Dental Insurance Carriers

Is Your Dental Practice Unknowingly Accepting Medicare?

You may be accepting Medicare  at your dental practice without knowing it. In recent years, most Commercial Dental Plans have added a Medicare component to their existing network. This is driving patients with Medicare coverage into otherwise commercial-only practices. The result is that the related federal requirements, as is consistent under all CMS programs, will […]

Is Your Dental Practice Participating In Leased Network Arrangements

Are you impacted by the Leased Network Arrangements contained in your Dental Plan contracts? Have you contracted with the major Dental Plans that are primarily network lease arrangements? Is the practice losing credibility with patients because you cannot determine how you will be paid? Here are some of the indicators of your practice’s participation with […]

Strategies for Dealing with Leased Network Arrangements

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 […]