Advanced CrossCoding: Medical Billing in Dentistry is organized by Nierman Practice Management and will be held on Jun 29, 2018 at Jupiter, Florida, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 11 CE Credits.
Course Description :
Learn how to get paid by medical insurance in a dental practice from start-to-finish. Billing medical insurance for dental has many benefits, and every dental practice can do it.
You should be taking advantage of cross coding and dental-to-medical billing if you are involved in Dental Sleep Medicine (Sleep Apnea Appliances), TMJ Disorder Therapy, Bone Grafts, Botox for Painful Bruxism, Implants/Oral Surgery, CT Scans/Panorex, Oral Cancer Screening, Guided Tissue Regeneration.
Topics Covered:
• How to integrate medical billing into your dental office for sleep apnea, TMJ, implants, oral surgery, bone grafts, CT scans, and more.
• The importance of documentation and records, why they are vital for reimbursement.
• Verifying benefits, pre-authorizing patients’ medical insurance benefits.
• Searching for medical policies online.
• Using CPT, ICD and HCPCS codes, including the new ICD-10 diagnosis codes in effect October 1st, 2015.
• How to complete the CMS-1500 medical claim form.
• The pros and cons of being “in-network” or “out-of-network”, using “GAP” exceptions.
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.