Let’s look at some strategies for dealing with leased network arrangements in your dental practice. Dental Network Lease Arrangements are allowed through the practice agreements with each of the Dental Plans. Just about every Dental Plan has the ability to put the practice into another Dental network. This causes confusion in your discussion of costs with patients and can reduce your claims payment levels.

Here are three strategies for dealing with leased network arrangements:

1. The “Addition by Subtraction” Strategy: The practice can actually increase reimbursements by strategically terminating dental contracts and utilizing a lease arrangement with higher fees.

2. The practice has the ability to decline participation with network lease arrangements that are not ideal for the practice.

3. Negotiate the leased network partner’s fee schedule and decline participation with the primary Dental Plan.

Do you need help dealing with leased network arrangements in your dental practice? We are here to help. Our team will develop a plan for reducing low reimbursements by accepting smarter and more profitable Insurance Plans. Our goal is to reduce the number of plans you contract with while maximizing your collections by this selective use of the Dental Plans in your practice. That’s what we call “Addition by Subtraction”.