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October 30, 2015
Staff Management Issues
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guys to home builders and even the fed. The fed is denying it constantly because everyone is talking about. Their adamant denial shows that it keeps coming up. Yeah I guess I mean that it is not a daily news story. The government does not seem to be admitting it, just keeps printing trillions. Yep
May 21, 2021
Dental Supplies
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with an office that ask you to work 12 hour days Very very true. Be careful with this type of scenario. What if the insurance company denies claim. Is the insurance coordinator going to stay on top of these denials and send the claim again? Very slippery slope collections is... How do you work 12 hour shifts
July 18, 2022
Associates Corner
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I have a patient who I have been seeingfor two years. I've done crowns, fillings,deep cleaning an alot ofotherwork. MetLife tells me they wantall the money that they gave me back because this patient was enrollingin his insurance and then canceling He has been doing this for a while tothem. I did
January 20, 2017
Claims Processing
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insurance limitations or financial limitations to ensure that excellent care is still affordable. With out in-office plan there are no claims to file, no waiting periods, and no denial of services. Upon notifying Delta Dental that I was resigning from their network, I understand that they have sent
October 06, 2022
Going Out of Network
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and a career. Certainly there is no denial that this may not work in all markets and that is 100% true esp if you find the outlying examples. But on average, advertising works. Otherwise no one in any industry would advertise. But I'm gonna be on aggregate that if more docs considered this, docs would make
January 06, 2016
Ideas To Make Your Practice Grow
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substances ,I doubt the dental board will care or ever find out about it. You mean the same Boards that fell over with their legs in the air when Insurance companies and DSO's took over dentistry? I'm really scared. Majority of society does I would say-its called alcohol. I don't care what people
December 02, 2019
Stress Management
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We are in California. The CDC says we need to do extra procedures to protect patients and staff from the spread of Covid-19. The ADA says we ought to use code D1999 to submit for insurance reimbursement for this service. We should describe it as an infection control fee. The ADA says the insurance
November 05, 2020
All Things Coronavirus (Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2)
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another unrelated patients claim on another plan and reduced his insurance payment for the amount they say they want. Now I am stuck. I am not going to get money from the original pt. I am going to have to bill pt 2 the balance that their insurance has failed to pay on their claim. This pisses me off
April 27, 2026
Claims Processing
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ridiculous the BS..and it's gotten much, much worse since the recession. Canadians just don't understand freedom of insurance to be protected I guess Linda..I think it's in the constitution. . Mouth guard patients suck up so much of our chair time. Is your fee including any follow up visits at all
July 13, 2015
Staff Management Issues
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about getting vaccinated aren't anti-vaxxers and its not fair to call them that; their hesitancy is rooted in: fear about vaccine side-effects, very often misinformation, sometimes denial or misunderstanding about the vulnerability for themselves or loved ones to this disease or lack of a trusted
May 04, 2021
April 2021
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handles patient payments across the U.S. healthcare system. The tech giant boasts on its website that it handles 15 billion healthcare transactions annually and that one-in-three U.S. patient records are touched by our clinical connectivity solutions. In 2022, health insurance giant UnitedHealth
February 27, 2024
Claims Processing
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Just because some people don't understand the difference between our small, family-run business and a giant, politically-connected corrupt hospital system doesn't mean that I need to dilute my stances on the issues. Hospitals, insurance companies, and the government are not acting in good faith
November 03, 2020
Medical / Health Insurance
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helps a ton. Collections is just work that you already did, basically free money. This often comes into play with insurance and either needing to improve documentation to decrease denials, or to improve estimate skills to prevent surprise bills that are harder to collect. Treatment acceptance - we
November 30, 2023
Delta Dental
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their insurance. Just like all our other patients where I don't accept their really bad PPO, HMO stuff. I can still see them. If I have a Medicaid number, I can't unless I accept their fees, which don't work for just about anything we do for adults, especially lab involved treatment. These patients still
April 07, 2014
Pediatric Dentistry
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I am in network with many PPO. Recently I am getting claim denials,late payments etc a lot.I feel like PPO is my business partner who did not invest in my practice, did not go to school of 8 years or more and take fourty percent of my income and remotely controls my office. They make all
October 12, 2016
Ask a Dental Consultant
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. Read the 4-5 pages of contract to the extend they protect themselves and patients interest. I believe the consultant bonuses are based on lower utilisation and denials( I may be wrong) Jmho If working on volume is your goal why be a dentist? So you can work your ass off for insurance companies
April 06, 2023
PPOs and HMOs
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Today is the first time ever since I have had my practice going to be 10 years in May 2020 that I realized that I might be in complete denial. I love my work- my patients and my staff I actually can't imagine being anywhere else and doing something else but I think I have given my prime years
January 22, 2020
Future Planning General Discussions
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is stressful if it involves seeing patients. Maybe the least stressful job in dentistry is the guy that works for the insurance company that denies payment on work you have already done or treatment planned. Any job where you get paid partially or fully by the state. VA, public hospital, dental...I would
June 15, 2015
Stress Management
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to PM me if you have specific questions. Nice office! Congrats and good luck in the future....Your new office looks beautiful. And I'm delighted to hear that you had a good experience with the denial he group. I'm not surprised. Congratulations and best wishes
April 05, 2016
Practice Start-Up
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problems. People tend to minimize symptoms and go into denial. I see it as my job to make sure they get treatment. There are very few things in our profession that are a matter of life or death. This is one of them.
May 22, 2016
Oral Pathology
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guessing granting to dental offices is not as attractive as granting to small cafes, barber shops and coffee shops. Same here. No grant for me. I havent received a dime from EIDL grant, PPP either. No word on either of those. Also received a denial email that they had already given away all funds. Oh well, was worth a shot. Other than unemployment, are there any loans/grants that a W2 employee (associate) can apply for?
April 26, 2020
Coronavirus (Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2)
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of patients who have come to the end of their days. People grow a lot when faced with their own mortality, the anonymous nurse writes on . She says the emotional changes a dying person experiences are phenomenal, ranging from denial to remorse, fear to anger and eventually acceptance. When she
March 29, 2016
In the News
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always make an effort to giveour patients a chance.I had exactly same patient one day. The mom would say her son is nice but can be weird at times. Not sure why people do that, probably being in denial that their children need a permanent mental help. This nice child was a 250# boy, who after being
April 24, 2017
Dental Phobia
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it for them. We've run into this as well. Sad situation. One particular case we had the family was in denial and said nothing was wrong. I contacted the patients internist directly and they got them in for a follow up and helped them get help. We had an old guy a few years back, he kept mailing us checks
September 06, 2021
Legal Issues
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that if the patient has Medicaid, that choice is taken away from them. Medicaid wont even allow that you charge the patients unless you receive a denial for the treatment. Metal rpd are much more comfortable and long lasting than flexbase anyway. Do not make a flexible and bill the patient
February 04, 2019
Legal Issues
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.... You can only care as much as they do. She is obviously in denial and is fishing for a provider to continue to enable her. KUDOS TO YOU for doing the right thing.markI'll bet they could fix that in Molar...I had a guy come in once with a crown/post in his hand. New patient. It was a central
August 11, 2017
Just Plain Bitching and Moaning
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name in here) at your office address. The vendor shipping it wants to sell it, they just need denial plausibility. I ran into the same problem a few years ago $1500 cheaper if I was a tattoo artist. Sounds like a class action law suit might be in order. Ran into the same thing with our Midmark M11
July 10, 2017
Equipment
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my instincts, trust my reads on people and their bullshxt, That's probably why I'm pretty good at poker, so overall I'm way ahead. I interviewed at a scientology office once. I sat in on a morning huddle. The staff recited these list of emotions they had memorized.Fear, anger, denial, sadness, shame
December 15, 2023
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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Hello everyone, I saw a patient last week who has bruxism , severe wear facets , existing deep restorations , ended up doing an occlusal composite on #30 and 18 wear facets , discussed crowns and night guard . Pt in denial saying nobody talked about crowns and occ guard before and he had been
April 29, 2024
Ethical Issues
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Ameritas denied crown for RCT premolar - what should I do? If it is a prior auth, inform the patient and thay must pay for it. If if is after the fact, inform the patient and good luck collecting the money. Just curious. What was the reason they gave? Inform the patient of the denial
June 06, 2024
Claims Processing
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all these months, that the pandemic even exists. But it turns out this denial behavior is not only normal, it was totally foreseeable, according to Steven Taylor, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C. Taylor would know because he predicted it. He wrote a remarkable
September 19, 2021
All Things Coronavirus (Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2)
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to the underwriter, she was declined due to not enough credit trade lines. A credit trade line is mortgage jargon for an account that is open and reporting to credit for a specified minimum amount of time. She learned there are underwriting guidelines that impact your approval or denial for a home loan
April 09, 2019
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to that prior state from which the vast majority have never stirred? Richard Dawkins Those unborn ghosts will never have the opportunity to get a denial for a BU from Metlife. We are the true fortunate ones. On March 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell makes the first phone call ever. Moments later he
November 06, 2022
October 2022
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it for a temporary bandaid. I know one of my dental friends just lets his wife remote login from home and just do it all remotely. After all no one will watch your money better than your spouse/yourself. They will fight for every claim, every denial, and check to make sure everything is covered prior
June 18, 2024
Staff Management Issues
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. Logically, this would mean going back to 1110 for some people. But the reality of insurance means staying with 4910 forever. This allows you to reverse from 6-month recalls back to 3-month recalls when needed, with less likelihood of denial of benefits. Not my world, I just live here. MIf a patient had
January 25, 2019
Periodontics
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8 hours, but you are connected to your data on Windows or Linux. You may not have experienced a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) that brings you to a crawl or completely interrupts your ability to see patients, but there are thousands of hackers that are affecting the cloud. Private security
February 23, 2019
Selecting / Installing Software
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arbitrary denials for your patients even when all required documentation is submitted properly and in a timely manner. Furthermore, we have no information on the timeframe required for authorization, as it could possibly take weeks to months for a single patient. The results of this proposal will affect
August 08, 2016
Pediatric Dentistry
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was surprised by what he said, but Drew is a pretty reasonable guy and not extreme in any way. He actually loves NYC and DC but is upset that it seems the US is letting out cities go to hell compared to other countries and their cities. So it seems you are quite the person in denial of reality. Ok. Mexico
November 02, 2020
Politics - DO NOT Enter if easily offended
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of the Village People was a Baptist minister in Elmsford. He was very proud of his son and let everyone know. The mom and dad were patients of mine.... amazing DTers are still, after 25 years of proof Al Gore was right all along, still in denial. Weather is not climate. this is what
July 04, 2023
Politics - DO NOT Enter if easily offended
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....... you aint even an eccentric lib...........dagone When I read RFKs Fauci book I was expecting lots of pushback and denial. If it happened I missed it. Very damning for the old doc. Maybe he assumed most people would consider the source and discount it. Id shoot down that shit like
May 10, 2024
Politics - DO NOT Enter if easily offended
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with denied payments and she had been blaming it on insurance ( Delta shifted to Farmington ,hence the denials per her ). I posted checks, credit card payments. Definitely helps to get over the hunch and understand what is going on in the practice. Hopefully we can make this practice grow. You will...just going to have to dig in for a bit as you learn the front and search for a new FD person.
January 03, 2020
Staff Management Issues
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).Concerned Dentists of Washington Statealso proposes review for denied claims to be overseen by the Washington State Insurance Commissioner, similar to medical claims denial process. Reformers also propose, DD of WA disclose the percentage of claims denied, which weren't reviewed by a licensed dentist
November 15, 2017
Delta Dental
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Does TDIC actually protect you and your practice better than other property and professional liablility insurance companies?<br/> <br/>If you ask Randall Ruminson, DDS (LLUSD 2003) and James Chaffin, DDS (LLUSD 2004) they would say absolutely not and there are others who would agree
December 12, 2017
Legal Issues
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a lot more difficult, forcing offices to keep bad employees for longer which also affects profits.Yet, insurances mostly pay the same. Im guessing most owners have experienced a squeeze in profits over the years?It seems like its essential for insurances to begin paying out more to keep up
July 21, 2024
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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and to what extent - apparently not as much if affiliated with a hospital. I'll believe the promise of payments when I see them slowly trickle in - along with a spike in denials, requests for xrays, etc. What a disaster. If I'm not mistaken I think Delta is waiting 3-4 months to file claims. Doesn't
January 15, 2018
Delta Dental
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You don't get it. Pretty much everyone is one dx away from BEING Phil's brother, regardless of their ..ahem..insurance ..oh..and btw...you guys..when they find out you are a dentist with private pay insurance..are fucked. You will be the cash cow at the hospital. You will get milked..and most
November 22, 2020
Politics - DO NOT Enter if easily offended
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I have a 47yo female who clinches and grinds but she is on denial about doing it during the day. (on a side note I'm convinced we do it while we are focusing on something good or bad and we are NOT talking or singing or chewing) She finally got a night guard from the store which she
February 12, 2015
Cosmetic Dentistry
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by a rep that#30 was approved and she would push it through. Of course, no payment was made. Today I called and was told they requested a pre-op radiograph for #30. We received no request nor was a denial in the patient's portal. I asked them to provide the request they sent,none of the 3 could find
October 21, 2016
PPOs and HMOs
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of patients who have come to the end of their days. People grow a lot when faced with their own mortality, the anonymous nurse writes on EmpowerNetwork.com. She says the emotional changes a dying person experiences are phenomenal, ranging from denial to remorse, fear to anger and eventually
August 03, 2014
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