Setting up third-party defaults

You can set up the default options for third-party claims.

Note: Third-party claim defaults are location specific (each location of your organisation has its own third-party claim defaults).

To set up third-party defaults

How to get there

1. If you are not already viewing the correct location, select it on the Location menu.

2. On the Settings menu, under Production, click (or tap) Third-Party Defaults.

   The Third-Party Defaults page opens.

1. On a location's Third-Party Defaults page, set up the following options:

   • Billing Provider - By default, services will be billed to a third-party plan on behalf of a specific provider (select one) or the provider who performed the procedures. If you select Provider of Procedures, to handle cases where the provider of a procedure is a secondary provider (for example, a hygienist), make sure that you select the primary provider that you want to use as the alternate billing provider. Only providers who have access to the current location are available.

   • Rendering Provider Type - By default, services will be indicated as having been performed by a specific provider (select one) or the provider who performed the procedures. If you select Provider of Procedures, to handle cases where the provider of a procedure is a secondary provider (for example, a hygienist), select the Use the patient's primary provider if the provider of procedures is not a primary provider check box, and then select the primary provider that you want to use as the alternate rendering provider. Only providers who have access to the current location are available.

   • Address Where Third-Party Payment Should Be Sent - The address where third-party payments will be sent: the address of the location where the services were actually performed, the address of the organisation (the address used upon signing up your organisation to use Dentrix Ascend; you cannot change this address), or another address (specify one).

   • Place of Service Default Location - The default place of service for claims that get created. On a case-by-case basis, you can change the place of service for a claim as needed.

   • Default Authorization Settings for New Subscribers - The default authorization settings (Release of Information and Assignment of Benefits check boxes) for subscribers who are added to Dentrix Ascend and have a third party attached to their records. Changing these options does not affect existing subscribers in Dentrix Ascend.

   

2. Click (or tap) Save.

Related Topics

• None

Related Errors/Questions

• None