03 · Patient Billing

Dental patient billing.

We send patients statements for the balance left after insurance pays. The statements are branded as your practice and go out on the rules you set.

What this is

After insurance pays its share of a claim, whatever is left is the patient's responsibility. The practice sends them a statement asking for payment. If they do not pay, the practice sends a reminder, maybe a text or email, maybe sets up a payment plan. If they still do not pay, the office has to decide whether to keep reminding, write off the balance, or send the account to a collections service.

That whole back-and-forth is what patient billing is. It is the work of generating statements, sending them on a schedule, handling reminders and payment plans, and routing patient questions back to the office when they come up.

What we do

We send your patients statements for the balance left after insurance pays. The statements look like they came from your office, with your letterhead and your phone number. The patient does not see Clear Dental Billing on anything.

We follow the cadence and rules your office wants in place. If you already have a reminder cycle, we keep using it. If you do not, we will help you put one in place. We do not call patients without your written sign-off, because most offices keep patient phone calls in-house, and we do not push back on that.

When a patient calls or writes about a treatment question, an insurance dispute, or a balance disagreement, we route the question back to your office. We are not the right people to answer a clinical question. We send those back to the people who know the patient.

How the handoff works

What we need from your office, and what you get back.

From your office
  • A way to trigger statements from your PMS
  • Authorized balance adjustments and write-off rules
  • The reminder cadence and message tone you want us to follow
Back to your practice
  • Statements mailed or emailed under your branding
  • A balance summary by aging bucket
  • A log of patient questions and how they were routed
Common questions

Questions practice owners ask first.

Where this fits

Patient billing picks up where insurance leaves off.

Insurance pays its share, and what is left becomes a patient balance. The cleaner the verification and the insurance claim, the smaller the surprise on the patient statement.

Service

Insurance Verification

Day-before benefit checks, posted to the chart so the patient-balance estimate is right at check-in.

Insurance verification →
Service

Insurance Billing

Patient balances are what is left after insurance. We run the insurance side too, with the same team.

Insurance billing →
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