The Dental Billing Podcast

Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! Listen in as Ericka shares an introduction to dental insurance categories. This is a short, fun-size training! You may also see the video on Instagram. Follow @dental_billing_coach. Link to episode mentioned: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1783772/episodes/10044809-5-strategies-to-learn-dental-billing# Interested in a Demo of Dentiq - The Billing Command Center? Get...

Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! In this episode Ericka speaks about some of the things that most dental billers over-look when managing a billing department. She also states that this episode may ruffle some feathers but she is OK with that. Some of the areas she discusses: Just because your claims get paid does not mean it was billed correctly. Having multiple years of experience does not mean...

Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! Have you ever wanted to learn dental billing?  In this episode Ericka goes over 5 strategies to learn dental billing. Pulling these strategies from the 6-month dental front office curriculum and showing you how to learn the most basic yet foundational information every dental biller needs to understand.  Link to CDT book mentioned in this episode: https://catalog...

Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! Have you ever searched for a dental front office school? Did you find one?  Chances are even if you did there is no dental front office curriculum designed for individuals with no background in dentistry. Typically to work in the front you start in the back. In this episode Ericka talks about her journey and why behind creating the nations first dental front offi...

Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! Let's talk about your billing department. Do you know what your insurance account receivables performance looks like? I'm not talking about money owed in each column. I am talking about industry-standard benchmarks that you monitor on a weekly or sometimes daily basis. Listen in and learn how to measure your billing department performance in today'...

Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! Setting up a billing department requires some serious thought. Most practice owners don't take time to think through all of the coding scenarios or worse-think about how to properly position their UCR FEES!  In this episode, host, Ericka Aguilar talks about 4 important steps every practice should think about when opening a practice or cleaning up a billing d...

Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! Have you ever wondered if a claim was denied or simply rejected? What about when to start an appeal? Or have you ever felt like there is so much to understand about dental billing? JOIN THE CLUB! In this week's episode, Ericka talks about the difference between denials and rejections. She also talks about the difference between starting a self-funded denial...

Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! In today's episode host Ericka Aguilar talks about a very common question she is asked. "Is it against the law to waive co-payments and deductibles?". This question has been brought up in almost every dental coding and billing workshop she has held.  Listen in as Ericka shares what the American Dental Association has to say about this topic and hea...

Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! In this episode Ericka talks about the Coordination of Benefits Regulations and provisions and how this affects primary vs. secondary insurance positions. She also shares 4 more rules that most dental billers are sometimes confused about. Got questions? You can email Ericka at: e ricka@dentalbillingdoneright.com To read all about Coordination of Benefits go here:...

Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your overall billing department performance? Listen in as Ericka walks her listeners through a performance assessment. Interested in a Demo of Dentiq - The Billing Command Center? Get on the interest list here: https://4063-dentiq.systeme.io/waitlist Get your Dental Billing Toolkit Here: https://www.dentalbillingdoneright.co...

Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! Did you know that 80% of all dental practices will be a victim of embezzlement? In this episode, Ericka has a conversation with David Harris the CEO of Prosperident, the worlds largest dental embezzlement firm. David also talks about drug addiction in dentistry and why it is important to screen for drug usage, now more than ever. Be sure to listen to this episode...

Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! In this episode Ericka talks about a few tips that you can implement into your billing protocols. These tips are from a series of questions she is asked regularly by dental billers who want to know what they can do to improve their billing performance. She also shares a tip around what she does when she is asked to assist a client with a denied claim. If you woul...

Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! Are you a self proclaimed dental GEEK like me? When I learn something new I like to know how it all began. Here is a short episode about how dental billing has evolved over the past 50 years! Enjoy! Interested in a Demo of Dentiq - The Billing Command Center? Get on the interest list here: https://4063-dentiq.systeme.io/waitlist Get your Dental Billing Toolkit He...

Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! This is a recording of a quick-guide training I did for our private Facebook community, Hidden Dental Profit. If you are interested in grabbing a copy of the meeting guide then head on over to our private Facebook community and we are happy to share this with you! Interested in a Demo of Dentiq - The Billing Command Center? Get on the interest list here: https://...

Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! Host, Ericka Aguilar welcomes you to The Dental Billing Podcast. Interested in a Demo of Dentiq - The Billing Command Center? Get on the interest list here: https://4063-dentiq.systeme.io/waitlist Get your Dental Billing Toolkit Here: https://www.dentalbillingdoneright.com/the-dental-billing-toolkit Download "The Most Underused Codes in Dentistry - And How t...