The American Dental Association restarted its Third Party Payer Concierge service in January 2022 after a year-long hiatus. The service, which assists dentists with insurance questions and concerns with third party payers, is for member dentists only and can be accessed by calling 1-800-621-8099 or emailing dentalbenefits@ada.org. “Many dentists cite dental insurance as the source of one of their greatest frustrations …
Employers Beware: Colorado Unemployment System Targeted by Scammers
States across the country are seeing fraudulent unemployment claims and Colorado is no exception. Colorado employers are seeing unemployment claims being filed either in the name of active employees or in the name of people who have never worked for them before. The state has stopped more than 800,000 fraudulent claims, preventing about $7 billion in fraudulent unemployment payments. It …
Decoding Dental Benefits: The Top 5 Concerns of Dentists
By David Burger From the Winter 2018 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association Dentists have many concerns when it comes to their patients’ dental plans, benefits and third-party payers. Among them are pre-authorizations, delays in processing claims, claim denials, refund requests and the lack of assignment of benefits to non-participating dentists. Staff of the ADA Center for Dental Benefits, Coding …