Successful dental and medical treatment depends on several variables working together harmoniously: Agreement on the Desired Outcome Accurate Diagnosis Selecting the Appropriate Treatment For The Diagnosis [Medical Decision Making] Treatment Recommendation and Case Acceptance by the Patient Patient Compliance (Adherence to Therapy) Payment from Third Parties … [Read more...]
Knowing Your Patients Trains Them to Make Healthy Choices
Your patients don’t want to feel overwhelmed. Your team doesn’t, either! Leading your patient to know more about what you know while you learn about them is what Pride Institute believes is the best way to form a long-term relationship based on value, commitment, and accountability. My team gets asked “How?” by dentists all the time. One of my favorite quotes that helps to … [Read more...]
Denials are not Written in Stone
Do you know how to interpret the sometimes cryptic codes and messages medical insurance payers provide on statements? Although it can be daunting at first, cracking these codes is detective work at its best and is a skill set that we’re all proud of…especially when we can help patients get lifesaving treatment and have their medical benefits kick in! The main goal is to … [Read more...]
New TMD Diagnosis Codes Show Laterality
You’ve heard the adage of the three most important things in property: location, location, location. For TMD (temporomandibular disorder) medical claims, the adage is diagnosis, diagnosis, diagnosis! Whether you are treating an adolescent or an adult, documenting your clinical assessment using specific diagnostic codes is essential for record-keeping, for medical insurance … [Read more...]
Your Sleep Ambassador is the Difference
I have worked with hundreds of dental practices over the past several years, providing education and training about how to effectively implement efficient dental sleep medicine production. There is one glaring difference between the practices that attain success and those that flounder. It doesn’t have anything to do with device titration, side-effect mitigation, or the … [Read more...]
Knowledge is Power
Hold on to those Reimbursements It’s wonderful that so many dentists are successfully billing medical insurance to help their patients with access to care for oral appliances. When billing in this arena, it’s important to possess knowledge of medical policies which provide your practice with the “power tools” to more easily receive reimbursements and also to retain those … [Read more...]
5 Things Top DSM Practices Do
You want patients to ask “Should I be tested?” You bought the gym membership. It was on special and you were all amped up from the motivational speaker touting “extreme fitness and taking control of your life.” But like so many things in life, it ended up just a little plastic piece of guilt on your keychain. But seriously, how do some people do it?! How is it we buy the same … [Read more...]
Is your website really working?
Ian McNickle, MBA, discusses how to convert website visitors into new patients The world of websites and online marketing can be confusing. Dentists and their staff often feel as though their website could be doing more for them, but aren’t quite sure how to determine this or what to do about it. The goal of this article is to help you understand how to get more value and new … [Read more...]
The Four Pillars for Dental Sleep Medicine Success
In the spirit of full disclosure, I need to tell you that I own a dental sleep medicine implementation company. Because of that, I have my finger on the pulse of what is on the mind of other dentists that have entered the burgeoning field of Dental Sleep Medicine (DSM). Our Member Support team fields calls every day from dentists that proclaim some version of the following: … [Read more...]
Best of three
In the fifth article of his series, Toks Oyegunle looks at the three fundamental pillars of creating a winning marketing strategy If we assume you want increased sales and profit from your dental practice, then what exactly must you do to create a marketing strategy that will help your business to thrive? Before we get into the strategy, here’s a quick recap: This is … [Read more...]
