Top 5 Reasons to Outsource Credentialing

By Shelley DeGroff, Founder of PPO Advisors To participate in various insurance networks, dental providers must be credentialed, a process that is cumbersome and requires copious paperwork, including proof of education, residency, training, work history, licenses and if applicable, specialty certificates and malpractice history. To stay in network, providers must repeat the process every 2-3 years, ...

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Trust but Verify – Practice Owners Should Make Sure Promised Fee Schedule Increases are Real

By Shelley DeGroff, Founder of PPO Advisors In dealing with insurance companies, I believe in the trust-but-verify approach. I was reminded of this recently when we were onboarding some new clients. They shared with me similar stories about how, before coming to PPO Advisors, they’d worked with competitors who told them they’d negotiated higher fee schedules ...

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All About CDT Codes and How It Impacts Reimbursements

By Shelley DeGroff, Founder of PPO Advisors As a dental provider, the more you understand about how your practice generates revenue, the better. With that in mind, let’s take a short walk into the weeds by talking about Current Dental Terminology (CDT) code and how it can impact insurance reimbursements. Purpose of the CDT Code A ...

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