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Many dentists who decide to offer sleep apnea and snoring services in their dental offices are told that it\u2019s an instant money maker. When done right, dental sleep medicine can be great for your bottom line. When done wrong, well it may not do anything to help your practice be more successful. In this post, we\u2019re going to review two of the main issues that dentists need to be prepared for when offering dental sleep medicine services.
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Some physicians are still very skeptical when it comes to the ability of a dentist to provide adequate care for obstructive sleep apnea sufferers. We encourage dentists to do a little actual leg work before offering these services. By that we mean \u2013 get out of the dental office and go talk to local sleep doctors. Creating relationships with local practitioners is one of the best ways to get the referrals you\u2019ll need to have a successful sleep practice. It helps if you\u2019ve completed advanced training in sleep dentistry, so you can promote your qualifications. You can also offer to provide referrals to their sleep practices for diagnosis and testing services and other aspects of treatment you don\u2019t plan to provide.<\/p>\n
In most cases, dentistry doesn\u2019t involve disease management, gum disease being the one possible exception. Instead, our services typically include treatment that restores health followed by preventive care. Sleep apnea is different. Most people don\u2019t recover from sleep apnea, so they\u2019ll need to be continually treated for this condition throughout the rest of their lives. This is actually a positive thing from a profitability standpoint, but it also has its own challenges, including noncompliance. Additionally, some people don\u2019t find that they achieve effective results using oral appliances, and you\u2019ll need to work with them to find sleep doctor to provide alternative therapies. Whatever the case, it\u2019s important to continually check in with sleep apnea patients to ensure they are achieving and maintaining the desired results whether the goal is to prevent apnea events or stop snoring.<\/p>\n
At Brady Billing, we can help you with one of the other challenges that impact dental sleep practices \u2013 medical insurance claims and billing<\/a>. Our team of knowledgeable professionals have experience working with dentists to process medical claims forms, contact providers, and deal with all the other time consuming hassles related to billing for dental sleep medicine. If you\u2019re ready to learn more, call<\/a> our team to get started today. We look forward to helping your sleep dentistry office run smoothly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many dentists who decide to offer sleep apnea and snoring services in their dental offices are told that it\u2019s an instant money maker. When done right, dental sleep medicine can be great for your bottom line. When done wrong, well it may not do anything to help your practice be more successful. In this post, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[16,28,30,21,22,14,15,19,18],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sleep-dentistry","tag-dental-sleep-medicine","tag-dental-sleep-practice","tag-dental-sleep-practices","tag-oral-appliance","tag-oral-appliances","tag-sleep-apnea","tag-sleep-apnea-dentsitry","tag-sleep-apnea-therapy","tag-sleep-dentist"],"yoast_head":"\n