Power Reporting Fields

The Power Reporting module gives you access to a lot of information. Sometimes it may seem difficult to find which report will give you the fields you need to build that custom report. Courage! All the data fields and measures are explained in the following articles: Auditing reports Insurance reports Financial reports Patient reports Clinical … Read more

Two-way Text Messaging

Many practices rely on text messages to confirm appointments and send forms and reminders to patients. In addition to confirming appointments, two-way texting is useful to respond to typical questions that a patient might have before or after an appointment. In these cases, two-way text messaging is critical. Some offices also find it useful to … Read more

Adding an Annotated Image to an Insurance Claim or Predetermination

Adding supporting documentation to an insurance claim or a predetermination is recommended to speed up the insurance payment process. Adding an image with an annotation is a great way to specifically point out the areas of concern and help insurance carriers understand why the treatment is needed or why it was completed. This tip is … Read more

Release Notes: December 15, 2022 (Prod 402)

This release includes the new CDT 2023 updates and Deposit Slip Report enhancements. Information icons have been added to the New Exceptions for Procedure(s) window, and updates to the Merge Insurance Carriers dialog box to explain more about the process of merging carriers. Also, there are more billing information warnings and SMS registration updates. CDT … Read more

Release Notes: January 26, 2023 (Prod 404)

Dentrix Ascend has many interesting and beneficial developments under way. With this update, the subscription-based product known as Voice Perio is now called Dentrix Ascend Voice because you can use it not only to dictate perio exams but also to dictate clinical notes. This update also includes an enhancement to the Clinical Note Tasks Report. … Read more

Release Notes: March 27, 2023 (Prod 407)

This release introduces an update to the Calendar’s handling of provider groups. Changes to the handling of patient email addresses reemphasize the relationship of the patient to the primary contact, and there is an enhancement to the sending of appointment reminders to the primary contact. Multiple enhancements have been made to the Imaging module. Scheduling … Read more

Release Notes: March 09, 2023 (Prod 406)

This update introduces a refinement to the Ledger Report released earlier and adds a minor adjustment to the Ledger for carrier payments by credit card. Ledger Ledger Report Enhancement This release introduces a new Include Payments/Adjustments checkbox to the Ledger Report options. In the last release, the Ledger Report included all completed procedures, payments, adjustments, and claims. In … Read more