- 10 Jan, 2025
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DA163 – Dental Insurance Programs, Coding, and Billing
This module will explore the different ideas of marketing for dentistry, cover the information needed before placing an order for dental supplies and equipment, scheduling appointments, sending appointment reminders, and handling patient correspondence, greeting patients, maintain the patient chart filing system and records, patient forms to be used, preparing for the dental day appointments, posting patient charges, balancing day sheets, filing insurance claims. Students will be able to describe the difference between telephone, communication, and business office technology and its uses, demonstrate how to file radiographs in a chart, managing appointment books, dental patient record management, accounts payable, and accounts receivable. They will learn how to properly post payments to the patient account, handle collection calls and create a payment plan, learn the overhead costs of a dental practice, complete a deposit slip, and make a bank deposit and properly process an invoice. Students will learn to identify and explain types of dental plans, dental procedure codes, business office systems, dental office software, and computer safety. Students will learn ways in which computers are used in the dental office, how database management concepts can be used in the dental office, how to access Denorex Learning Edition software, patient management, and practice management systems.