Medical Billing of CBCT

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Description: A workflow will be provided to let practices know where to start the process of medical billing in their specialty practice. Our 75 minute journey will address the benefits of medical billing for the specialty dental practice. We will explore the various procedures codes that are billable for endodontists as well as the various diagnoses that justify them. Learn how to get benefit checks for your patients and use that information appropriately to move forward with a preauthorization to complete successful claims. Various examples of documentation to medical insurance will be presented for the audiences understanding of medical insurance expectations for claim adjudication.

At the conclusion, participants should be able to:

  • Read a benefit check from a medical carrier and how to move on to a preauthorization
  • Research and use the appropriate diagnosis codes to justify a CBCT claim to medical insurance
  • Implement system a specialists office immediately to start billing medical insurance.

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Evaluation
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CE Test
5 Questions  |  Unlimited attempts  |  4/5 points to pass
5 Questions  |  Unlimited attempts  |  4/5 points to pass

Hootan Shahidi, MPH

Hootan Shahidi is the founder and managing partner of Cross Over Dental Enterprises LLC (C.O.D.E.), a medical billing outsource solution for dentists and dental specialists wishing to maximize benefits for their patients via medical insurance. Cross Over Dental Enterprises provides expertise in benefit checks, pre-authorizations, coding and claims submission along with the claims follow up and appeals to providers in nearly every state. In 2004, Mr. Shahidi graduated from Emory University with a Master’s Degree in Public Health, focusing on Health Policy and Management. His first position in the dental industry was as an office manager. During this time Mr. Shahidi developed an expertise in dental and medical coding. Mr. Shahidi was able to improve this skill early in his dental career due to exposure to medical claims for oral surgery, sleep apnea oral devices, and trauma related cases. In 2013, Cross Over Dental Enterprises (CODE) was founded out of a one-bedroom apartment in Woodland Hills, CA, serving just a few local clients. Since 2013, CODE has grown to operating out of both Los Angeles and Atlanta, and serving over 2000 providers in almost all 50 states. CODE is proud to have helped over 100,000 patients in this period, in receiving medical benefits towards their procedures. Mr. Shahidi now speaks nationally for several large dental manufacturers, dealers, and study clubs who educate practices on the benefits of having medical billing in their practices. In 2015, CODE and Mr. Shahidi joined Dr. Agarwal and the 3D Dentists group in a shared vision of making dental practices more profitable, fun, and patient centric by providing one and two day courses in Raleigh, NC and throughout the US.

Speaker Disclosure 

In accordance with this policy, I declare I have a past or present proprietary or relevant financial relationship or receive gifts in kind (including soft intangible remuneration), consulting position or affiliation, or other personal interest of any nature or kind in any product, service, course and/or company, or in any firm beneficially associated therewith, as indicated: Cross Over Dental Enterprises LLC (Individual(s) Involved: Self): I am the Managing Partner, Other Financial or Material Support

Hootan Shahidi, MPH

I declare I have a past or present proprietary or relevant financial relationship or receive gifts in kind (including soft intangible remuneration), consulting position or affiliation, or other personal interest of any nature or kind in any product, service, course and/or company, or in any firm beneficially associated therewith, as indicated (Self: 1 financial relationship declared - Stockholder/Ownership Interest (excluding diversified mutual funds))