Medical Billing in the Dental Practice

Speaker: Chris Farrugia, DDS

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Dentists can play a critical role in helping people with Sleep Disordered Breathing including Obstructive Sleep Apnea. OSA is prevalent and impacting the health of your patients. This has created an opportunity for you to integrate medical, dental, and orthodontic expertise and start treating patients today. Many people remain undiagnosed. Every person that comes into your practice, can have a chance to improve their airway and quality of life.

When treating such medical-in-nature problems, the dental practice must be prepared for the intersection of clinical workflow and medical insurance to achieve a successful clinical and financial treatment outcome. Your patients pay monthly premiums to medical insurance companies that have benefits that can be payable to you. Let us change your perception about medical billing and expand your knowledge beyond the codes.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. To identify services that are billable to medical insurance throughout the clinical workflow
2. How integrated clinical and financial workflows lead to successful case acceptance and payment
3. Learn the importance of identifying, communicating, and documenting medical necessity