Re: CDT-5

From: carabelli (redslaz3_at_att.net.not)
Date: 12/08/04 

Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 20:05:08 GMT

<purple543210@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:1102534995.862766.21230@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Lets back up here.
> CDT codes are now annual.
> up to 2003 it was CDT-3
> 2004 it was CDT-4
> 2005 it is CDT-5
> want to bet on next year???
>
> As long as the office does not accept assignment the are not bound by
> HIPPA with respect to billing style and use of codes.
> Unless the industry stays quiet and lets them change that.
> The insurance company has an ethical obligation to help their client
> with claim submission.
> I realize is some states legally that has changed because nobody stood
> up for what is right.
> When my PMS stops printing claim forms

You might want to check on that yesterday!!! We were informed that several
of our patients insurers would not be accepting anything except the 2005
version starting January 1. Our PMS is *not* upgrading at this time to
generate those forms. Last time we tried to upgrade to electronic
submission there was some unidentifiable glitch and it was not successful.
Fortunately, I'm an ortho and our printed claims are pretty repetitive and
some only need to be submitted once for a 24 month course of TX.

This time (less than a month ago) we tried the upgrade to electronic
submission again. It pretty much went seamlessly. The only option was to
purchase blank CDT-5 2005 forms from (guess who) the ADA and fill the
printer with them.

carabelli

, I will either find a software
> that will either macro out the information to a current output or
> abandon claim submission altogether. I do not need the aggravation to
> be in that loop and I hope more dentists will follow that path. We will
> do our best to help the patient with or knowledge but for a lousy $1000
> (with deductable and special rules )out of a 7000K or more treatment
> plan it becomes more work then benefit.
>
> PS how did you guys get your name to appear vs email in this new google
> set-up?
> My name disappeared and now the email shows up.
>