Dental billing guides, CDT code references, and revenue cycle management resources. Written by the team at PracticeAlpha.
The top denial reasons and how to prevent each one.
Why aged claims lose value and how to recover them.
What to confirm before the visit so claims do not get denied.
A field-by-field guide to the Explanation of Benefits.
The real timeline, the steps, and how to speed it up.
The metrics that show whether your revenue cycle is healthy.
When you have leverage and how to raise your fee schedule.
Which billing model fits a growing dental group.
The errors that quietly cost practices money, and the fixes.
Gross vs net, what is healthy, and how to improve it.
Revenue cycle management explained with an interactive health calculator. Check your practice metrics.
Coordination of benefits and the birthday rule, plus a tool to find which of your plans is primary.
Outsourced billing for Miami-Dade practices, from Brickell to Doral, with bilingual support and Florida Medicaid expertise.
The 2026 guide to the Florida Prepaid Dental Health Program: DentaQuest, Liberty Dental, and the post-MCNA two-plan setup.
Outsourced billing for Illinois practices: DentaQuest, All Kids, Molina, BCBS IL, and the Chicago DSO market.
Outsourced billing across Chicago, the suburbs, and collar counties, with Illinois Medicaid and DSO support.
Outsourced billing for Georgia practices: Georgia Families CMOs, DentaQuest, PeachCare for Kids, and the Atlanta market.
Outsourced billing across metro Atlanta, from Marietta to Gwinnett, with Georgia Medicaid and DSO expertise.
Outsourced dental billing for Texas practices: DentaQuest, MCNA, UHC Dental, Delta Dental of Texas, BCBSTX, and the DSO market.
Outsourced billing for Houston-area dental practices including Sugar Land, The Woodlands, Pearland, Katy, Cypress.
The 2026 guide to DentaQuest, MCNA, and UnitedHealthCare Dental for Texas Medicaid and CHIP billing.
Vendor-neutral comparison of Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Curve, Denticon and more.
How dental clearinghouses work, the major vendors compared, and what the Change Healthcare outage taught practices.
Keeping billing in-house on software versus outsourcing it: the true cost, control, and how to decide.
What fee-for-service means, how it compares to PPO, and what it means for billing.
What waiting periods are, typical lengths by procedure, and how to avoid or waive them.
How to appeal a denied claim: appeal vs resubmit, the letter, deadlines, and the levels of appeal.
Why a plan won't cover that bridge or implant, which procedures it hits, and the exceptions.
The real differences in cost, networks, and flexibility, and which is better for your situation.
The true cost of each, the honest pros and cons, and a framework to decide.
How to evaluate a billing partner, with an honest checklist instead of a fake ranking.
Questions to ask, red flags, and the metrics that tell you if your biller is performing.
Florida Medicaid managed care, the local payer mix, and what FL practices should look for.
Dental support organizations explained: types, DSO vs DPO vs independent, pros and cons.