Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! Did you know that there are many different types of dental insurance audits? The most common type of audit is a compliance audit. This type of audit is designed to ensure that dental practices are not violating contract agreements such as balance billing, co-payments, coding, and much more which…
Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! In this week’s episode, Ericka talks about how important it is to explain your patient’s dental benefits. Our patients do not understand how their plans work and we need to do a better job at explaining how we calculate their co-payments. Listen in as Ericka shares how she used…
Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! Calculating patient co-payments can be tricky if you don’t understand the formulas. The 3 basic formulas are deductible, downgrades, and downgrades with deductibles. In this episode listen in as Ericka walks you through how to calculate a patient’s co-payment. You will want to have a calculator handy as this…
Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! Today’s episode is filled with so many start-up gems! Ericka has the pleasure of speaking with Maritza Duran of M-Dent Consulting Services. Maritza is the go-to expert for dental practice start-ups and has worked with clients all over the country. To get the free e-book or contact Maritza go…
Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! What do you do when only a few items on the claim were paid? How do you resubmit the items that were either denied or need additional information? In this shortie episode, Ericka talks about splitting claims. This helps control insurance account receivables, automatically generates a new claim for…
Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! In this episode, our host, Ericka Aguilar, talks about how she stumbled onto creating this episode as a result of researching dental billing audits. Her plan was to discuss the many different types of audits a dental practice may encounter and how the audits are triggered (stay tuned for…
Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! Today we are talking about how to read an Explanation of Benefits. Especially if you are posting payments. As Ericka mentions in today’s episode-not all EOB’s are created equally. The language used by each insurance plan varies. Can we all agree that it would be so much easier if…
Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! Have you ever wanted to learn more than just the basics of dental billing? We just wrapped up our first dental billing challenge and our students received more than they expected-FOR SURE! In this week’s episode host, Ericka Aguilar is diving deep into day one of the 10-day dental…
Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! Listen in as our Host, Ericka Aguilar talks about the many ways she coaches individuals in the dental billing arena. Whether you are an aspiring dental biller, an experienced dental biller, or a dentist looking for billing department feedback, Ericka and her team will put their strategic brains on…
Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! Did you know that we now have a day for dental biller’s? Yesterday, July 20th 2022 was the first EVER National Dental Biller’s Appreciation Day! In honor of this day our host, Ericka Aguilar, is sharing a strategy she has taught her students for over a decade. She calls…