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HIPAA compliance is never something that should be taken lightly in a healthcare practice or dental practice. Data from the American Dental Association shows that the number of dental practices in the United States is increasing, and the size of the average practice...

Every dental practice needs a National Provider Identifier, or NPI, to transmit any health information electronically. These HIPAA-mandated numbers require an application process but offer convenience to your practice once they are set up. NPI 101 Every healthcare...

In June, the Department of Health and Human Services established a new rule that will greatly expand the approved uses of health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs). Now, HRA users will be able to use those accounts to cover the cost of out-of-pocket dental expenses....

At APEX Reimbursement Specialists, we work with many dental practices to complete audits and identify areas for improvement. Some of the most common errors we find involve UCR fees and insurance provider fees. If you’re like many dental practices, your UCR fee...

PPO fee schedules are one of the most mysterious parts of running a dental practice. They are a requirement to work with insurance providers, but every provider is working from a different one. Things get more complicated when you realize that every provider also has...

Every dentist hopes that patients are organically attracted to your top-quality work and great bedside manner, but many dentists get a large percentage of patients due to dental benefits. As with employer dental benefits, union dental benefits are a deciding factor in...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deadline for compliance with new amalgam standards is approaching on July 14, 2020. This places pressure on many practices who were waiting for the ruling before determining what to do with their current usage of amalgam. What...

Does your dental practice double as a bank? Your accounts receivable (A/R) holds the answer to this question. While your dental practice was created as a place to help people in your community and improve the oral health of your patients, it was also created as a...

Credentialing is necessary for every dental practice participating in insurance networks, whether you are looking to work with a new provider or a new graduate preparing to start your own practice. Unfortunately, the credentialing process can be complex, and small...

Compliance is essential to the short-term and long-term success of any dental practice. While most dentists are concerned about the risks that over-coding and over-billing can create, under-coding is also a serious issue. In fact, under-coding is considered dental...