Understanding Dental Sleep Apnea Therapy
May 28, 2018
If you’re still not offering dental sleep apnea therapy, it’s time to get started. More and more patients are educated about these treatment options, and you will likely have an increasing number of requests from patients as awareness of sleep apnea dental therapies continues to grow. Many dentists are still referring patients to their competitors for sleep apnea therapy, but we all know that’s a slippery slope. Instead of sending patients to other dentists for sleep apnea therapy, we recommend working with Brady Billing to offer these treatments without needing to worry about any of the hassles associated with providing sleep apnea services for your patients. In this post, we’ll walk you through three things every dentist needs to understand before they start offering sleep dentistry services. We often attend dental sleep apnea seminars and would love to discuss your billing options and help you being providing patients sleep apnea treatments.
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Is There a Difference Between Preauthorization & Predetermination?
May 16, 2018
There is, but the specifics of medical coverage preauthorization and predetermination can be complex and frustrating for dental office teams who are already overwhelmed with processing and filing dental benefit claims. If your office provides patients with oral appliance therapy for sleep apnea, you’ll often need to contact a patient’s medical insurance provider to get preauthorization and predetermination to ensure they can receive coverage for the expenses associated with their sleep apnea therapy in your office. The Brady Billing team is happy to answer all of the medical preauthorization and predetermination billing services for our dental offices, so you can place your focus where it belongs – on your patients.
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How Can Adding Sleep Apnea Therapy Improve My Practice?
April 25, 2018
It’s too much work; I don’t want to deal with medical insurance; my patients don’t need this treatment. We’ve heard it all. Dentists have a variety of reasons for skipping out on offering sleep apnea therapy using custom oral appliances, but with awareness of this sleep disorder growing, not offering these treatment options can put your practice at a disadvantage. Don’t miss out on attracting potential patients. By working with Brady Billing, you can offer sleep apnea therapy, and we’ll handle the billing and insurance hassles.
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Don’t Let Billing Hassles Keep You from Offering Oral Appliances
February 16, 2018
If you’re a dentist who’s still not offering oral appliance therapy for sleep apnea sufferers, we can almost assume medical insurance claims and billing are what’s keeping you away from this revenue driver. We know that billing can be a hassle, and your team members are already overtaxed with dental insurance claims, adding medical insurance to the mix is just too much for your staff. You need time for your patients! We hear you. At Brady Billing, we make oral appliance therapy billing and insurance claims simple, so dentists and dental care teams can keep their focus where it belongs – on the patient.
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3 Reasons 2018 is the Year You Offer Sleep Apnea Therapy
December 19, 2017
If you’re like the majority of dentists, you know that dental sleep apnea treatments using oral appliances are gaining in popularity, but you may be hesitant to jump into this new area of treatment. At Brady Billing, we see dentists flourish when offering this service for their patients, and we want to help you include sleep apnea in your dental office in 2018. Don’t send your loyal patients to another office for their oral appliances. Keep them in your practice where they belong, and let Brady Billing help.
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Take the First Step to Become a Sleep Dentist Today
November 27, 2017
If you’ve been considering expanding your dentistry services to include treatments for sleep apnea, you likely know this can be a lucrative revenue stream for your practice. However, it’s not as easy as adding the service to your website. You’ll need to network with local sleep doctors, advertise your services, and likely, spend time educating patients about the benefits associated with oral appliance therapy for sleep apnea. Keep reading to learn more about making the transition to offering advanced sleep apnea therapies in your dental office.
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4 Tips for Growing Your Dental Sleep Medicine Practice
November 7, 2017
If you’re just getting started offering sleep apnea treatment in your dental office, you may want to consider putting a little extra effort into separating yourself from the other dentists offering oral appliance therapy in your area. A few simple steps could help you beef up the profitability of your new service.
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Don’t Lose Sleep Over Medical Billing for Sleep Apnea Appliances
October 19, 2017
For the most part, dentists don’t have to deal with medical billing. Rather than struggling with medical billing for sleep apnea appliances, consider trusting the Brady Billing team with all of your medical billing. This ensures your patients will get the maximum benefits they need and keep sleep apnea appliances within any budget. Keep reading to learn more about how the Brady Billing team can help you process and file medical insurance claims, so you can concentrate on the most important part of your practice – the patients.
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Can Any Dentist File Medical Insurance Claims?
September 15, 2017
If the dentist is performing a treatment that is not necessarily just affecting the smile or oral health, medical insurance coverage may be open to the patient. In these cases, a dentist can file medical insurance claims. Some dentists don’t know that this option is open to them, but in many situations, it’s important to understand the way medical insurance coverage can help make advanced treatments more affordable for your patients. Taking time to explore potential medical insurance coverage in addition to maximizing dental benefits can truly set a dental practice apart from the competition.
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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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