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Message Board (2268)
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Dentistry loves simple rules. Prep the tooth, take the impression, cement the crown, pray the insurance company does not suddenly discover a new exclusion written in invisible ink. Liability is not that simple. One of the most misunderstood ideas in dental practice is the belief that supervision
April 29, 2026
Hygiene Discussions
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connected to something meaningful. A hot tooth. A hard extraction. A nervous patient. A crown that did not seat. A molar endo that made you question every life decision since freshman biology. Now the stress is increasingly wrapped around the dentistry. Insurance narratives. PPO audits. Electronic
May 18, 2026
Software Discussions
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have their finances including wills, trusts, insurances in good order among other things people do dad things contemplating divorce like hiding assets KNOW where all your investments are and safe from your spouse Thats it Mark! No more marriages for you! Your cut off chief. I give my wife 2/3rds of my
May 21, 2026
Personal Finance
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. Perhaps I can facilitate what I think is an important topic. If you are happy with dentistry - great!! But there are many who are not. Combining heavy debt with crappy insurance reimbursements, difficult patients, staff problems, the struggle IS real for some, likely many. My 38 year old about
August 23, 2025
Dental Students
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the OMFS we refer to charged (rightfully so) to extract and graft again, and obviously insurance didn't cover because it was done 2 months prior. I think she was embarrassed by the situation, but whether intentionally or not I think she was taken advantage of and was harmed. Luckily the implant went off
October 16, 2025
Just Plain Bitching and Moaning
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What are people paying for a good front desk person. Doing the basic,send some insurance some times,answer phones,check in and out and confirm It's a high schooler 12/hr job honestly. Had a front desk that quit during the 'nobody wants to work' era of 2021-2022 tell me that, so I took her advice. I
March 20, 2026
Front Office Discussion
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) So now you are at 12,500/month, less 3k savings, 9.5k to live on. When I graduated with 200kish student loans, my payment was around 2k a month....so 7.5k after that (realistically new grads are probably paying double that in student loans). Then health insurance is about 1500 a month, plus medical
April 02, 2026
Personal Finance
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practice, the only difference was the office we bought participated with most insurances. These practices are hard to find as a buyer so I would think that you should be able to find a private buyer. The previous owners of my practice were also pressured to sell to a DSO from their broker but they held
May 03, 2026
Practice Sales
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Has anyone gotten this code paid by an insurance? Seems great for the times you spend 15-30 minutes removing a stubborn zirconia or emax crown prior to replacement. I haven't seen it billed much, yet. Most don't even know about this new code. Hopefully, others chime in with positive results! Delta
June 05, 2025
Coding Q&A
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and family meal at McDonald's is $50! A professional cleaning at $200 sounds like a steal. This muddies the waters too much when people have insurance and not all of the services are provided.
September 24, 2025
Hygiene Discussions
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the insurance company forces due to being in network with them. Of course my assumption here is the surgeon is in network. I was thinking the same thing. Mission trips ? Glad to help. The last one I did 6 cases of wisdom teeth plus the restorative before noon. Wow that could have been $6000 x 6
September 20, 2025
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
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coordinatorthat helps patientsbetween visits explaining their treatment, insurance, and financing in a way that actually gets them to say yes. Were seeingover 30% increases in treatment acceptance and completionin our first offices and now were opening up10 early user spotsfor dentists who want to try it first
July 02, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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or treat them for free. Tell the insurance company to screw. I'd tell the rep that right there. I think they're bullshitting you. It doesn't work that way with the VA community care network.
July 21, 2025
Claims Processing
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so I resubmitted them. They're now denying due to being duplicates. I'm wondering if the insurance companies are withholding payments to show a greater profit for 2025. Anyone else seeing this? I believe historically they seem to hold payments at the end of the year. Anyone else have input
January 09, 2026
Claims Processing
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typically your FMD patients will be younger with zero bone loss. Often the reason people overuse FMD is because they are scared to call it SRP, whether due to potential patient or insurance response.
November 06, 2025
Coding Q&A
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Was speaking to some Canadians and they are telling that they have some sort of association that sets/adjust fees on a yearly basis and insurance companies have to follow this fee schedule. So immediately I say to myself damn another middle man dictating fees and to my surprise they set the fees
November 17, 2025
PPOs and HMOs
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those patients. The owner has another location that is being kept open. Is it up to the owner to finish my cases at the open location or at least offer to do so or to make other arrangements? Should I contact my malpractice insurance? As an IC, you have very little liability as I understand
March 10, 2026
Legal Issues
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complained to their HR that they couldn't find an in-network dentist and that they were having to pay for their "free" cleanings. And then the HR would maybe consider using other dental insurance companies. And of course this would need to happen at a bunch of different companies. Who knows what's
October 02, 2025
Delta Dental
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be specific to us. One of the insurance companies that we work with often will have some sort of 'rejection' that wasn't a problem with our previous claims service. It's not perfect and maybe I'm overlooking the drawbacks, but still overall happy with it. how does it do with scan x (phosphor plates) I
September 17, 2025
EagleSoft
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to individual Americans. In a Truth Social post Saturday morning, Trump wrote: "I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SO
November 08, 2025
Politics
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for. Oklahoma had a High Risk Pool for medical insurance before Obamacare. I posted about it at the time. That model was part of my Senator Dr Tom Coburn's plan for Health Insurance Reform as an alternative to Obamacare. The State of Oklahoma subsidized people that were high risk and ran the group
April 29, 2026
Politics
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to the office at about 8:20. I have a cup of coffee and confirm insurance and copays for at least the morning while I drink my coffee. I see anywhere from 2-6 patients in the morning. If it is all recalls with no x-treats I may see 6. If it is other procedures I see 4 or so. Lunch from noon to 1. . Often I
March 19, 2026
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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, instrument rental, medical insurance and and and and and) , plus it's probably important that the student has a place to live, transportation, and each student might want to eat once in a while. So $102K goes to 175K??!! The United States needs another dental school like Florida needs more pythons
July 17, 2025
School Specific Discussions
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be multiple options for Humana to attach to in absence of a direct contract. Most of these shared network agreements are ones that you can opt out of but you would have to pursue opt outs as needed directly with the insurance companies. Because this is a new agreement that hasn't started yet
January 21, 2026
PPOs and HMOs
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. Is what it is. So are we in a dental recession? To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, a dental recession is when your colleague's office is down 5-10%, a dental depression is when your own office is down 5-10%! Only gonna get worse next year when everyone's health insurance premiums double We will likely
December 12, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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can at least have some fun with my robinhood acct FFS you don't take insurance. OON you take insurance but not in-network fee. I am OON with exception of Delta Premier. I charge my fee and patients will pay the difference but we file insurance of patients. FFS-patients file themselves. For all
April 16, 2026
Personal Finance
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receptionist. Hang in there people, the technology will probably be ready in 5 years. Wow this is a very timely post. My front office person just asked me to do some research on an AI company that can get insurance breakdowns. While I understand where you are coming from with the nuances of talking
April 07, 2026
Front Office Discussion
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. Anyways, I figure it's a public service announcement. This is pretty annoying IMHO, but I think all the other insurances might start doing it next year. Thanks for sharing this. Is there not a way to verify via email? Just wondering because I thought that is an option with 2FA but not sure at all. You
September 22, 2025
Delta Dental
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it into a prominent online marketplace where consumers compare loans, insurance, and credit products. In the company's announcement, the board called him a visionary whose drive transformed financial services. Their site features 'dental loans' as a use case under personal loans, letting consumers
October 15, 2025
Obituaries
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the time. Pt doesnt want to pay for crown. If theyre to the point of needing a plastic and metal prosthetic to replace teeth and only want what the insurance pays for, theyll have a tooth pulled before they pay for a crown, in my experience. Is this arrangement allowed in the USA? Ive never heard
June 08, 2025
Billing
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are eligible. Insurance companies often go in cycles where they may not be negotiating for a period of time, then the network shrinks enough they shift to negotiations again so keep at it even if you were denied previously. If you are taking Delta PPO in addition to Premier, have you confirmed if you have
July 29, 2025
PPOs and HMOs
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% in taxes like they always have (now even lower since the BBB tax bill passed)....gas is maybe $100 more a month for the last 2 months, thankfully it's still lower than it was in 2022, and health insurance...well, yeah, Obamacare screwed us all so I feel their pain. Edit: Why the hell does DT have different
May 13, 2026
Personal Finance
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expansion? Why can't Democrats resist the siren call of culture denialism, even after the humiliating defeat by their greatest enemy in 2024? There are several reasons. Start with the of Trump and his administration over the last year. His current approval rating is low and even lower on the economy
January 23, 2026
Politics
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post-enforcement). Not Uniform : Northern Europe (e.g., Sweden, Finland) favors fines/education over jail; Southern/Eastern states are stricter on extremism. US Contrast : Americans can post similar content without fear (e.g., no Holocaust denial bans), but face civil suits or platform bans. Direct
December 07, 2025
Politics
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and tanks at the border of ukraine. The US was warning ukraine that an attack was imminent. The Ukrainians were in denial. I take it the B-52 bombing on Iran took you by surprise as well...don't mistake this president for other soft presidents in the past, particularly the one who was trying to make a nice
February 18, 2026
Associates Corner
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, could total decades. Both players have entered formal denials through counsel, and MLB has pledged full cooperation with law enforcement. The case casts a spotlight on the risks of proposition-bet markets tied to granular events in games (like pitch type or velocity) and questions around integrity
February 23, 2026
Dental Assistants
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in general about dentistry and healthcare as long as insurance companies are involved there's always gonna be devaluation of our work and a downward spiral in our reimbursements. People who lease luxury cars, talk about their country clubs and brag about their money... are often the people
October 08, 2025
Personal Finance
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to reschedule them fairly last minute, etc. Most important thing is that they are humble and respect what you're doing for them... Most all do... If not then they get referred for everything...Lol At most of the practices that I managed, the policy was that we would accept their insurance as payment
July 28, 2025
Billing
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some who are really interested in that topic, but that wouldn't even be in the top 10 of concerns of member and non-member dentists. What is number 1? Insurance. And speaking of insurance....each state could follow the lead of Massachusetts on the Dental loss ratio front. But instead, NCOIL gets
October 29, 2025
American Dental Association
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, they just didn't see the value or they didn't want to pay for them. No insurance for implants around here. Every GP has a lot of patients that need implants but never get them. And unless you're Jerome Smith in Louisiana, other GPs will NOT refer to you. They refer to OS or periodontists. I see far too many
February 17, 2026
Implantology
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. Those are four different problems that just happen to use the same technology. That should feel very familiar to dentists. When bonding came out, it was not one issue. It was materials, technique, isolation, insurance coding, and long term failure rates all at once. When implants became mainstream
March 19, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
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. Then the orthodontist in the corner quietly says he still has models from 1998 and does not plan to get rid of them. The confusion exists because there is no single universal rule. Record retention is controlled by state law, board rules, insurance contracts, malpractice risk, and the type of record
March 22, 2026
Digital Impressions
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, then you are already in a position where you have to do more revenue to make a good profit. I would also pseudo consider your fees as a fixed cost. If the office you buy is in network/contracted with insurance companies at low rates, then you are already at a disadvantage. Can you change that (drop
March 27, 2026
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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One of my front desk has been with us for three years I haven't been impressed with lately. She doesn't look put together in the mornings. She looks messy. Sometimes wear sweatpants instead of scrubs. Doesn't smile much to the patient or to other staff. Makes errors with insurance verification. Etc
May 01, 2026
Staff Management Issues
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long time. Not worth the risk. Not by a long shot. Disgruntled employee, crazy patient, who knows who? Everything in ca is risky. I would really recommend following through with permits especially if you need change of use. And insurance would deny your claim if you ever needed to make a claim
May 02, 2026
Dental Office Design/ Construction
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good/bad experience with them? Also, what are the pros and cons to add sleep appliance therapy in office? SGS says its medical billing (all handled by them), so patients don't have to pay much unless they have a very bad medical insurance. Thanks. What is a small company? SGS? And the reason more
September 09, 2025
Sleep Apnea / Snoring
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Hi I participate with delta, blue cross, cigna. If I take new patients can NOT take patients with certain insurance? Like certain medicare plans? Delta and BCBS are dropping Medicare Adv dental plans in 2026, so that saves you a step. You could call all those 3 and ask them that you don't want
October 14, 2025
Dental Insurance for Dentists
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Day in, day out, I'm constantly chatting with Dentists on growth, operations, and insurance. This 2-day workshop is designed to provide 15 hours of workshops with people who have been there and built amazing systems for growth. Attendance is limited to 100 attendees because in addition
August 06, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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there. Is anyone else seeing changes and how are you managing them? Does anyone call Delta to get benefits? Thanks! Are you in network? Does anyone have input on this? Thanks! We are in network. Most other insurance companies also make it tough to get benefits. One of the small good things about
December 11, 2025
Delta Dental
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mine still doesnt have my taxes done from 2024 while also wanting to charge me 50$ per credit card, bringing my monthly to 1150$ so. Im wondering if theres a better option. I cant keep having expenses go up while insurances do not. What do you mean $50 per credit card? Why not talk to Tim Lott
October 02, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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