Dental Support Specialties

Outsourcing Dental Insurance Verification vs. In-House Verification

February 12, 2019

Filed under: Uncategorized — dentalsupportteam @ 7:32 pm
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If your goal is to make patients feel comfortable and confident about using their insurance benefits at your office, the last thing you want is for unsuspecting fees or charges to appear on their statements. Furthermore, failing to catch errors on medical bills can result in loss in revenue. It’s currently estimated that about $125 billion is lost annually due to poor billing practices.

To make sure that your office’s revenue stream isn’t interrupted, you may want to consider outsourcing dental insurance verification. To learn the differences that in-house and outsourced verifications have to offer, keep reading!

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A Dental Answering Service Should Help You Build Relationships!

February 1, 2019

Filed under: Uncategorized — dentalsupportteam @ 5:09 pm
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For far too long, dentistry has become way too clinical and impersonal, making it more difficult than ever to see a dentist comfortably. If there’s one thing that patients hate having to do, it’s be put on hold. The only thing more frustrating than being put on hold is being forced to speak with an automated message when you’d rather speak with a human being.

Instead of losing potential patients due to the tug-of-war with phone calls, consider hiring a dental answering service to manage the workload!

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How Dental Billing and More is Made Easy with a Support Team

January 25, 2019

Filed under: Uncategorized — dentalsupportteam @ 10:36 pm
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Getting your patients the care they need is essential, but so is getting your office the money it’s owed. Without consistent cash flow, your practice can’t provide the most comprehensive care possible. That’s where a dental support team comes into play. They can manage all the administrative work so you and your team members can focus on the people directly in front of you. Whether it’s dental billing, balance collection calls or something else, a dental support team ensures that you’re getting paid.

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Get Dental Insurance Support So You Can Focus on Patients!

January 19, 2019

Filed under: Uncategorized — dentalsupportteam @ 9:53 pm
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It’s no secret that dental insurance providers take up a significant amount of time in your dental office. They keep employees on the phone for extended periods of time, sometimes as long as 45 minutes to an hour just because they’re on hold or trying to navigate insurance! If this is not something you wish your employees had to deal with on a regular basis, it may be time to consider dental insurance support for your office.

Not only can you get the support you’re looking for, but you can start focusing on what matters most; getting patients the dental care they need.

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Should You Outsource Dental Verification for Your Practice?

January 13, 2019

Filed under: Uncategorized — dentalsupportteam @ 9:09 pm
A woman on the phone.

When you have patients physically in your practice, you want to make sure that you’re giving them as much attention as they need. However, answering their questions or scheduling their next appointments can prove difficult if your employees are busy on the phone waiting for an insurance company to respond. The time they spend on hold with dental insurers is time they could be giving to patients with questions. Why should they have to suffer because of time wasted by insurance providers?

Instead, take a moment to consider these four reasons why it can be worth it to outsource dental verification instead of keeping it in-house.

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5 Reasons Why You Should Hire a Dental Answering Service

December 16, 2018

Filed under: Uncategorized — dentalsupportteam @ 9:39 pm
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Running a dental practice can be a very complicated process if you’ve never run a business in the past. When you’ve been focused on dentistry and learning essential dental treatments and procedures, running an independent practice can feel extremely foreign. Just because you want to be more independent in your dental career doesn’t mean you shouldn’t ask for help.

With a dental answering service, you can make sure your practice gets off to a good start. Of course, those who have had a practice for many years can also benefit from the assistance of a support staff. Here are five benefits you can expect.

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By Improving Dental Insurance Verification, You Improve Business!

December 2, 2018

Filed under: Uncategorized — dentalsupportteam @ 8:45 pm
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There are many necessary steps to take in order to ensure your dental practice runs smoothly and successfully. One of the most important (and often overlooked) steps is managing patient claims. This can often become a complicated process as your staff reviews the many insurance forms and plans people have. Processing, managing and reviewing claims can quickly become a time-consuming process.

When you have a team that makes the verification process easier, you can focus on what matters most: giving your patients stellar dental care. Here’s how they make it happen!

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A Dental Answering Service Works With Your Existing Software

November 18, 2018

Filed under: Uncategorized — dentalsupportteam @ 8:46 pm
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When it comes to growing your patient base, you want to have an employee who understands the functions of your current practice management software. However, there are many different programs available across practices, which means there’s no guarantee that the person you hire will have a good understanding of it when they arrive.

Instead of taking up time to teach them how to use it, it may be worth hiring a dental answering service that is not only guaranteed to know the software, but offer many other benefits.

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Scheduling Can Be Made Easy with a Dental Answering Service

November 5, 2018

Filed under: Uncategorized — dentalsupportteam @ 9:30 pm
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As you go through your work day, how often does your practice end up missing calls from potential or current patients? There are many hiccups that can cause you to miss out on new patients. It’s one thing for your practice to not be open, but it’s another thing entirely for your practice to be too busy to pick up the phone. Whatever the issue is, there is an easy way to mitigate these potential losses and get more people through the door.

To learn how a dental answering service can help you, keep reading!

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How to Make Dental Billing Easier During Insurance Season!

October 20, 2018

Filed under: Uncategorized — dentalsupportteam @ 6:58 pm

A woman speaking with a customer on the phone.It’s that time of year again where you are reminding your current patients to use up their dental insurance benefits before they reset in the new year. It can be incredibly frustrating when you need to speak with dental insurance companies, especially when you simply just don’t have the time to submit claims. Of course, this is only one of the many tasks that can become overwhelming, especially during insurance season.

To reduce your workload and ensure your cash flow isn’t interrupted, consider hiring a service that makes dental billing less of a headache in the first place!

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