Busy dentists know that dental billing is an essential component of the practice.
Yes, the dentist has to have good clinical acumen and bedside manner and deal with patients well. Patient care is vital. But behind the scenes, there’s also a big focus on revenue cycles and revenue collection. And that’s important.
We help dentist offices to win at collections and successful revenue cycles. How do we do this?
These three phrases will help you better understand the services that we provide.
Claim Approval on First Submission
One thing you want to look at with resolving dental billing accounts is how many claims are accepted immediately.
Claims approval on the first submission is the best-case scenario. Then you have the money in hand, and you don’t need to chase that account any longer, at least for those dates of service.
Overturned Denials
Sometimes the billing of the account hits a snag.
There are many reasons for a payer to deny a medical bill. Dental insurance can be particularly tricky in its way. Some of that concerns it being a smaller market than primary health insurance coverage. Other elements have to do with dental not being standard coverage for company employees.
In any case, we can work to turn these problems around and recover the money for a successful resolution.
Aged Accounts
For example, many billing systems will put old accounts into 60-day, 90-day, and 120-day buckets.
Each of these is treated differently or should be, as the billers worked to collect the balance.
This takes place in a complex environment where dental offices need these revenue collections to keep the doors open.
At the end of the day, it’s important to realize that none of this goes on in a vacuum. Dental offices are busy, and they often need help covering the entire waterfront regarding billing and revenue cycles.
This isn’t the only situation where a primary business needs a helping hand from a third-party provider. But it is often overlooked. Offices keep going ahead, trying to manage everything independently and struggling with the revenue cycle end.
If you get tired of that struggle, contact DDS Dental Billing for professional and competent support. We clear up billing issues so the dentist can focus on their number one job, patient care. Look at the rest of the blog for more details on what we do and how we do it.
We are proud of our results and how we communicate proactively with our clients to ensure everything is running smoothly. That’s what you want when you are running a busy dental office!
