Like it or not, choices have consequences. If your patient makes a poor decision, such as not brushing their teeth, the natural consequence is facing cavities, gum disease, and other oral problems like tooth loss. Although your patient may not initially want to brush their teeth, they ultimately should decide to do it to avoid these bad outcomes.

Verifying dental insurance is a choice that every dental practice should do, but what are the potential consequences of failing? What could happen if you don’t confirm a patient’s dental insurance information before filing claims? Keep reading to find out!

At your dental office, you’re all too familiar with encouraging your patients to have healthy habits. You instruct them to brush and floss their teeth every day and come for an appointment at least every six months. They may question whether having this visit so often is really necessary, but you know it is!

When it comes to dental insurance verification for the patient, you may wonder whether it really needs to be performed before every appointment. If you want your payment from the insurance company to arrive on time, yes, it does! In this post, you’ll learn a little bit about the verification process and why this process should be done for each patient prior to every visit.

In dental school, you studied and started to master the clinical side of being a dentist: you know the anatomy, treatments, technology, and more. By the time you finish dental school, you can feel ready to open your own practice! But you might not have learned the logistical part of running an office and working with dental insurance. If you aren’t familiar with dental insurance verification, for instance, your practice can struggle! Here are the basics you need to know about verification and the steps involved.