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Our top 5 resources for oral surgery practice owners

May 23rd, 2024 | 4 min. read

Our top 5 resources for oral surgery practice owners Blog Feature

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Need help growing your oral surgery practice? These articles offer valuable insights especially for enhancing the revenue and growth of OMS businesses.

As the leader of an oral surgery practice, you’re more than familiar with the unique challenges of operating and growing an OMS practice. 

Unlike general dental practices, your oral surgery practice offers more complicated procedures, and also has a more complex billing workflow, since both medical and dental insurance are typically included in the claims filing process. 

With those extra steps in a complicated billing system come extra opportunities for error — if you don’t have experts and efficient workflows in place. We bring the experts and the efficiency. 

That’s why we’re sharing 5 of our top resources that are tailored to the needs of OMS professionals.

At DCS, we have a department dedicated to OMS billing and ensuring you collect all you’re owed from both insurance payers and patients. Here are the resources our OMS experts helped me curate for you.

1. Aspire Oral Surgery takes a chance on RCM: An aspiring dental case study

Our client, Aspire Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery of Michigan City, Indiana, was happy to share their success story. We spoke to Sarah Christ, Aspire OMS’s Finance Manager, to get the scoop on how Aspire OMS found growth and financial gain from working with DCS. Their team started out overwhelmed and overworked, but now they are thriving professionally, and the business is thriving financially. 

A great read if: You have a growing aging report that keeps your team bogged down with administrative work.

Read here: Aspire Oral Surgery takes a chance on RCM: An aspiring dental case study →

2. 5 rules to remember for successful oral surgery billing

As we mentioned, oral surgery billing is more complicated because you are often dealing with more than one insurance plan per claim. This article shares 5 cardinal rules to follow when handling your oral surgery billing. These rules address issues from coding to treatment-specific billing to coordination of benefits. 

A great read if: Your team struggles with the complexities of billing for oral surgery procedures. 

Read here: 5 rules to remember for successful oral surgery billing →

3. Insurance claims for oral surgery denied? Here are 5 reasons why…

Submitting insurance claims is already a challenge, and this challenge is amplified for an oral surgery practice. Patients are often covered by both medical and dental insurance for oral surgery, which further complicates the claim submission process.

The added complexity leads to errors, which result in claim denials and dips in your revenue. This article explains where your team might be going wrong when it comes to their claim submission process.  

A great read if: You face frequent insurance claim denials and have a growing aging report. 

Read here: Insurance claims for oral surgery denied? Here are 5 reasons why... →

4. DCS Dictionary: Oral Surgery Billing Terms

In the dental world, there’s a plethora of terms and abbreviations you must know and understand. And in the oral surgery sector, the list of terms you must know keeps growing. This article is part of our DCS Dictionary Series, and focuses specifically on oral surgery billing terms that every OMS professional should know. 

A great read if: You are newer to the oral surgery space, especially if you are responsible for the billing of an oral surgery practice.

Read here: DCS Dictionary: Oral Surgery Billing Terms →

5. Elevate your oral surgery practice efficiency: 10 tips for maximum success [Free guide]

Efficiency is the key to any successful business, but it’s an even greater priority for oral surgery practice owners because they are doctors first and business owners second. This article shares 5 tips to increase your oral surgery practice’s efficiency.

A more efficient practice means your workflows are smooth and healthy, errors are few, and you have a more balanced administrative team that isn’t stretched thin — and it also means higher revenue for your dental business.

A great read if: You’re an oral surgery practice owner looking to increase revenue by improving your workflows and processes. 

Read here: Elevate your oral surgery practice efficiency: 10 tips for maximum success [Free guide]

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To recap, here are our top 5 resources for oral surgery practice owners: 

  1. Aspire Oral Surgery takes a chance on RCM: An aspiring dental case study
  2. 5 rules to remember for successful oral surgery billing
  3. Insurance claims for oral surgery denied? Here are 5 reasons why…
  4. DCS Dictionary: Oral Surgery Billing Terms
  5. Elevate your oral surgery practice efficiency: 10 tips for maximum success [Free guide]

At DCS, our Knowledge Network is your resource for revenue cycle management (RCM) expertise. You can gather more know-how from the articles in our Learning Center, or for customized solutions, learn from our experts in real-time by partnering with us. 

With our end-to-end RCM solutions, your oral surgery practice will confidently grow and increase its cash flow >> Book a free 30-minute call with us today.

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