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in revenue. Currently use Eaglesoft. Do not use any text confirmation or online scheduling or paperwork and no online insurance verification. Paper charts. My front desk person now needs help with billing, ins, etc. I completely accept she needs help. I want to start using some online services to help her
August 13, 2024
Staff Management Issues
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supporting the ADA. The ADA is not a champion of private practice. It is a champion of moving the American Dental Industry in a direction that best suits it and the public in that order. That clearly doesnt involve private practice. Its an insurance and code book store. Nothing more, nothing less
March 06, 2023
Ethical Issues
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past inaccuracies. So, I am always skeptical about anything he claims. In the past when Woodward has made untrue claims, people in the know quickly denied the claims. As you well know, implication is very weak evidence. Milley could easily destroy an implication with a denial. His behavior does
September 17, 2021
Politics - DO NOT Enter if easily offended
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in the community. Systemic barriers and discriminatory practices persist: The search results, however, heavily emphasize that Black applicants face significant, systemic hurdles in obtaining mortgages and face higher rates of denial compared to white applicants. In this context, the term "anchor" could
November 23, 2025
Politics
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oil and gas You've been given free access to this story from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire. The Iran war is roiling commodities far beyond oil This is a classic case of public denial from Tehran versus leaked/claimed progress
March 24, 2026
Politics
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I will be filling in periodically at the front desk and I'm trying to get a handle on insurance write-offs. Can someone please walk me through this process? Our fee for a filling is $150 The Premier Group fee schedule allows for $127 The patient has a $50 deductible and insurance covers 80% after
May 30, 2017
Claims Processing
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When is the right time to make the appropriate write-offs when a secondary insurance plan is involved? Wait until All insurance is finalized then calculate your write-off's. Better yet, calculate pt co-pay on primary and direct secondary to pay the ptDo not adjust until secondary has made
September 05, 2018
Claims Processing
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Anyone familiar with this insurance and any recommendations? I am currently looking to purchase this per recommendation of our financial advisor? I just bought it. 10,000 a month coverage. If you own a practice and have a practice/building loan I think it's essential. If you get injured and can't
September 12, 2014
Malpractice Insurance
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For Ohio dentist getting their health insurance through the ODA is there a reason to switch to their new program. They are really pushing it, but is there any benefit to switching? Any thought's out there?
February 23, 2015
Medical / Health Insurance
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Hello, I am a general dentist in San Francisco and have a close relative who needs a RCT on #31 but doesn't have insurance. What is the best self funded plan that you can recommend so he may get this done? Thank you for your assistance. there is none. try Care credit and have them finance
August 02, 2018
Endodontics -- The ENDO Files
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I am re-evaluateing my insurance coverage . As s general question, do we need the standard 1,000,000-3,000,000 coverage?
September 14, 2017
General Cad-Cam Topics
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Hello everyone, I have an insurance question for you. I am in network with most PPO and if a patient needs extra prophy per year to help with gingivitis, how do I charge the patient if we are in network with the insurance. I charge them their insurance fee for the extra prophy. Wanted to know if I
September 27, 2019
Coding Q&A
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of these cases, the employer has canceled the policy retroactively even though you called and were told the patient is eligible. Can't think of another insurance model where they can pull BS like this. Imagine you trying to retroactively cancel your insurance because you didn't have a car accident or your
November 04, 2015
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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What are you doing for health insurance coveragefor yourselves (dentists). Trying to find a way to get coverage for myself and my family. Most employees are on their spouses s coverage. Thanks My family uses Christian Healthcare Ministries. We are very happy with it. Annual premiums
January 02, 2018
General Health
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Patient has two insurances. I am in network with both companies. She's been seen for several procedures which have all been submitted to both insurances. She hasn't paid out of pocket for any procedure.Her account shows a credit due to overpayment from having two insurances. Should I leave the credit on the account or give the patient the money?
December 19, 2017
Claims Processing
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Finishing up my taxes today and after I made an investment yesterday it got me thinking about disability insurance. I met with a guy a few weeks ago. He has been trying to get me to purchase some disability insurance through NW Mutual for awhile. My only issue is that it's based on income
April 13, 2014
Pediatric Dentistry
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Does anyone know how to enter a third insurance to...
November 17, 2015
Claims Processing
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Is there any other company besides Unlockppo you recommend to negotiate fees and re structure insurances for an existing practice? Thank you I'm not affiliated with them but they'll teach you the right way to work with insurance companies, not just haggling over reimbursement rates that get you
February 26, 2020
PPOs and HMOs
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Who do you use for disability insurance? Do most of you use Treloar and Heisel? Does it make sense to use two difference disability insurance companies? Northwestern Mutual for disability, practice overhead and life...GuardianMass Mutuali use treloar. have 2 different disabilities one with mass
June 26, 2016
Pediatric Dentistry
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Hello! I had a question regarding malpractice insurance. I was wondering if anyone has used Mikel's insurance in the california and your experiences. I was also wondering if you could tell me if it is better to get claims only or occurrence? Thanks for your help! ...
November 21, 2016
Malpractice Insurance
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I will turn 50 years old this year. I currently have the Great West DI policy. It only insuresme until I retire or turn 70. Is it time to drop the COLA rider? I have the COLA rider on my Unum policy issued back in the 1980s .Unfortunately I had to sell my practice two years ago due to multiple...
June 11, 2018
Disability Insurance
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Can anyone shed some light on indemnity insurance? Office I am interested in accepts it. Thanks. In the most basic terms, all that probably means is they accept assignment of benefits and are an out of network provider. Just a fancy way to say traditional insurance. Even though, strictly speaking
January 10, 2020
PPOs and HMOs
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Has anyone recently requested insurance Fee schedules in spreadsheet format ready to be loaded into dentrix? I want to be able to give patients accurate estimates and we are just guessing based on their coverage Table.I am in Michigan, but we have insurances from all over the country. Are you
June 24, 2019
Claims Processing
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a letter from the insurance company that they will not pay for denture as we made a partial and he has a five year waiting period to pay for dentures because we did a partial. So the question I have is: What can I do to help? Is there anything I can write in a letter to convince them to pay? I
October 26, 2017
PPOs and HMOs
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Is it possible to verify insurance eligibility in real time with Open... Bruce Stephenson has a nice video on the subject over on his consulting website that says it way better than I could. Have a look. scroll down to the 7th video. Enjoy!Thank you very much. I will check it out.Yes
July 07, 2015
Open Dental
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I currently have Malpractice insurance through CDSPI, and am paying $1630 (2 years out of school, and paid this same rate last year). I assumed this was a standard rate for new grads, but speaking with colleagues it turns out some of them pay significantly less. My question is, why could
June 28, 2016
Canada
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Taking a poll... Of those who take PPO insurance. When a new patient calls on the phone, do you take their insurance info and confirm before they come in? If so, any good tips on doing it? We currently do not do that, and several times a month, their insurance doesn't pan out and im left
March 27, 2014
Claims Processing
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The monthly premium for disability insurance, can this be categorized as a business... it can, but then you will have to pay income taxes on the benefit in the event you become...Yes, but you don't want to do this as you would then have to pay taxes on the... Thanks, now I know why it is not doneI
February 03, 2018
Accounting / Bookkeeping
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Hi everyone. I was wondering how everyone else is working with this because as insurance allows for such a low fee and the Invisalign lab bill alone is almost $2k. It's almost not even profitable with this. Thoughts? And don't say Clear Correct....that is not an option for me anymore. :) Thanks
October 15, 2019
Front Office Discussion
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So if I went to see a therapist, they'd probably tell me to talk about my problems and eventually, that would help me feel better. Let's try it and see if it works for dental insurance issues............ We have a long-time patient, who has never really needed that much work. Hygiene, radiographs
July 29, 2019
Claims Processing
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Anyone have any experience with Molina or Harmony as a group administrator for Medicaid in their state? Almost all my patients are getting switched to these plans. My main concern is how long it will take to get reimbursed, and processing of claims (ie sedation). What is the parent company for...
April 11, 2018
Pediatric Dentistry
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off we do. But patient is ending up with a credit and the write offs are outrageous, especially Delta. For an implant custom abutment/ crown, it just barely covers my lab costs. Am I doing this correctly? I feel buried with these write offs! I need to get my insurance coordinator on this one.Look
June 27, 2017
Claims Processing
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What is the bullet proof narrative for orthodontic treatmentfor insurance purposes? Patientgots crooked teeth....and they is butt ugly. JohnHahaBump Patient is depressed and suicidal due to their obsessive compulsive desire to have straight teeth. Failure to provide Ortho will result
January 20, 2017
Orthodontics
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Hi all, I have not posted on here before but have used much of the information from the gathered minds collected here. I have an established dental practice that is insurance driven. We have so many patients that is it hard to service the ones I currently have. I am looking to drop an insurance
October 02, 2017
Patient Communication / Education
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I am in the process of bringing on two associates and am looking for someone to handle credentialing them into my current contracts. I have already had unlock the ppo negotiate my contracts, I just want some one to handle the paperwork of getting my 2 new associates contracted under my TIN. I...
January 22, 2018
PPOs and HMOs
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, via an internal report. In Open Dental this is called Procedures Not Billed Report. In Dentrix it's called Procedures Not Attached to Insurance Claims Report. I have looked all over, but have not been able to locate such a report for Eagle Soft. This seems like something that should be standard
January 29, 2019
Claims Processing
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Hey everyone! We had a new patient recently presented for a comprehensive exam and cleaning on Aug. 15. My FD checked his insurance the morning of, and everything was good to go. She processed his claim, and it came back denied stating he was not covered on the date of service. When she called, she
September 10, 2017
Claims Processing
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Hello all, Does anybody have any experience with Envolve dental insurance being an out of network provider. To my knowledge I am not in network with them unless they are part of another larger insurance company (similar to how United Concordia is with BC/BS). I am in network with Delta, BC/BS
September 28, 2021
Claims Processing
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Hi, I just did a restoration on a patient: 31B crown margin repair. The crown was 18 months old. the geriatric patient came in overdue with six other cavities. nice guy though. Wife calls to complain that their copay was 188.25 - she called delta and they told her i did not code 31B properly? ...
January 26, 2021
Delta Dental
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I'm transitioning from my current employer, who provides malpractice insurance, to another role.My former employer will pay for the tail for my prior policy.However, I've decided going forward I do not want any employer controlling my malpractice insurance.As I pursue new opportunities, am I able
August 21, 2019
Malpractice Insurance
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i have reason to believe that a colleague is committing insurance fraud so i have a couple of questions… if a patient pays for a copay for a procedure (or two) based on estimated % calculation (FFS office that e-files as a courtesy) and the insurance over pays what was calculated thus
March 19, 2015
Dental Insurance for Dentists
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Didnt know how to post a poll but how many of you dont carry malpractice insurance? Levels of insurance? Umbrella policy? Are you at substantial risk still if you are a LLC which is supposed to limit liability? Seems to me that all the extra insurance policies I am sold are a lot of fluff
March 24, 2021
Legal Issues
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I'm trying to originate a new long term disability policy. I've had some minor issues (off and on and mild) with the muscles in my spine and right neck and arm. My visits to the doctor and PT were mainly preventative in nature and I haven't seen them for years regarding the matter. The ins. company...
December 21, 2016
Dental Insurance for Dentists
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Is there a quick report in dentrix that tells me how many patients are on a particular dental insurance (all groups, not just one group) such as United... Spend $300 on this software that works with Dentrix, created by a Dentrix trainer. Best thing ever!! http://www.greatminds.com/products
August 27, 2014
Pediatric Dentistry
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disabled, I won't HAVE to find a different career to support my modest lifestyle. Other than high dollar scotch, I don't spend too much money :)A big key for me is office overhead insurance. In case of a temporary disability, It's a must for me to retain the staff that I currently have in...The hard part
January 15, 2015
Pediatric Dentistry
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Binge watching Breaking Bad. Season 3 episode 9 about Hank's insurance being unacceptable. The show did a GREAT job illustrating the reality of plans. I hope TV and the movies make this subject a more common topic to undo the misconceptions. Mac
August 16, 2015
Medical / Health Insurance
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Hey I recently purchased a fee for service office and previously have been at in network offices.. so I've never encountered this before.. I have a patient with double coverage. The primary insurance paid all but $9 for a claim, the secondary then paid what they would have paid w/o coordination
January 30, 2014
Claims Processing
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Hello, I have a question about the malpractice insurance. I currently have my malpractice insurance policy in Oregon. However, now I have moved to WA and only work 1 day a week. I contacted pacific underwriter and let them know that I am now just working 1 day a week in WA, and no longer
January 10, 2019
Dental Liability Insurance
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I had to let my insurance lady go today due to poor attendance. I'm trying to post insurance checks until I hire a new person - I have ads posted. Anyways, what do I do when a patient has dual insurance? I see the former employee has payments with checks paperclipped to an ADA form? Do I need
September 17, 2020
Claims Processing
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There was some talk on these boards a few weeks ago about health insurance and joining this service that allows purchase within a large subset of people for very quality rates. I cannot find the post, but it was some monthly service you signed up for and as an added benefit you became eligible to purchase insurance with the group....
October 22, 2018
Pediatric Dentistry
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