ForwardHealth (Medicaid) requires other insurance info on claims

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Most often, ForwardHealth is the payer of last resort for any covered service. This means services should be billed to commercial health insurance prior to being submitted to ForwardHealth for payment. Providers are required to indicate the appropriate other insurance indicator (OI) on dental claims and to report the outcome of any other commercial insurance… Continue Reading ForwardHealth (Medicaid) requires other insurance info on claims

New 2017 code to bridge prophylaxis, scaling and root planing gap

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It has been a well-known, long-time issue in the dental treatment and billing world that there has been a great need for a code to bridge the gap between patients who only need a regular prophylaxis and those who are not quite to the scaling and root planing stage of treatment yet. Since providers must… Continue Reading New 2017 code to bridge prophylaxis, scaling and root planing gap

Is your tail covered?

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There is a lot of misinformation floating around regarding Wisconsin Dental Association’s new professional liability program.  I can assure you that every effort was made to match or enhance the coverage you had in place prior to WDA endorsing Medical Protective for your professional liability and West Bend Mutual for your property and/or contents. Recently,… Continue Reading Is your tail covered?