Your hygienists are busy. Your collections should be higher.
Hygiene under-coding, PPO write-offs that nobody tracks per plan, and patient balances that pile up for months. We help you see each of these inside your own books. Start with a free 15-minute assessment.
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At a glance
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This is for dental practice owners who:
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What We Analyze
Where Dental Practices Lose Revenue
We trace every dollar from claim submission to bank deposit in your dental practice.
Insurance Verification & Eligibility
- •Pre-appointment benefit verification audit
- •Frequency limitation tracking accuracy
- •Coverage gap identification for planned treatment
Coding Accuracy Review
- •Hygiene code utilization analysis (D1110 vs D4341 vs D4910)
- •Procedure bundling and unbundling review
- •Narrative documentation sufficiency for complex claims
- •Missed code identification by appointment type
Denial Management
- •Denial rate and reason code analysis by payer
- •Appeal success rate tracking
- •Pre-authorization compliance audit
Patient Collections
- •Treatment plan acceptance vs completion rate
- •Patient portion collection at time of service
- •Aged receivables analysis (30/60/90/120 days)
- •Payment plan effectiveness review
Results
What Dental Practices Recover
| Finding | Typical Outcome |
|---|---|
| Annual lab savings | $58,000 through vendor consolidation |
| Revenue recovered | $137,000 from coding corrections and payer renegotiations |
| Overhead reduction | 71% down to 59% within 8 months |
Case Study
Real results from a practice like yours
4-provider dental group, two locations, mix of GP and pediatric. Overhead had climbed to 71% over three years despite steady revenue growth. The owner felt busier than ever but the bank account told a different story.
What we found:
- •Lab costs were running at 8.7% of revenue, nearly double the 5% benchmark, because three different labs were being used with no cost comparison
- •PPO write-offs averaged 38% but ranged from 22% to 51% across plans, with the highest-write-off plan representing 30% of patients
- •The second location was generating $180K less revenue but carrying $95K more in overhead due to duplicate staffing
- •Hygiene was coding 85% of perio patients as prophylaxis instead of the appropriate perio maintenance code
The results
$58,000 through vendor consolidation
Annual lab savings
$137,000 from coding corrections and payer renegotiations
Revenue recovered
71% down to 59% within 8 months
Overhead reduction
“I had no idea my lab costs were that far off. That one finding paid for two years of Sorso's fees.”
— Practice Owner, Southeast
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