Appointment Time Patterns

EARLY ACCESS ONLY You can now add a time pattern to an appointment to represent who is providing care to the patient during the appointment. You can use these assignments to help you maximize your productivity and the use of all operatories. Note: With provider time specified for appointments, when you schedule overlapping appointments with … Read more

Import Icon on Insurance Eligibility Page

On the Insurance Eligibility page (Schedule > Insurance Eligibility), there is now an “E” icon that you can click to import insurance information. Previously, you could initiate an import only from the Calendar page. Notes: After the import is successful, you remain on the Insurance Eligibility page, and the “E” icon (a green E with … Read more

Denti-Cal Setup for Eligibilities

Denti-Cal is now a supported payer for Dentrix Ascend Eligibility Essentials and Pro. To start getting eligibility responses from Denti-Cal, you must specify your Denti-Cal NPI and PIN in the Payer Connection Portal. To set up Denti-Cal in the Payer Connection Portal 1. Open the Payer Portal Connection by going to Settings > Payer Connection … Read more

New “Unreachable” Appointment Status

EARLY ACCESS ONLY An additional appointment status, called “Unreachable,” is now available. You can assign this status to an appointment that could not be verified due to the patient either not having sufficient contact information or not answering any calls, text messages, or email messages. On the Unconfirmed Appts. page (go to Schedule > Unconfirmed … Read more

Notification for Missing Eligibility Pro Connection

On the Insurance Eligibility page, if you attempt to manually request enhanced data for an eligibility verification by clicking a Pro link, but a connection to that payer has not been set up in the Payer Connection Portal, a message now appears. Note: This message appears not only if a connection does not exist but … Read more

Enhancements for Auto-posting of ERA Payments

Updated auto-post logic To help reduce the number of manual postings of ERA payments, enhancements have been made to the logic for the automatic posting of ERA payments, and Dentrix Ascend now provides additional indicators and messages to let you know if manual entry is required. (1) Auto-post/quick-post according to the following criteria: The ERA … Read more

Display On-demand Eligibility Options (Essentials/Pro) Based on Payer Support

Now, Dentrix Ascend allows you to quickly and easily know if a payer supports Eligibility Essentials, Eligibility Pro, or both. When you are manually verifying insurance coverage and requesting on-demand eligibility statuses on the Insurance Eligibility page (Schedule > Insurance Eligibility), notice the following: Note: If a payer does not support automated eligibility verifications at … Read more