Dental Billing Support Podcast

Coordination of Benefits (COB) is a term used by healthcare organizations which explains the determination of benefits for a patient with multiple insurance plans. There are many rules and regulations made by The American Dental Association (ADA) to accurately coordinate patient’s benefits. Following these rules will help avoid delays in payment and will ensure that insurance companies process claims correctly! How does a patient end up with multiple insurance plans? Many different ways, but there are a few common examples to remember. It is common to see a child with dual coverage because both parents have their own insurance coverage. Of course, the child would have to be enrolled in both parents’ plans. Using the same scenario, can we assume that both parents also have dual coverage? If both insurance plans cover families/spouses, then it is definitely safe to assume. A few other reasons a patient might have dual insurance: Being a part of a federal insurance plan (Ex. FEHB and FEP) Being qualified for Me

Is Your Insurance Aging Report Inflated? It happens often that doctors and OMs believe their aging report is an accurate estimate of receivables owed to the practice. Because the report says a certain amount is outstanding, the belief is that this is exactly what they should be able to put in their pockets. Unfortunately this is not true. Understanding why is crucial to predicting your actual insurance payments based on the numbers in your insurance aging report. Focusing on your over 30 day insurance aging report is the best way to monitor if your practice is a tight, well-oiled machine.. (Take a look at our blog “What Your Insurance Aging Report is telling you!” for a detailed explanation.) So here’s an example I want to share with you. Your total insurance aging report shows $200,000 outstanding – every claim created and sent and outstanding. Wow, that’s a lot of money! The amount of this aging report over 30 days is $50,000. This means that your insurance aging report over 30 days makes up 25% of the rep

David Harris joins the podcast to talk about how prevalent Dental Office Embezzlement is occurring in dental practices all over the world. If the signs are there, you need to listen! David Harris is the CEO of Prosperident, Dentistry's Embezzlement Experts. David invesigates financial crimes committed against general dentist and dental specialists.

Jordon Comstock of Boomcloud joins the podcast in this episode to talk about the benefits of a dental membership software platform. Jordon talks about how dental offices can gain a strategic cash flow from membership plans and create marketing opportunities for new and your existing patient base. Jordon Comstock can be reached @ https://boomcloudapps.com/

Everybody wants to increase fees. Cornelia Outten takes a completely different approach than just negotiating contracts one by one. The Dental Advocacy Group is a member-based dental organization formed to enhance the quality of time and services from dentist to patient by pre-negotiating non-clinical business functions that would otherwise occupy time better utilized for clinical care.

Welcome to the 1st episode of the Dental Billing Support Podcast. The hosts, Davy Clay and Josh Smith, will discuss topics surrounding all things dental insurance and dental billing. In this episode, they discuss why they started Dental ClaimSupport, how they can help your dental practice, as well as talking to Reilly Winters, VP of Sales at Dental ClaimSupport, about his experiences in helping dentists across the United States. Facebook Group: Dental Billing Support Group