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now and each year, they come to their senses. It's certainly scheduled to drop back to $25k, and I would suggest people make their end-of-year purchases based on that...but it's definitely not set in stone. Hope this helps. I give it away if the insurance comes back with a denial due to frequency
January 23, 2014
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If we take Bitewings and Pano on same day, insurance downgrades to Full Mouth Series fee. It was suggested to take them on different days so for a new patient get Bitewings and the next visit do the Pano. Is this ok? Would that raise any red flags with insurance? What do you do in your office? 1st appt you bill out 4 bwx and 2 pa. Next visit you bill out pano
July 17, 2021
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because insurance will only cover them every 2 years. We have a GM plant nearby, that has recently changed coverage from once a year to once every two years. There is this attitude of if insurance doesn't cover x-rays, then I don't need them or want them. My hygienists and staff are trying to educate
January 28, 2015
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because if I bend my rim on my brand new car and try and get the defect covered under warranty the dealer would laugh at me. Unfortunately, in instances like the images below the Dr. often never sees the sensor prior to sending it. Then when the pictures are received the staff is in denial
December 02, 2018
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A few pano that can produce FMX thorough software have been on the market, such as Panoura 18s, Suni.. Besides the sharpness of images, edited or cropped FMX can be accepted by insurance as an actual FMX? Especially for Dentical(cal version of medicaid), I have to submit FMX to get an approval
August 09, 2018
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for 4-5 years, and they squeeze everything they can from you ASAP. Then, when the warranty is really needed, they dump you. My question is if anybody is aware of third party insurance carriers that can be used successfully to continue buying coverage. Similar to covering your household equipment
November 21, 2021
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Anyone have experience replacing a sensor with non-protection plan insurance? I have a dexis sensor and would like not to pay the monthly protection plan if I can get coverage with my business personal property. I am wondering if anyone has gone this route and how they made sure they were covered
March 16, 2015
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in the sensor capsule due to impact damage the manufacturer's warranty does not apply. That requires insurance. The support programs that provide overnight replacements are a form of insurance, it's not a warranty or guarantee. I like the example of leaving the dealer lot in a shiny new car and having
August 28, 2023
Digital Radiography
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I have a pt who took FMX in other office in less than 3 yrs ago. But I don't have any of his records and need to take another FMX. Does insurance cover FMX and pay or does the pt has to pay out of his pocket? Or can I submit it as 4 BW and 14 PA than calling it FMX? Kanna, the best way to know
June 28, 2016
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! Depending on insurance and region, some insurances are just now starting to cover some of the cost. Really depends on the insurance and plan the patient has. I just would not anticipate any large amount. Also you should check with your malpractice insurance carrier regarding taking imaging
March 06, 2023
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with insurance it always gets coded as FMX right? Our standard is 4 BW and select PAs first visit, then Pan 6 months later, trying to maximze insurance payments. Obviously if the patient has alot going on we may take an FMX or go ahead and take the Pan on the first visit instead. We started doing
June 09, 2023
Digital Radiography
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be taking an extra-oral image and trying to bill for an intra-oral image. Not sure if this would be a problem, but the dental compliance team that I use did warn against that. Insurances are not that forgiving if procedures are billed out incorrectly. From a clinical standpoint, I don't think you will get
September 14, 2022
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years after the first pan but not required With cash patients I walk a tight rope with the x-rays. Not like billing insurance and doing them every 6 months or 3 years on a schedule. I have to get paid for them before I do them. So, I tell them they should get some new x-rays to look for potential
January 20, 2021
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took more radiographs on the FFS patients than they did on the NHS patients. That isnot to say that the NHS patients couldn'tuse a few more radiographs.I take unnecessary radiographs all the time just to get the crown covered?? Where is the data on...But isn't it true? Insurances demand post
January 31, 2018
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going on but their drivers must have a memory leak or something going on or both of my almost new machines have started to fail. Got an add-on charge from the financing company that is handling my loan for the XDR sensors. Apparently they are forcing me to buy insurance at an additional $32 per
August 19, 2020
Digital Radiography
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, fried several boards, etc.... It is now un-fixable. So we would normally expect them to install a new machine, since they are bonded (insured). But they claim that the insurance company won't pay for it. They want to pay us the used value of the machine, saying that it is all we would get if we
June 04, 2014
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Hello, I recently began using XDR imaging software. Does anyone know if XDR has the ability to assign primary teeth numbers to images? If not, will this feature be added in the future? I have a pedo office and most of my images need to be assigned primary teeth numbers for insurance purposes. Thank you!
October 17, 2023
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what they don't know. My sensors are all in plastic containers when they are not in someone's mouth. The dental office should check to see if their insurance will cover it.I also think the Burkhart rep is an ass. The owner who I am not naming told me about his personal conversations. That isn't
September 05, 2014
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If you can see what you need to see, do you just keep the cone cut xray, or do you retake because it's not a well taken radiograph? Or insurance might reject a cone cut radiograph?
February 01, 2020
Digital Radiography
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so in case 1 breaks down you have a spare. My experience has been to not get the insurance, since it is expensive (about 1/3 the price of a new sensor), and if you have a spare it becomes your insurance sensor. This will run around $13-15k, and consider XDR---many in DT have this and works great
September 08, 2018
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staff spending hours on the phone trying to track down x-rays from other unorganized offices.I have tried cojoling, prodding and pleading with new patients to let us take new x-rays. As soon as the patients find the x-rays will not be covered by insurance they almost always refuse to take new ones
August 07, 2014
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been a preventable death even though you had him sign a form he did not really understand) Far fetched, but isn't that why we all have about 12+ insurance policy covering every aspect of our lives. Every new patient gets a no charge teeth cbct at uld. pan and bwxs minimum. select Paxs or fmx
May 10, 2017
Digital Radiography
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that works in the mean time to mount all 18 images to send to insurance companies. Any ideas? Which software are you using? Pretty much all image programs allow you to modify the templates to your liking, I'm surprised that your does not. In any case, those files are pretty much all proprietary, I don't know of any program that would allow you to import some sort of generic template to their software. Hope this helps.
October 21, 2020
Digital Radiography
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service contracts and insurance on sensors are ridiculous. 3) Overall ease of use, I would rather not have too many connections, wires, equipment's etc. Thanks for taking time to read. I've been happy with Suni; they don't cost a fortune, good image quality. You use a bridge between your PMS
April 04, 2014
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radiographs and/or exams are not good patients. They usually just want to be in denial of any concerns while feeling good they got their teeth cleaned. I weeded these out the first year I was owner. FD and hygienist know my rule and help to enforce it. They will give the patients heads up
June 03, 2021
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trying to extend the life of your Apteryx solution with an additional sensor. Dentimax has an imaging software called Dentiview that is not Apteryx based. Whey would a company name their sensors dentimax when it sounds like a dental insurance company, everybody hates. I only know the one below, perhaps
April 25, 2022
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know the details of the case, but the remediation required suggests they were reported for Rx too many X-rays. Some insurance plans don't pay for BW more than once per year.
March 20, 2023
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ceph machine and read it for you? The pediatrician said she'd prefer if a radiologist read it. I took her to the imaging place and it was cheap. Even if insurance didn't cover it, it had to be under $300. I had some standard foot xrays when I was pregnant a few years ago and they were not thousands
December 11, 2022
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or layout.If you auto-export with a mount then it removes the filter and the image goes back to being washed out. It's taking us a long time to screen shot each image and attach the necessary information to the photos (we're a new pedo office that sees a pretty good amount of patient's with Medicaid insurance
January 10, 2019
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with my FMX schedule.Maybe I will fully eliminate FMX on patients who have minimal dentistry and only take BWs and anterior PAs?How do you guys handle it?FWIW I am fully FFS (insurance coverage is not my main motivator in asking this question)Thanks We do FMX every 5-7 years on adults, BWX at 18 mo unless
May 29, 2020
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of the purchasing process. Hope this helps. I have the Ei / Apexsensors from Masterlink. Can not tell the difference from my partners Schick 33s. Saved 1000's Tom Birney will set you up. Good support and works with pretty much everything. Insurance plan well worth it.Thanks for the kind words doctor.We use tuxedo now and have been very satisfied. Had a good bundle deal going last time we called.
March 11, 2019
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almost considered upgrading to Schick Elite, which were worthless. The fact that I pay Eaglesoft support anyway which includes the sensor insurance is a bonus. Patterson should be willing to do an in office presentation for you. They loaned me a #2 Shick 33 for a week as well to try it.
July 29, 2014
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I am not sure I want to continue to offer the same arrangement that the patients had with the previous owner who I bought my dental practice from. The previous doctor collected the insurance but would not collect the rest of the bill for priest/pastoral types and one for a florist who brings
April 27, 2016
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the warranty and spend that much? As a point of comparison, XDR charges a one-time fee of $695 for 5 years of coverage. $3k/year seems excessive, and they probably have certain limitations when it comes to what exactly is covered. I'd speak with your office insurance company and see about adding the sensors
November 29, 2022
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picked up w/ PAX. Or complaints of jaw pain. Younger adult patients (generally under age 30) and teens at NP exam. Will combine with 4 BWX and 6 ant PAX in lieu of 18 FMX. Here are the 2012 joint ADA/FDA guidelines on x-rays: (opens pdf file) Though they are guidelines and not law, they still establish policy and thus are used by insurance companies and in legal proceedings.
April 06, 2014
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. Basically, I would be set for life. Sounds to good to be true. I am going to have a trial run with XDR this week. What are your thoughts/experiences with the systems and maintenance plans. I also have an electronics clause in my building insurance-- I am covered unto $50,000. Any experiences
December 20, 2014
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of necessary vs. arbitrary? The answer is quite simple. The other problem with articles like these is that insurance companies use them and questionable studies like the one about patient's memories of bitewings to reduce the frequency of allowable procedures. We have gone from full mouth Xrays evry 3
December 23, 2013
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, very unlikely any surge suppressor will work for that. It's what insurance is for. 10 YO Soredex. Not work, but I had a lightening strike hit a 50 year old palm tree () and my whole house surge protector saved a bunch of things. some random lights still broke and a switch, but everything else saved
June 11, 2025
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and even I have a digital pano, digital x-rays and computers in the four operatories I work out of.For those taking PPO's how do you handle insurance companies that will benefit either PAN or FMX every 4-5 years? Patient pays out of pocket for whichever the insurance doesnt cover. Thats we
September 28, 2014
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that is online? Nobody checks their emails, no insurance communications, you're completely offline? Hope this helps. No, but I'm sure the UK has their own privacy regulations. The bigger issues are that with the OP not being on the internet, and running Windows XP, it will be difficult for anyone
March 03, 2021
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see a problem, but a few questions . . . Would the patient be considered a patient of record of the pan doc? Would the patient have to fill out all the usual forms before taking the pan? Would the pan doc submit an insurance claim?
March 13, 2019
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expectancy. We also recommend speaking to your insurance agent to find out if you will be covered in the event of accidental damage like the patient biting the cord.
August 02, 2016
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decided to go with XDR for my imaging, will be calling them on Monday but don't know the sensors. What sensors are you going with?Is that quote for the full package? Keep in mind that you will need replacement insurance as well. Add tax and shipping. For software you can either go with XDR
September 21, 2015
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and keeping data. I also get that making the entire market buy a 3d is political and uncomfortable. We all get that it takes time to change, and change is hard and insurance does not want to pay! No insurance wants to pay anyone for anything! Get into a fender bender and we all feel the pain that the dental
December 01, 2022
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... Make sure you get a mortar and pestle with which to mix your mercury... lolThat's very dependent on what your practice is likeScratch start?.. No technology is worth an investment.. I wouldn't even buy a pan.. Get computers and 1 digital sensor.. Take FMXs..Most all insurances downgrade
December 16, 2014
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6KWe have two Dexis sensors, and each are the others insurance policy. What is the cost of a sensor these days? How many years of Dexis warranty equals the price of a new sensor?3 years no waranty and no problem 8,000 in my pocket. when things break I will have the cash to buy a new oneIsn't a new
July 24, 2019
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if insurance doesn't cover, we should just take FMX and charge pt if it's stadard of care, right? At least in Georgia, the presentation of a FMX (or Pan/BWX) will be the first question asked should you ever present before the Board of Dentistry or peer review. If those are not available, you lose (not me
February 06, 2017
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exactly like that. patient, equipment limitations. Not everyone has a cave to fit a sensor into. Pay the dentist directly, with a box of chocolates and tell him (or her) to have fun. I wish all dentists would take their own damn x-rays, and if the insurance doesn't pay, adjust it off. It helps the new
July 24, 2018
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times that we need to print, we use a Canon Selphy...For a colleague: eMail them For insurance: Print to any black and white printer. For the patient: Any color printer What makes the difference is the paper. I keep this paper in my printer full time. Great for everything AND xrays/photos look
December 20, 2014
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far easier for me to train your staff to take a proper panoramic image, than it is to teach them intra-oral imaging. People like easy.................I am curious if you can bill insurance for BW and PAs if they were taken w/ a Pano machine? anyone has experience such radiograph being deny
April 05, 2014
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