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Medical Insurance Manual for Dentists: Maximizing Reimbursements (Dental Economics)

Dentists lose millions of dollars each year because they don't know how to properly file for medical insurance. This book teaches dentists how to understand and add medical insurance payments to dental insurance. Rose Nierman, a nationally known insurance consultant, provides a thorough hands-on approach with examples and suggestions that will teach staffs how to successfully collect medical insurance for restorative and cosmetic procedures covered under medical contracts. This informative book will make you a better business person and increase your profits by teaching you how to:- Complete a detailed consultation checklist- Understand pre-qualification techniques- Read insurance codes, forms, and documents- Write appeal letters- File the necessary information to receive maximum payment populations, describes award- winning mobile dental designs and systems, and provides a discipline for teaching mobile care dentistry, especially in geriatrics. Topics covered include: - Physical components essential to delivery- Equipment selection for delivery of dental services in nontraditional settings- Marketing- Dental radiography in nontraditional setting- Dental inservice education for staff of long-term care facilities- Integrated multidisciplinary assessment in dental treatment planning- Infection control and sterilization for mobile dental services- Laboratory support procedures and scheduling of prosthetic services- Volunteer mobile dental teams providing treatment and training in developing countries