Dental Insurance reimbursement including the filing and payment of dental claims, including appeals and narratives
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Are you seeing an increase in denials or downgrades for periodontal services in your dental practice? While the criteria for staging and grading periodontal cases has not changed, many dental insurance companies have added to their list of requirements or criteria that must be met before they will pay a claim. Practice Booster’s Dr. Greg Grobmyer discusses recent changes to dental insurance companies’ claims requirements for scaling and root planing (SRP) and other periodontal procedures.
Listen to Practice Booster’s Dr. Greg Grobmyer as he outlines the proper way to use CDT coding for reporting the use of lasers in dentistry. From using diode laser for cutting tissue, to laser bacterial reduction (LBR) and laser assisted periodontal therapy (LAPT), to the LANAP and LAPIP procedures (as instructed by the American Academy of Periodontology) Dr. Grobmyer provides […]
Join Practice Booster’s Dr. Greg Grobmyer as he discusses two CDT codes that every practice should be using to maximize insurance reimbursements; D0180 comprehensive periodontal evaluation and D4346 scaling in presence of moderate or severe gingival inflammation. Learn when to use the codes, how to properly document in the clinical record, what attachments to submit […]
One of the most popular features of a Practice Booster Online subscription is dental coding and administration support with Practice Booster Advisors. Here is a recent question, from a valued Practice Booster subscriber, that we wanted to share as our dental coding tip of the month. Dental coding question: I recently received an EOB from […]