To help with insurance eligibility verification, when you are adding or editing a patient’s insurance plan, you can now have Dentrix Ascend attempt to validate the subscriber ID and let you know if the subscriber is eligible or not eligible or if there is some kind of error that needs to be addressed. This validation … Read more
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
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
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
Eligibility verifications can now include the following additional benefit details:
Dentrix Ascend Eligibility Essentials and Pro was released previously (https://learn.dentrixascend.com/dentrix-ascend-eligibility-pro/). With that release you were able to import deductible and benefit details for a patient’s insurance plan. With this release you are able to also import coverage exception details. To import insurance coverage exceptions 1. If deductibles and benefits and/or coverage exceptions are available for … Read more