The Dental Billing Podcast

By Ericka Aguilar

What's The Dental Billing Podcast about?

Welcome to "The Dental Billing Podcast" – your go-to source for mastering the art and science of dental billing! I'm Ericka Aguilar, your host, here to guide you on a journey to conquer the complexities of dental insurance reimbursement.

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The Dental Billing Podcast episodes:

06.20.2024
How to Charge for Upgrades When You Are A Contracted Provider with Ben Tuinei
Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, Ericka speaks with Ben Tuinaei of Veritas Dental Resources about the controversial topic of charging for upgrades and lab fees while staying compliant with PPO contracts. Ben is considered the Authority...
06.13.2024
Improving Perio Performance Percentages with Jennifer Lyman RDH (Part 4)
Send us a Text Message. Can 60% of your dental practice's patients truly benefit from periodontal treatment? Uncover the eye-opening statistics and essential benchmarks we reveal in this latest episode. We dive into the crucial aspects of periodontal care, from...
06.03.2024
Hygiene Performance & Billing Part 2 with Jennifer Lyman RDH
Send us a Text Message. Ever wondered how to elevate your dental practice's perio performance percentages? This episode promises actionable strategies that can transform your approach to periodontal care. We begin by breaking down the concept of perio performance percentage...
06.03.2024
Part 3 Recalibrating Your Hygiene Department with Tessina Bullock and Jennifer Lymann RDH
Send us a Text Message. Is your hygiene department underperforming when it comes to periodontal care? Join us for an eye-opening episode where we uncover the essential steps to recalibrate your hygiene department for optimal perio performance. We promise you'll...
05.09.2024
Optimizing Perio Performance Percentage & Billing with Hygiene Coach Jennifer Lyman RDH
Send us a Text Message. Unlock the full potential of your dental practice with expert insights from Jennifer Lyman, our esteemed hygiene coach at Hidden Dental Profit. Together, we're cutting through the noise to bring you a comprehensive series on...
03.15.2024
Mastering Dental Claim Appeals with Tessina Bullock
Send us a Text Message. As I sat down with Tessina Bullock, the powerhouse behind Veris Insurance Verification, a tale of transformation unfolded. From her early days as a dental assistant to her ascension as a dental billing mogul, Tessina's...
02.06.2024
Billing for Benefit vs. Billing for What Was Done
Send us a Text Message. Embark on a voyage through the complex seas of dental billing where precision and integrity are your most trusted navigators. We dissect the treacherous practices of billing for insurance benefits instead of actual services, exposing...
01.23.2024
Dental Billing Framework and Systems (Part 2)
Send us a Text Message. Unlock the secrets to a thriving dental practice with our latest episode, where we delve into the world of insurance profiles and KPIs with a laser focus on the top PPO plans that are shaping...
01.23.2024
Dental Billing Framework and Systems (Part 1)
Send us a Text Message. Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the labyrinth of billing and coding in your dental practice? Prepare to navigate this complex terrain with confidence as we dissect the art of billing department optimization. Our conversation...
12.12.2023
From Dental Assistant to Dental Office Manager
Send us a Text Message. Ever wondered how a seamless transition from a clinical role to office management is made? This episode is your golden ticket, packed with advice from my personal journey managing multiple dental practices. Anchoring this episode...
12.12.2023
Deconstructing Dental Town: A Conversation with Founder and CEO Howard Farran
Send us a Text Message. How would you like to get inside the mind of the legendary Howard Farran, founder of Dentaltown and author of Uncomplicate Business? We've got an enlightening chat with Howard on this episode, revealing the inspiration...
11.18.2023
Dental Billing and Diagnosis Codes with Ericka Aguilar
Send us a Text Message. Are you leaving money on the table due to incorrect dental billing? Ever wondered how diagnosis codes can make a difference in your practice? As your host, Erica Aguilar, I bring to you a comprehensive...
10.25.2023
Recognizing Sleep Apnea and The Role of Myofunctional Therapy with Dental Hygienist Jennifer Lyman
Send us a Text Message. I've had the opportunity to sit down and have a deep and enlightening conversation with Jennifer Lyman, a devoted dental hygienist with a heart for recognizing signs of sleep apnea in children. It was fascinating...
09.12.2023
The Power of Defensive Documentation and Avoiding Prison with Dr. Roy Shelburne
Send us a Text Message. Do you ever wonder about the intricacies of insurance claims and the importance of having proper documentation in dental practices? We bet our guest today, Dr. Roy Shelburne, can shine a light on that. A...
09.06.2023
Elevating The Patient Experience with Kiera Dent of The Dental A Team
Send us a Text Message. Do you ever find scrubs irresistible? Kiera did, and her love for scrubs steered her into a fascinating journey through the dental industry. Today, she takes us through her evolution from a dental assistant in...
09.05.2023
The Power of Dental Office Systems with Front Office Friend
Send us a Text Message. Ever wondered why so many dental claims get denied and overlooked? This episode takes you behind the scenes of dental billing and claim appeals with Morgan, popularly known as Front Office Friend, who brings an...
08.13.2023
2024 Dental Coding Changes and Understanding New Claim Form Updates (part 1)
Send us a Text Message. Get ready to demystify the labyrinth of dental billing changes coming in 2024! You'll gain invaluable insights into the American Dental Association's new service category, Sleep, and how this addition increases the dental categories to...
08.12.2023
Dental Front Office Group Coaching Session for Front Office Lab
Send us a Text Message. Are you ready to navigate the world of dentistry with no background whatsoever? Imagine learning everything from dental administration ABCs to a PhD level understanding in just six months. Welcome to the Front Office Lab,...
06.11.2023
Defying the Odds: How Martell Coke, RDH Became a Dental Hygiene Trailblazer
Send us a Text Message. Growing up as a daddy's girl, Martell Coke faced incredible obstacles, from a family of 10 siblings to surviving a tough childhood without amenities such as toothbrushes or clean drinking water. But through determination and...
03.25.2023
Dental Billing Do's and Don'ts with Billing Coach-Mel Berg
Send us a Text Message. As a Dental Billing Coach, I often have the pleasure of meeting other dental coaches who focus on the billing department. I love to discuss the challenges they see with the revenue cycle and how...
03.18.2023
Mamba Mentality in Dentistry
Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, Ericka has a conversation with Dr. Joshua Golden D.D.S. about his perspective on dental billing challenges in his practice. Dr. Golden has a beautiful practice in Sunrise, Florida called West Sunrise...
02.22.2023
Chart Prepping and Routing Slips
Send us a Text Message. Do you prepare for your patient's appointments with a chart prep checklist? What about using a routing slip? In this episode, Ericka talks about the use of a routing slip and how you can create ease...
02.16.2023
The Dental Billing Lab (Part 2)
Send us a Text Message. Part 2 of day 1 inside the lab! In this episode, Ericka continues to walk her students through the dental coding guide. Did you know that dentistry is divided into 12 categories of service? It is! As...
02.15.2023
The Dental Billing Lab (Part 1)
Send us a Text Message. Have you ever wanted to learn dental billing? In this week's episode, we share our first session in our new group coaching program The Dental Billing Lab. This group training is designed for individuals with little...
02.07.2023
D0150 VS. D0180 (Short and quick episode!)
Send us a Text Message. In this quick episode, Ericka talks about the differenc between D0150 vs. D0180 and why most offices are not utilizing D0180. She also get's into D4355 and the appropriate code to use in that situation. We...
02.04.2023
Reviewing The Dental Revenue Cycle
Send us a Text Message. Have you ever taken a moment to examine how you are managing the dental revenue cycle? In this episode, Ericka examines the dental revenue cycle and shares the areas she sees teams struggle to manage....
12.12.2022
Billing Entity VS. Treating Dentist and What Does Locum Tenens Have to Do With it?
Send us a Text Message. Do you know what Locum Tenens is and how it applies to us as billers? This is when we hire a temporary doctor to cover the practice for a few days or weeks. Maybe our...
11.04.2022
How to Clean Up Messy A/R Part 3- FINAL EPISODE
Send us a Text Message. Got questions? Email: [email protected] Connect with Ericka on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dentalbillingcoach Email Ericka: [email protected] Email Jen: [email protected] Perio performance formula: (D4341+D4342+D4346+D4355+D4910)/(D4341+D4342+D4346+D4355+D4910+D1110) Schedule a FREE consultation with Ericka: https://link.brandbuilderai.com/widget/bookings/hdprofit/followup Ericka's recommendation for PPO Negotiations: https://veritasdentalresources.com/ Ericka's recommendation for Insurance Verification Services: https://verus.com Want to know what your fee should...
11.04.2022
How to Clean Up Messy A/R Part 2
Send us a Text Message. Connect with Ericka on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dentalbillingcoach Email Ericka: [email protected] Email Jen: [email protected] Perio performance formula: (D4341+D4342+D4346+D4355+D4910)/(D4341+D4342+D4346+D4355+D4910+D1110) Schedule a FREE consultation with Ericka: https://link.brandbuilderai.com/widget/bookings/hdprofit/followup Ericka's recommendation for PPO Negotiations: https://veritasdentalresources.com/ Ericka's recommendation for Insurance Verification Services: https://verus.com Want to know what your fee should be for D4346?...
11.04.2022
How to Clean Up Messy A/R Part 1
Send us a Text Message. This is a recording of a live virtual workshop we hosted last week on the topic of "Messy A/R Clean-Up". We had a blast with the audience and since we had an overwhelming response to...
10.30.2022
The Power of ICD-1O and CDT Coding
Send us a Text Message. The power of ICD-10 codes used with CDT codes is what Ericka covers in this week's episode. She talks about how she recently saw an EOB that rejected a claim for fillings because the insurance...
10.17.2022
Self Funded Plans Vs. Fully Insured Plans
Send us a Text Message. Have you ever heard the term "Self-Funded"? What exactly is a self-funded plan? What about a fully insured plan? Why do I need to know this? In this episode, Ericka talks about the difference between the...
09.29.2022
Dental Insurance Audits
Send us a Text Message.Did you know that there are many different types of dental insurance audits? The most common type of audit is a compliance audit. This type of audit is designed to ensure that dental practices are not...
09.25.2022
Dental Insurance for Dummies
Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, Ericka talks about how important it is to explain your patient's dental benefits. Our patients do not understand how their plans work and we need to do a better job at...
09.03.2022
How to Calculate Patient Co-Payments
Send us a Text Message. Calculating patient co-payments can be tricky if you don't understand the formulas. The 3 basic formulas are deductible, downgrades, and downgrades with deductibles. In this episode listen in as Ericka walks you through how to...
09.01.2022
Recession Proof your Dental Practice Start-up with Maritza Duran
Send us a Text Message. Today's episode is filled with so many start-up gems! Ericka has the pleasure of speaking with Maritza Duran of M-Dent Consulting Services. Maritza is the go-to expert for dental practice start-ups and has worked with...
08.15.2022
Splitting Claims and Posting Payments
Send us a Text Message. What do you do when only a few items on the claim were paid? How do you resubmit the items that were either denied or need additional information? In this shortie episode, Ericka talks about splitting...
08.15.2022
Billing Department Set-Up for Start-Ups
Send us a Text Message. In this episode, our host, Ericka Aguilar, talks about how she stumbled onto creating this episode as a result of researching dental billing audits. Her plan was to discuss the many different types of audits...
08.12.2022
How to Read an Explanation of Benefits
Send us a Text Message. Today we are talking about how to read an Explanation of Benefits. Especially if you are posting payments. As Ericka mentions in today's episode-not all EOB's are created equally. The language used by each insurance...
08.08.2022
10 Day Dental Billing Challenge- Day 1
Send us a Text Message. Have you ever wanted to learn more than just the basics of dental billing? We just wrapped up our first dental billing challenge and our students received more than they expected-FOR SURE! In this week's episode...
07.28.2022
What is a dental billing coach?
Send us a Text Message. Listen in as our Host, Ericka Aguilar talks about the many ways she coaches individuals in the dental billing arena. Whether you are an aspiring dental biller, an experienced dental biller, or a dentist looking...
07.21.2022
National Dental Biller's Day Appreciation Episode
Send us a Text Message. Did you know that we now have a day for dental biller's? Yesterday, July 20th 2022 was the first EVER National Dental Biller's Appreciation Day! In honor of this day our host, Ericka Aguilar, is...
06.29.2022
The Hygiene Department- A Business within a Business
Send us a Text Message. Elaine has 20 years of dental experience, with special emphasis on clinical laser applications, risk and disease management, and business-leadership workshops for dentists and dental hygienists. Elaine is multi-trained for surgery and hygiene and holds...
06.06.2022
Success with Valerie Trujillo of Dental Billing Experts
Send us a Text Message. Have you ever wondered what it takes to start your own remote dental billing company? That's exactly what Valerie Trujillo did during the pandemic! She ditched the job and started her own company. She started...
05.11.2022
Why Dental Billers Need to Learn How to Bill Medical Insurance with Quiana Craig of Ask the Biller
Send us a Text Message. In this episode host, Ericka interviews Quiana Craig. Quianna and Ericka discuss the differences and similarities between dental and medical billing. Quianna has 23 years on the business side of healthcare and now owns a...
05.04.2022
Know Your Worth with Alycia Dukes CEO of Manager with a Mission, LLC
Send us a Text Message. In this weeks episode we take a break from coding and billing and talk about work life balance. My guest today is Alycia Dukes. Alycia is a resource advocate for dental team members. She calls...
04.03.2022
How I Analyze Insurance Account Receivables Performance
Send us a Text Message. Have you ever tried to clean-up a billing department's insurance account receivable report and have little to no success? What performance percentages are you analyzing? The strategies I use are: analyze, strategize, and execute. Of course,...
03.19.2022
Clean Claim Process Part 6
Send us a Text Message. Listen in on a live training about the clean claim process. This is part 6 of the free 7 part series. Connect with Ericka on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dentalbillingcoach Email Ericka: [email protected] Email Jen: [email protected] Perio performance formula: (D4341+D4342+D4346+D4355+D4910)/(D4341+D4342+D4346+D4355+D4910+D1110) Schedule a FREE...
03.13.2022
Clean Claim Process Part 5
Send us a Text Message. Connect with Ericka on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dentalbillingcoach Email Ericka: [email protected] Email Jen: [email protected] Perio performance formula: (D4341+D4342+D4346+D4355+D4910)/(D4341+D4342+D4346+D4355+D4910+D1110) Schedule a FREE consultation with Ericka: https://link.brandbuilderai.com/widget/bookings/hdprofit/followup Ericka's recommendation for PPO Negotiations: https://veritasdentalresources.com/ Ericka's recommendation for Insurance Verification Services: https://verus.com Want to know what your fee should be for D4346?...
03.13.2022
Clean Claim Process Part 4
Send us a Text Message. Connect with Ericka on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dentalbillingcoach Email Ericka: [email protected] Email Jen: [email protected] Perio performance formula: (D4341+D4342+D4346+D4355+D4910)/(D4341+D4342+D4346+D4355+D4910+D1110) Schedule a FREE consultation with Ericka: https://link.brandbuilderai.com/widget/bookings/hdprofit/followup Ericka's recommendation for PPO Negotiations: https://veritasdentalresources.com/ Ericka's recommendation for Insurance Verification Services: https://verus.com Want to know what your fee should be for D4346?...

What's The Dental Billing Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Dental Billing Podcast episodes:

How to Charge for Upgrades When You Are A Contracted Provider with Ben Tuinei

Improving Perio Performance Percentages with Jennifer Lyman RDH (Part 4)

Hygiene Performance & Billing Part 2 with Jennifer Lyman RDH

Part 3 Recalibrating Your Hygiene Department with Tessina Bullock and Jennifer Lymann RDH

Optimizing Perio Performance Percentage & Billing with Hygiene Coach Jennifer Lyman RDH

Mastering Dental Claim Appeals with Tessina Bullock

Billing for Benefit vs. Billing for What Was Done

Dental Billing Framework and Systems (Part 2)

Dental Billing Framework and Systems (Part 1)

From Dental Assistant to Dental Office Manager

Deconstructing Dental Town: A Conversation with Founder and CEO Howard Farran

Dental Billing and Diagnosis Codes with Ericka Aguilar

Recognizing Sleep Apnea and The Role of Myofunctional Therapy with Dental Hygienist Jennifer Lyman

The Power of Defensive Documentation and Avoiding Prison with Dr. Roy Shelburne

Elevating The Patient Experience with Kiera Dent of The Dental A Team

The Power of Dental Office Systems with Front Office Friend

2024 Dental Coding Changes and Understanding New Claim Form Updates (part 1)

Dental Front Office Group Coaching Session for Front Office Lab

Defying the Odds: How Martell Coke, RDH Became a Dental Hygiene Trailblazer

Dental Billing Do's and Don'ts with Billing Coach-Mel Berg

Mamba Mentality in Dentistry

Chart Prepping and Routing Slips

The Dental Billing Lab (Part 2)

The Dental Billing Lab (Part 1)

D0150 VS. D0180 (Short and quick episode!)

Reviewing The Dental Revenue Cycle

Billing Entity VS. Treating Dentist and What Does Locum Tenens Have to Do With it?

How to Clean Up Messy A/R Part 3- FINAL EPISODE

How to Clean Up Messy A/R Part 2

How to Clean Up Messy A/R Part 1

The Power of ICD-1O and CDT Coding

Self Funded Plans Vs. Fully Insured Plans

Dental Insurance Audits

Dental Insurance for Dummies

How to Calculate Patient Co-Payments

Recession Proof your Dental Practice Start-up with Maritza Duran

Splitting Claims and Posting Payments

Billing Department Set-Up for Start-Ups

How to Read an Explanation of Benefits

10 Day Dental Billing Challenge- Day 1

What is a dental billing coach?

National Dental Biller's Day Appreciation Episode

The Hygiene Department- A Business within a Business

Success with Valerie Trujillo of Dental Billing Experts

Why Dental Billers Need to Learn How to Bill Medical Insurance with Quiana Craig of Ask the Biller

Know Your Worth with Alycia Dukes CEO of Manager with a Mission, LLC

How I Analyze Insurance Account Receivables Performance

Clean Claim Process Part 6

Clean Claim Process Part 5

Clean Claim Process Part 4

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