AYDP: Optimizing Your Practice with Billing and Outsourcing Expert Amanda DeMoura

Accelerating Your Dental Practice
Episode 25, Optimizing Your Practice with Billing and Outsourcing Expert Amanda DeMoura

On this episode, Malika and Michelle are joined by Amanda DeMoura. Amanda is the Founder of Essential Dental Services, a dental billing company made up of dental practice managers. Amanda and Essential Dental Services are ready with custom help with claims, billing and insurance tasks. Amanda shares insights on what makes a more cohesive team, keeping an office productive as well as getting on top of proper documentation and why it is so important. The team pinpoints the top things that cause AR reports to build, why outsourcing is beneficial and what this looks like too. Finally, Amanda shares her own podcast happenings and Michelle shares a funny story from her office days that is a must hear.

00:32 Introducing Amanda DeMoura
01:25 The disconnect between the Administrative and the Clinal Teams
04:00 The struggles of Perio Charting and Documentation – How to get it done 09:35 Clinical Notes – Why they are so important
13:00 Time Management – a balance between Productivity and Profitability 13:28 The Top 3 things that build up an Aging Report
15:15 V erification of Benefits
17:00 Outsourcing to keep claims from building
19:50 Being days ahead of Verification to Maximize Productivity
22:20 Setting good habits with patients and Insurance
23:05 The “fainting” patient
24:30 “The Breath of Fresh Air” Dental Podcast and Closing

Malika Azargoon

ZarDentalConsulting.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/zardentalconsulting/ malika@ZarDentalConsulting.com

Michelle Affanato

affinitymanagement.co
New To Dental Bootcamp https://www.facebook.com/michelle.affinitymanagement/ michelle@affinitymanagement.co

Amanda DeMoura

https://essentialdentalservices.com/ https://www.instagram.com/essentialdentalservices/ amanda@essentialdentalservices.com