Does your practice have a compliance plan in place? Is there a designated compliance officer to make sure everyone is in compliance? What about documentation? Is it as complete and holistic as it needs to be? If you are unable to answer a resounding “Yes” to any of these questions, your practice could be in jeopardy of a dental insurance claims audit.
“If for some reason you are billing differently than your peers, you’re going to pop up on the radar as an outlier” said attorney Ashley Morgan.
Dental insurance claims audits are on the rise, and one look at the landscape indicates the trend will continue.
Consider that, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, healthcare spending reached approximately $3.3 trillion in 2016. Roughly 4 percent, or $124.4…
