by Dentrix Blog Team | Mar 12, 2019 | Practice Setup
Does your payroll system require you to report hours worked as a decimal rather than in hours and minutes? And are you tired of having to convert times after noon to the military version, or having to divide the minutes worked by 60 to get the necessary decimal...
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by Dentrix Blog Team | Mar 5, 2019 | Patient Record Management
Whether it be in an operatory or the consulting room, you have that one workstation where the monitor is more easily viewable by patients. Have you mastered the “hurry up selection” technique on that computer – getting in and out of the Select Patient dialog box as...
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by Dentrix Blog Team | Feb 19, 2019 | Patient Record Management
Did you know that you can use eDex to pull up lists of information from your Dentrix database? That’s the power of filters! For example, if you ever need to see a list of archived patients you could either scroll through the Select Patient dialog box looking for...
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by Dentrix Blog Team | Feb 12, 2019 | Clinical Efficiency
When a patient needs extensive treatment but can’t afford to complete it all at once, it makes sense to break the treatment out into several visits. It makes it easier for the patient to plan for the expense and to spread the cost out over time. If you’ve worked with...
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by Dentrix Blog Team | Feb 5, 2019 | Revenue Cycle Management
Have you ever been curious what the charges for a day would have been if everything had been charged out at your full office fee schedule? For example, when your office is contracted with an insurance plan, you probably post the lower insurance fee to the Ledger. What...
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by Dentrix Blog Team | Jan 29, 2019 | Practice Setup
Have you ever wondered if someone – perhaps a coworker, or even a former-coworker – might know your Dentrix password? Or maybe they know several peoples’ passwords, and you can’t be certain how far the knowledge has been shared. Let’s say you are the office...
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by Dentrix Blog Team | Jan 22, 2019 | Business & Team Management
If you’re using the Time Clock to track employee time in Dentrix, chances are good that you or one of the other staff members have forgotten to punch in/out once or twice (or more). It happens. It’s okay! Don’t let missing punches stress you out. You don’t have to...
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by Dentrix Blog Team | Jan 15, 2019 | Clinical Efficiency
From time-to-time, the ADA expires old procedure codes and creates new ones. Recently they did just that with occlusal guards by replacing one code with multiple possible replacement options. You know that there are patients out there with the old code charted on...
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by Dentrix Blog Team | Dec 18, 2018 | Office Routines
As we approach the new year, let’s talk about a process you’ll want to make sure you are implementing in your practice—keeping your Dentrix software updated. You probably receive notifications when updates, hotfixes, or other critical updates are available in Dentrix....
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by Dentrix Blog Team | Dec 4, 2018 | Office Routines
You probably know that every time you generate a report, create an insurance claim, print a route slip, or generate a billing statement a line item is added to the Batch Processor in the Office Manager. After a busy day, that Batch Processor list can be overwhelming....
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