CrossCoding: Unlocking The Code to Medical Billing in Dentistry is organized by Nierman Practice Management and will be held from Jul 13 - 14, 2018 at Los Angeles, California, 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.