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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by Joel Baldwin | Nov 17, 2020 | Business & Team Management
November 17, 2020 We all have our standard month-end reports that we run. Why do we run these? Hopefully, it’s not because this is what we have always run. Back in the day, our reporting methods made up our financial income statements. These reports consisted of...
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by Joel Baldwin | Nov 11, 2020 | Revenue Cycle Management
November 11, 2020 As time passes and economic conditions change, your practice may need to update fees to keep up with the increased cost of supplies, services, payroll, etc. Some consultants recommend reviewing your fee schedules annually to ensure you’re charging a...
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by Joel Baldwin | Nov 10, 2020 | Business & Team Management
In one of our previous blog posts, we discussed how important adjustment types are for truly understanding the revenue cycle. We also discussed how adjustment types affect collection and production numbers. In this post, let’s dive a little deeper and look at the...
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by Betty Leh | Nov 4, 2020 | Schedule Optimization
November 4, 2020 Many offices are facing gaps in their hygiene schedules due to the COVID-19 shutdown. The gaps in your hygiene scheduling are a result of patients not having a recare appointment six months ago. The patient communications features of Dentrix Ascend...
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by Betty Leh | Oct 28, 2020 | Clinical Efficiency
October 28, 2020 Dentrix Ascend’s tooth chart can display both permanent and primary dentition. When you add a new patient, the tooth chart loads the appropriate tooth chart dentition for the patient’s age. For example, if I add a new patient who is 10 years old, the...
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by Justin Evans | Oct 21, 2020 | Schedule Optimization
October 21, 2020 Do you want to save time during checkout? Once you move the patient to the Chair, Checkout, or Complete status, you need to complete or post each procedure before completing the appointment. Instead of completing and posting each procedure...
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by Betty Leh | Oct 14, 2020 | Clinical Efficiency, Patient Record Management
Do you find yourself clicking back and forth between the patient’s chart and the perio exam? Take advantage of the timesaving benefits of the chairside dashboard to see both at the same time. In addition to seeing the patient’s chart, progress notes, and radiographs...
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by Joel Baldwin | Oct 7, 2020 | Business & Team Management
October 07, 2020 In sports, success depends on the team staying strong all the way to the end of the season. The same is true for your practice. 2020 has been a challenging year—there’s no getting around it—for you and your patients. Unsurprisingly, the things you do...
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