by Joel Baldwin | Jan 2, 2019 | Clinical Efficiency
January 2, 2019 Has the back-end staff ever forgotten to add a treatment-planned procedure and asked you to “just add that” when they brought the patient back up front? Or, has a patient ever asked you check with their insurance to see if it would cover a teeth...
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by Joel Baldwin | Dec 26, 2018 | Revenue Cycle Management
December 26, 2018 Ever get this phone call? “I thought the insurance covered this. Why am I getting a bill for $200?” What does it take to explain the patient portion of a bill? The Dentrix Ascend Summary and Detailed explanation pages keep you from digging through...
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by Joel Baldwin | Dec 19, 2018 | Patient Record Management
December 19, 2018 Assignment of a primary provider to a patient record is optional. Have you ever wondered why Dentrix Ascend includes it? The simple answer: it’s all about speed. Configure it once; use it in many places as a default. If in fact the provider assigned...
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by Joel Baldwin | Dec 11, 2018 | Schedule Optimization
December 12, 2018 Bread and butter. That’s what your recare system is to your practice. And you want to make it as good as it can be, right? One thing that is really going to help you is setting your primary recare types. What is a “primary” recare type? In simple...
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by Joel Baldwin | Nov 28, 2018 | Revenue Cycle Management
November 28, 2018 There are millions of Americans without dental insurance, and some of them are your patients. People without insurance are more likely to skip regular preventive care or avoid coming in at all until they have a truly painful or dangerous oral health...
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