Maximize Insurance Coverage with Sleep Apnea Medical Billing for Dentist
January 16, 2017
More than 25 million adults in the U.S. are currently diagnosed with sleep apnea. As a dentist, this provides you with an exceptional opportunity to offer them the treatment they need. However, by offering oral appliances for sleep apnea, you face certain challenges. Sleep apnea medical billing for dentist is a challenge– not just for you, but for the patient as well. You can help your patients maximize the value of their insurance with simple tips and tricks.
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Medical Insurance Billing for Sleep Apnea Simplified
January 6, 2017
Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder that affects more than 25 million adult Americans. As a result, many dental offices are turning to oral appliance therapy to help those with the condition. However, this presents a certain challenge for dentists. Oral appliances are not claimable under a patient’s dental insurance. Instead, their medical insurance plan must be billed. You must use dental-medical cross coding, which makes the process more complex, leaving more room for error. With medical insurance billing for sleep apnea creating a certain challenge, we can help you simplify the process.
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Opening a Sleep Practice? Top Questions about Medical Billing for Dentist
December 15, 2016
It is estimated, 20-25 million Americans suffer from a sleep disorder known as sleep apnea. While 200,000 new cases are diagnosed each year, it is believed 80% of those with the condition remain undiagnosed. As a dentist, you have the opportunity to help these patients receive vital treatment by opening a sleep practice. However, there are certain complications that can pose a challenge, such as the medical billing for dentist. Prior to offering treatment for sleep apnea, there are several questions you should consider.
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Brady Billing Offers Medical Billing Training for Dental Offices
December 6, 2016
As a dentist, there are times when you will need to bill a patient’s medical insurance instead of their dental insurance. When offering treatments like oral appliances for sleep apnea, certain trauma procedures, medically necessary laser treatments or TMD procedures, dental policies do not cover these treatments. You will need to bill the insurance carrier. However, the cross-insurance billing creates many challenges that can lead to rejected insurance claims that delay reimbursement. Brady Billing offers medical billing training for dental offices to help you navigate the process.
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Benefits of 3rd Party Medical Billing Services for Dentists
November 21, 2016
With more than 18 million Americans suffering from sleep apnea, many dentists are now offering treatment for the sleep disorder. However, when it comes time to keep records to bill the insurance company, you now face a new challenge. Recent changes to medical coding has made the process to bill for oral appliances quite difficult. Medical insurance is billed for the services instead of the dental insurance. Due to the recent implementation of ICD-10 and other complicated aspects of medical coding, it is easy to make mistakes. It is often best to use medical billing services for dentists who offer treatment for sleep apnea. By outsourcing your medical billing and coding, you will save time and money while streamlining your office tasks.
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Sleep Seminars and Medical Billing for Dentists
November 11, 2016
At Brady Billing, we do more than just provide medical billing for dentist who treat obstructive sleep apnea. Treating sleep apnea is a rather complex process. In addition to diagnosis and treat, you also have to deal with the medical coding and billing aspect of it. Due to the recent changes to medical coding, it is easy to incorrectly bill a patient’s insurance. As a result, you may not be properly reimbursed. With an estimated 18 million Americans suffering from sleep apnea, we want to make your ability to treat these patients easier. We are lecturing at sleep seminars to help provide advice, information, and even medical billing training for dental offices.
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Stress-Free Medical Billing Services for Dentists
October 12, 2016
Today, more and more dentists are offering sleep apnea treatments. While it is exciting to be able to pursue this new avenue to better meet the needs of patients, offering the service also comes with a certain degree of hassle. Sleep apnea treatments require medical insurances to be billed for services, not dental insurances. With the various codes and strict requirements for insurance approvals and reimbursements, you face a tedious and somewhat challenging road ahead. However, the entire process can be simplified using outsourced medical billing services for dentists.
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Medical Billing for Dentists Made Easier
October 2, 2016
As a dentist who offers treatment for sleep apnea, you face a difficult and time consuming challenge. Since there are no specific dental codes that are currently available for oral appliances used to treat sleep apnea, it can be difficult to get dental plans to reimburse for the devices. Instead, it is usually the medical insurance that reimburses dentist for the appliances. However, due to recent changes that have taken place, medical billing for dentists offering the treatment creates quite the hassle. You can reduce the hassle and ensure you are properly reimbursed with our medical billing services.
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Electronic Claims Ease Stress for Medical Billing for Dentists
September 7, 2016
Technological advancements constantly revolutionize the dental industry by allowing dentists to increase comprehensive care to patients. However, dental procedures and diagnostic equipment are not the only aspects impacted by technology. The process of claims submissions is also enhanced. With the use of electronic medical billing for dentists, the entire process is simplified while offering a more accurate process with less headache and stress. By adopting electronic claims submission systems, dentists experience less stress and fewer rejections for an overall increased efficiency throughout the dental practice.
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