by Betty Leh | Aug 5, 2020 | Schedule Optimization
When a patient makes it to the Chair, Checkout, or Complete status, you need to complete or post each procedure before completing the appointment so those procedures will show up in the ledger, be counted as production, and be eligible for insurance claim submission....
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by Joel Baldwin | Jul 29, 2020 | Clinical Efficiency
July 29, 2020 Presenting treatment plans can be challenging when a patient doesn’t understand why they owe money for their treatment-planned procedures. It can be embarrassing when a patient has insurance, but the treatment plan does not show the insurance portion....
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by Joel Baldwin | Jul 28, 2020 | Business & Team Management
July 28, 2020 Many offices are rethinking their involvement with PPO dental plans. Are you one of them? You may be an office that has a sign “We accept ALL Dental PPO Insurance Carriers,” or you may accept only a few PPO plans. Whatever the case may be, this article...
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by Justin Evans | Jul 22, 2020 | Schedule Optimization
Wouldn’t it be great if all your patients came to their appointments with all their forms filled out? While we really don’t expect that to happen, you can increase the chance that patients will come in with their forms filled out by including an invitation to complete...
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by Betty Leh | Jul 15, 2020 | Clinical Efficiency
July 15, 2020 Dentrix Ascend allows you to recover patient images under various circumstances. Whether you lost your internet connection while taking images, you decided to take images while the internet was down, or you accidentally deleted an image, you can recover...
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by Justin Evans | Jul 9, 2020 | Schedule Optimization
July 9, 2020 Have you ever gone to add an appointment to the schedule, only to find yourself unsure if the provider is scheduled to work that day? Dentrix Ascend helps remove uncertainty by providing an option to view only the providers working on a given day. This...
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by Betty Leh | Jul 8, 2020 | Revenue Cycle Management
Have you ever received an insurance payment that did not match the estimate? The most common reason for this is that your insurance fee schedule is not up to date. After posting the payment in the patient’s Ledger, the next step is to identify the patient insurance...
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by Betty Leh | Jul 1, 2020 | Business & Team Management
July 1, 2020 A user role is a set of security rights you assign to a user account to grant or restrict access to certain locations in your organization or to features in the platform. Managing a busy dental practice can be a lot of work; Dentrix Ascend helps you so...
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by Joel Baldwin | Jun 23, 2020 | Schedule Optimization
June 23, 2020 Back at the office and trying to fill your schedule? We have all heard the saying, “Use it before you lose it” regarding dental benefits. And we’ve all spent countless hours sending “End of the Year” treatment plan letters to patients regarding their...
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by Betty Leh | Jun 17, 2020 | Revenue Cycle Management
June 17, 2020 We know that every minute counts in a dental practice. Don’t waste time using the mouse to move your cursor to each field as you are entering data in the coverage table! For easy data entry, the coverage table accepts using the Tab, Enter, and...
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