by Joel Baldwin | Apr 28, 2021 | Revenue Cycle Management
The Ledger contains individual line items for every completed procedure, insurance claim, payment, and adjustment made on the account. It can quickly get confusing to look at, particularly when viewing the activity for all of a guarantor’s account members....
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by Joel Baldwin | Jan 6, 2021 | Revenue Cycle Management
Let’s face it: there are some patient debts that are not worth chasing down. For the persistent non-paying patient, every phone call or letter you send costs your practice money and cuts into the revenue you could receive from that delinquent payment. Debts...
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by Justin Evans | Dec 9, 2020 | Business & Team Management, Revenue Cycle Management
On average, dental offices forfeit 9% of their annual revenue due to uncollected insurance benefits (eAssist). That’s roughly $135k per year for the average practice. So, suppose you’re trying to find ways to free up your time and increase your cash flow. You’ll want...
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by Justin Evans | Dec 2, 2020 | Business & Team Management, Practice Marketing, Revenue Cycle Management
December 02, 2020 Life in a dental office can get busy. Without realizing it, office managers often fill their schedule with activities that could be off-loaded to Dentrix Ascend. In her webinar “5 Easy Ways to Increase Patient Collections,” Dentrix Ascend trainer...
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by Joel Baldwin | Nov 25, 2020 | Revenue Cycle Management
November 25, 2020 Dental plans may elect not to cover some procedures. When this happens, you need to add exceptions for the uncovered procedures to the coverage table. However, you do not have to enter exceptions for all those procedures one at a time; Dentrix Ascend...
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by Betty Leh | Nov 18, 2020 | Revenue Cycle Management
Do insurance benefits renew automatically? In a word, yes! Changes to insurance plans usually take place at the end of the plan benefit year. At this time, insurance carriers should provide you with information on what is new and what is changing in your patient’s...
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