Course Synopsis

 Insurance Payment, Coding, and Patient Communication

Current CDT Codes

Carol Tekavec CDA RDH

Do your patients understand their dental insurance?  Most don’t.  This presentation gives realistic guidelines on what insurance offers patients and details for helping them understand its’ limitations.  Proper coding, including current and new ADA codes and how carriers are expected to pay them is covered.  This course is realistic, not sensational or confrontational.  Topics include terminology for narratives, attachment issues, code development, what constitutes insurance fraud, and answers to difficult patient questions.

You will learn:

  • Current ADA codes and definitions
  • Who develops and maintains the coding system.
  • Tips for hard to code services
  • Tips for streamlining claims
  • Typical insurance payment guidelines
  • Language tools to help staff talk to patients
  • Answers to tough patient questions

Recommended for:     Dentists, Hygienists, Administrative Staff, Assistants

                                    (Any length program can be provided. To set up a seminar, call 719-546-0024 or email Tekger06@hotmail.com)

 

 

 
 

 

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