Medical Billing for Dental Implants: Best Practices

2023-07-17T08:58:50-04:00

Medical Billing for Dental Implants: Best Practices Medical insurance billing for dental implant services is one of the most complex and challenging processes in the medical reimbursement arena. Dental implant reconstructions require a high level of clinical expertise on the clinician's part and involve high-tech diagnostic and treatment "armamentariums." On a per arch basis, dental implant services are lower in cost today compared to 20 years ago but, even with cost reductions due to time efficiencies, implant reconstruction procedures are still costly for the patient. For patients with documented medical necessity, the cost of reimbursement can be shifted to the [...]

Medical Billing for Dental Implants: Best Practices2023-07-17T08:58:50-04:00

Here’s a Typical Ledger for Medicare and All-on-4

2023-05-23T12:11:53-04:00

If you click here, you will find a patient ledger showing how $13,000 was collected from Medicare for a double arch AO4/AO6 patient. There's also walk through on case fees and how this be approached. There is literally is no bad outcome for getting free money for qualified Medicare patients. The Medicare Money Program is available only as part of our Full Arch Advertising Program. It is market exclusive meaning only a limited number of clinicians will have access to ledger situations like this (and an amazing way to help more patients) thanks to the Medicare insurance system. To discuss [...]

Here’s a Typical Ledger for Medicare and All-on-42023-05-23T12:11:53-04:00

Another Secret About Medicare

2023-05-23T12:16:44-04:00

Full-arch implant cases, and, specifically, the All-on-X case, is almost entirely an advertising based service. At least 95% of cases are created by advertising. Yes, occasionally there is an oral surgeon, with a hella-massive referral network, who can avoid advertising for All-on-X cases BUT most specialists, including the OMFS and PERO docs, are in the exact same boat as the implantologist. You can refuse to accept this reality but, like it or not, if you refuse to advertise for All-on-X you will have few All-on-X cases and maybe even zero cases. It's sad to think about the expensive CE, time, [...]

Another Secret About Medicare2023-05-23T12:16:44-04:00

Advertising Realities for Full-Arch Cases: Concept #2 – Best Messages

2023-05-23T12:22:27-04:00

I've gone into the long list of reasons why the public wants immediate implant procedures such as All-on-4 / All-on-X / etc. There are millions of patients in terminal dentitions and millions who will enter that category during their life and every patient in this category is interested in options. One thing is certain, they do NOT want the dentures they saw their parents suffer with (or not wear at all!). While ortho and cosmetics will always have an audience in dentate patients, we are in a 20-30 year expansion period in the segment of patients not exposed to fluoride [...]

Advertising Realities for Full-Arch Cases: Concept #2 – Best Messages2023-05-23T12:22:27-04:00

Medicare and Full-Arch Cases: How To Think About This Payment

2023-05-23T12:23:48-04:00

Not only is the Full Arch Program the #1 antidote to ClearChoice nationally in the US but our U.S. and U.S. territory members have access to a one of a kind, predictable way to advertise for and access a treatment subsidy of up to $13,600 per patient from Medicare Original Part B. While the practice collects their full fee (Medicare Surgical Fees + Patient Out of Pocket for Non-Covered Services). The patient has a 25-50% reduction in their out of pocket expense. It's a implant marketing and case sales advantage that no other specialty implant advertising agency has mastered to [...]

Medicare and Full-Arch Cases: How To Think About This Payment2023-05-23T12:23:48-04:00

Advertising Realities for Full-Arch Cases: Concept #2 – Best Messages

2023-05-23T12:29:21-04:00

I've gone into the long list of reasons why the public wants immediate implant procedures such as AO4/6, etc. There are millions of patients in terminal dentitions and millions who will enter that category during their life and every patient in this category is interested in options. One thing is certain, they do NOT want the dentures they saw their parents suffer with (or not wear at all!). While ortho and cosmetics will always have an audience in dentate patients, we are in a 20-30 year expansion period in the segment of patients not exposed to fluoride or who lacked good [...]

Advertising Realities for Full-Arch Cases: Concept #2 – Best Messages2023-05-23T12:29:21-04:00

Full-Arch Implants: 1 Part Clinical + 1 Part Ads + 2 Parts Sales Process

2023-05-23T12:29:54-04:00

Want to know the #1 surprise discovery I made in 2001 as it related to advertising and sales of the full arch implant case (this was before AOX)? The surprise was how easily everything amazing that I was up to with getting a solid implant message to the public via advertising could be easily destroyed by some of the nicest, caring, friendly, most personable staff you can imagine. Yes, my staff were killing my advertising and cases! My full arch implant ads would generate dozens and dozens of implant patient phone calls every week but these nice caring staff didn't [...]

Full-Arch Implants: 1 Part Clinical + 1 Part Ads + 2 Parts Sales Process2023-05-23T12:29:54-04:00

Medicare and Full-Arch Cases: How To Think About This Payment

2021-10-26T12:30:47-04:00

Not only is the Full Arch Program the #1 competitor to ClearChoice nationally in the US but our U.S. and U.S. territory members also have a one of a kind, predictable way to access a treatment subsidy of up to $12,500 per patient from Medicare Original Part B fee for service medical insurance. It's a implant marketing and case sales advantage that no other specialty implant advertising agency has mastered to deliver even more implant cases to practices like yours. The Medicare Mindset Medicare patients choose our members since they are the ones who can get this treatment subsidy reliably for [...]

Medicare and Full-Arch Cases: How To Think About This Payment2021-10-26T12:30:47-04:00

Imagine: Getting Full Fee While Medicare Covers 25-50% of That Fee for Your Patient

2023-05-24T11:45:12-04:00

Right now, there is a 99% chance AGAINST there being another practice, within your driving distance market area, that is capable of getting Original Part B Medicare patients a 25-50% treatment subsidy (up to $12,500) for their oral surgery/implant care. The Ideal Scenario If having the ability to reduce out of pocket full mouth treatment cost for these patients by a minimum of $8,000 was predictable for your practice, IMAGINE.... Getting your full AOX case fee (Medicare payment + patient out of pocket non-covered treatment portion) for a qualified Medicare original Part B patient while your patient gets 20-25% paid of their total case fee [...]

Imagine: Getting Full Fee While Medicare Covers 25-50% of That Fee for Your Patient2023-05-24T11:45:12-04:00

Implant Case Presentation Is Not What You Were Taught In Dental School

2023-05-24T12:01:23-04:00

Have you spent many thousands of dollars on implant advertising and you received leads, but not many leads ended up as cases? Is your local area saturated by corporate chains like ClearChoice, Aspen Dental, Heartland, Affordable Dentures & Implants, and others? Do you hate the feeling of being a salesperson who needs to “close” people on treatments? Does what you’ve been told related to sales in dental implant CE courses feel like it doesn’t belong in a professional practice or sound ‘gimmicky?’ Are you still presenting your implant cases as taught to you in dental school with lists of procedures, codes, [...]

Implant Case Presentation Is Not What You Were Taught In Dental School2023-05-24T12:01:23-04:00
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