DISEASE D1354 INTERIM CARIES ARRESTING MEDICAMENT APPL D4283 AUTO CONNECTIVE TISSUE GRAFT/EACH ADD TH D4285 NON-AUTO CONNECTIVE TISSUE GRAFT/ADD TH D5221...

24 Nov The Difference between a Billing Company and a Collection Agency

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Someone owes you money! A membership survey recently conducted by the Commercial Collection Agency Section of the Commercial Law League of America showed that after just three months, the likelihood is that you’ll collect only about 70 cents of each dollar owed. After six months, that...

14 Nov NPI or National Provider Identifier

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NPI or National Provider Identifier numbers are important for claim payment. NPI or National Provider Identifier numbers must be properly reported on your claims or there will be denials and possibly hold-ups on the processing of many claims submitted by your practice. Basically there are two...

07 Nov Dental Insurance Denials Denting your Day?

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Not again, another stone wall from a denied claim and the games begin. Filing dental claims in today’s volatile healthcare environment can look like a Hunger Games movie as you try to figure out what to do to survive and get paid for your time...

31 Oct Understaffed or not using your staff efficiently?

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Being understaffed is often not the case when tasks are not getting done; it is poor utilization of the existing staff, particularly the business staff. The phone is unanswered because everyone is with patients; the caller does not leave a message. The phone...

25 Oct The following is the reason eAssist is the answer to dentists’ worst nightmares!

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Excerpts from a real recent Dental Town post: Has anyone dealt with anything like this? Front desk employee has repeated insurance submission and posting issues especially on patients with dual insurance. She has claims going to wrong company or on wrong patient, or the wrong patient...

19 Oct Dental Software Knowledge Key to Managing Dental Claims

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Eaglesoft, Dentrix, Softdent, PracticeWorks, Denticon, Practice Web, QSI, Perioexec, Curve and the list includes another 130 plus different dental software programs on the market today. It is a virtual minefield of dental software programs for the dentist to pick his/her way through. Once the decision...

09 Oct Three Powerful Words to Understand Patient Portion

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They are deductible, coinsurance and co-payment. A deductible is the amount a person is required to pay before their insurance will begin processing claims for payment in any given year. The amount is applied to the first claim(s) that the deductible is applicable to. Some procedures...

28 Sep Who do you call for HELP?

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When the best dental software and the experienced business staff aren’t enough to get the jobs done, who do you talk to? Thoughts of hiring someone else to do the job or thoughts of hiring another person to help the person who is supposed to...

19 Sep Still Using Paper Charts?

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From the California Dental Association CDA reminds dentists that despite rumors, there is no “paperless mandate,” or a deadline to switch to dental EHRs coming in 2015. There is, however, an incentive program for Medicaid/Medicare providers to convert to electronic health records. Dentists who bill Medicare...