Running a dental practice, you face many decisions left and right. Is this piece of technology worth the investment? Will hiring an associate help my business? Should I renovate the office or expand to another location? One important choice is whether to hire an in-house insurance coordinator or outsource dental billing to a service company. Honestly, when you examine the costs associated with both options, the decision isn’t very difficult after all! Here are some things to consider and guide you to the right answer for your practice.

Humans in general tend to resist change. You can become comfortable in your routines or in patterns you’ve always been taught to do things. However, when something new has many incredible benefits, you can’t ignore it and should sincerely consider giving it a chance! Outsourcing dental billing might not be something you initially favor, but think about these unignorable benefits of handing off these tasks as opposed to hiring an in-office specialist.

The word “outsourcing” can have a negative connotation, especially in the United States. It often refers to taking business and jobs and shipping them overseas to save money with mixed results in terms of the quality of customer service and product. However, when it comes to dentistry, the decision between outsourcing dental billing or hiring your own in-house specialist isn’t as clear cut. To make this choice, you need to consider the pros and cons of both options!

When taking on an intimidating task, you may find it helpful to start working on it sooner than later and break it up into smaller, easier-to-handle steps. Suddenly, what seemed huge and scary becomes manageable. The same idea applies to dental insurance verification. Whether you’re not sure what to do at all or you’ve perhaps missed a few steps in the past, learn about the required stages of verifying your patient’s insurance to have smoother payments!

Getting denied can be disheartening—whether it’s for a college application, a date, or a loan. However, if you file claims with dental insurance companies in your practice for every patient you see, regular denials can be devastating to your business’s financial success. If you want your office to thrive, you’ll need to cut down your denied claims from dental insurance, and you can find out how by continued to read this information below!

You may have never seen an ad on TV or your streaming service for a small dental practice in your community, but these small businesses are essential to the local economy and give access to necessary dental care to the public—in rural and urban areas alike. Regardless of size of your dental practice, refining the billing process can particularly benefit small dental practices, and here are some of the best solutions for success.

At dental practices, sometimes, discussions about efficiency center around clinical procedures or trying to see more patients. However, one area that can make or break your business is your revenue cycle management (RCM). If you are unable to collect payment efficiently, you won’t be able to keep the lights on—much less keep your staff happy and paid while enabling your business to thrive year after year.

No matter how long you’ve been in the dentistry business, everyone can improve and give their practice a boost in the right direction. Keep reading to learn about ways you can be more efficient in your revenue cycle management.

Running a dental practice is challenging enough without the added stress of unpaid claims or frustrated patients. Failing to verify insurance benefits before treatment can lead to denied claims, uncollectible bills, and even negative reviews that hurt your reputation. At Dental Support Specialties (DSS), we’ve helped countless practices avoid these pitfalls with our expert verification services. Here’s why verification matters—and how DSS can protect your bottom line.

Losing a key employee to burnout can cost your practice thousands—and it’s more common than you think.  Burnout employees switch jobs. Before you know it, you’re being handed a resignation letter from an employee & you never even knew they were unhappy.  

Besides the immediate loss of manpower, there are a number of downstream challenges created after losing a team member. 

As a small business owner, you wear a lot of hats: you manage the overall finances of the dental practice, lead your staff, continue your training as a dental expert, and perform outstanding care on patients, of course. However, you don’t have to get down into the weeds of each transaction with insurance companies or try constantly to find someone to do it for you in-house. In fact, for the reasons detailed below, you can outsource dental billing to an American company that specializes in this area of dentistry and maintaining the business you’ve worked so hard to build.