Yes. Give the procedure you want to go first a priority of one and the other procedure a priority of two.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
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- Sun Aug 12, 2012 6:14 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: progress notes order
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5762
- Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:05 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: progress notes order
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5762
Re: progress notes order
Give the extraction a higher priority. You can set the priority in the tx plan module.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:10 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Inquiries on insurance
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6542
Re: Inquiries on insurance
That's right, use the split claim when they don't pay one or more procedures together with some they do pay in a single claim.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:48 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Inquiries on insurance
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6542
Re: Inquiries on insurance
Regarding the two original questions: Insurance may pay $0.00 or they may pay less than they are supposed to pay according to the contract. In either case you just enter the amount paid in the Ins Pay column when entering the payment into Open Dental. The balance owed can either be written off or ch...
- Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:36 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Inquiries on insurance
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6542
Re: Inquiries on insurance
That depends on the contract with the insurance company. If it doesn't specifically say that you have to charge the contracted fees for non covered procedures, then you can charge your normal fees.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:36 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: How to change the category for co-payment estimate
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9048
Re: How to change the category for co-payment estimate
You can specify a different percentage for individual codes using the "Other Benefits" box at the bottom of the "Edit Benefits" window. Double click the other benefits box and select NONE in category, enter D2950 in Proc code, and enter the correct percentage in Percent. What you tried to do by chan...
- Mon Jul 09, 2012 2:36 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: creating a chronological chart
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3985
Re: creating a chronological chart
You can save an image of the chart after your initial exam, and then whenever you think you may need a new chart saved. In actual practice, we use the progress notes to have a chronological sequence of changes in a patient's oral condition. The chart is used more as an indicator of the patient's pre...
- Fri Jun 29, 2012 7:49 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Importing meds and allergies
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2861
Importing meds and allergies
I just downloaded version 12.3 at home and started playing with the new medical history features. I really like the strategy for entering medications. The only suggestion I would have is that maybe in the future a drop down list of the medications in the database could be used to click and select. T...
- Tue May 08, 2012 6:24 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Install problem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5644
Install problem
I uninstalled OD version 12.2.8 in my home computer (Windows Vista) and found that when I tried to re-intall it a message would come up as soon as the installation would start saying that the installation had stopped due to an error. Is this behavior normal? Luckily I had an old setup for version 6....
- Wed May 02, 2012 4:42 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Progress Notes of a patient shows other patients info
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5356
Re: Progress Notes of a patient shows other patients info
It looks like all patients are in only one family. This is just a guess, but could it be that they are creating new patient records by clicking on the "ADD" icon in the Family module instead of going through the "Select Patient" button? The other thing that comes to mind is if this could be the resu...
- Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:35 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Payment/Insurance Calculation
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4276
Re: Payment/Insurance Calculation
Yes and yes.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:24 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Where to enter insurance's fee schedule?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7826
Re: Where to enter insurance's fee schedule?
Let's say a certain plan covers endodontics at 70%, except for endo on molars where it doesn't cover (0%). You enter 70 in the endo box in the "Edit benefits" window, then you go into the "other benefits" box by clicking ADD at the bottom of the box. Select Category - None. Enter D3330 in the "or Pr...
- Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:16 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Where to enter insurance's fee schedule?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7826
Re: Where to enter insurance's fee schedule?
You enter the fee schedule for the discount plan the same way you enter any other insurance company's fee schedule. You already know how to do that. The next step is when a patient comes for treatment, you will go into the family module and after entering all the patient's demographics, you click on...
- Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:48 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Attaching one procedure/appointment to another
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2807
Re: Attaching one procedure/appointment to another
Go to SETUP, then Procedure Buttons. That's where you set up that king of thing.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:45 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Crap! Server Motherboard(?) Crashed and Burned
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10617
Re: Crap! Server Motherboard(?) Crashed and Burned
Yikes!! Check that all the fans are working so the server doesn't get too hot. The smell is probably from melting components on the old motherboard. I think you should be OK after you have the new motherboard and power supply working, unless the memory modules were fried. Hope all works out. Jorge B...
- Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:43 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Monitors
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5307
Re: Monitors
I've got several different size monitors in my office. The ones I like the most are 20.5 in. widescreen, 1600 X 900 resolution.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:44 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Two insurances fee schedules
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4945
Re: Two insurances fee schedules
In that case you should make a primary claim with insurance A for $150, your contracted fee. Then you send a secondary claim to insurance B for any balance. The amount on the claim does not have to be your contracted fee. Since you have a fee schedule with insurance B that is lower, they will adjust...
- Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:53 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Procedures marked unsent but showing up as part of a claim.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5226
Re: Procedures marked unsent but showing up as part of a cla
Six years worth of pure trial and error!!
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:24 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Procedures marked unsent but showing up as part of a claim.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5226
Re: Procedures marked unsent but showing up as part of a cla
This can happen when the procedure has more than one insurance estimate. It can happen if the patient has two or more plans and it can happen if the patient has only one plan, but the insurance plan was entered after the procedure was treatment planned. To fix: go to the Account module and double cl...
- Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:42 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: dentist chair
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8999
Re: dentist chair
I suffered from back problems for many years. The solution in my case was getting operator stools with armrests.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:54 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Pocedures not billed to insurance list is too long!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4884
Re: Pocedures not billed to insurance list is too long!
Do you mean that these are patients without insurance and pay cash? If they are they are not supposed to show up on this report. Something must be wrong in the way these patients were defined as non insured.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:26 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Scanning document default settings
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8525
Re: Scanning document default settings
That's strange, I have two HP multifunction printers/scanners and when I scan from the Images module in Open Dental a HP application scans the document. I can select color, grayscale or black and white and have several editing tools available before the image is saved in Open Dental. I have Open Den...
- Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:07 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Potential Open Dental User
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4585
Re: Potential Open Dental User
When we started out with Open Dental I had an older assistant that had never even touched a computer and another one who was scared to death that she might mess something up. I knew I couldn't just start full blast with Open Dental from the first day. So I started up by downloading the trial version...
- Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:35 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: When will someone re-appear on Recall List?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10598
Re: When will someone re-appear on Recall List?
When you set it to zero, the patient will reappear the next day.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:14 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Next Visit
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4676
Re: Next Visit
Place the next procedure in the planned appointment box. The front desk can then give the appointment.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:22 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Change code category for different insurance
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2755
Re: Change code category for different insurance
In our office, we added subcategories to be able to solve this kind of problem. Go to SETUP/INSURANCE CATEGORIES and add a category for codes 2900-2999 (we call it other restorative). Place it below the restorative category in the list, so it becomes a subcategory under restorative. Then when you go...
- Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:51 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Beta 12.0 scanning EOB question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7052
Re: Beta 12.0 scanning EOB question
Don't you just love insurance? I got an EOB a couple of weeks ago deducting $6.00 from a payment of $6.00 made in March 2011. Net paid is $0.00!!!
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:55 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Track Updated Health History / Mass Update Addr/Phone Note
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9428
Re: Track Updated Health History / Mass Update Addr/Phone No
You can add a custom field to the patient module by going to SETUP/PATIENT FIELD DEFS.
Jorge Bonilla DMD
Jorge Bonilla DMD
- Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:33 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Recall
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2660
Re: Recall
It will depend on the settings you have specified under SETUP/RECALL. If you want a patient to reappear in the recall list after a first recall, the number of days for it to reappear is specified there. The same thing can be specified for number of days after two or more reminders. If you want to se...
- Fri Dec 23, 2011 8:06 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: any way to QUICKLY audit daily schedule?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7820
Re: any way to QUICKLY audit daily schedule?
If you make the note using the record of the patient that did not show up, you automatically have their name and the note is saved in their progress notes. Just click on the appointment, delete it, and then click on the "Make Appointment" button and choose "Note for patient". It would be even better...
- Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:43 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: any way to QUICKLY audit daily schedule?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7820
Re: any way to QUICKLY audit daily schedule?
In our office we delete the broken appointment and place a patient note in the same time slot. That way you know it was a broken appointment and who had the appointment. You can write in the note if it was a no-show or if the patient had an excuse.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:07 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: command line for OD backup
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11243
Re: command line for OD backup
I don't know anything about the OD command line feature. We use a backup software called Backup4all in our office. It's very economicallly priced and you can choose to backup whatever you want. The backup/restore feature in OD is more limited, but very usefull for taking a backup of the OD database ...
- Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:52 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Open Dental for Puerto Rico
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3673
Re: Open Dental for Puerto Rico
You can contact me. I've been using Open Dental since 2005 in Mayaguez.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:08 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: individual patient outstanding insurance claims
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3452
Re: individual patient outstanding insurance claims
If you mean an individual patient whose name you know, just open the patient's account module. Any claims in red mean they haven't been paid. If you mean all outstanding claims, you can use the "Outstanding insurance claims" report. It will show you the names of all patients that have unpaid claims....
- Tue Nov 29, 2011 4:04 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Procedure Codes - Tooth vs. Mouth
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2522
Re: Procedure Codes - Tooth vs. Mouth
I've never had any insurance company require me to identify area of the mouth or tooth number in the limited exam code. They usually do require a narrative where we say what tooth or what area is involved.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:16 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Batch Insurance
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4365
Re: Batch Insurance
I was thinking that if it worked like the recalls window it would be much better. The window would stay in the background and easily accesible.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:14 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Batch Insurance
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4365
Re: Batch Insurance
That's a great idea. we will definitely do that until there's a better option.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:32 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Batch Insurance
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4365
Batch Insurance
We've been using the "Batch Insurance" feature for entering payments for a few days now. The idea is very good but it still needs some work. The main complaint is that you have to close the window to get to a patient's account or chart module. This gets to be frustrating when you have a check for tw...
- Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:19 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: implant treatment plan tooth number
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2727
Re: implant treatment plan tooth number
Go to Lists/Procedure Codes in the Main menu. Then go to code D6010. Double click on the description. Make sure it has "Tooth" selected in the Treatment Area box.
Jorge Bonilla DMD
Jorge Bonilla DMD
- Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:09 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Auto notes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8938
Re: Auto notes
There are two methods for creating notes for procedures in Open Dental. The first is the Default Note method and the second is the Autonote Method. The Default Note method is simplest to set up. You just go each procedure in List/Procedure Codes menu. You double click on a procedure and enter a defa...
- Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:55 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Version 5010 of the X12 Standard
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3970
Re: Version 5010 of the X12 Standard
Will it switch automatically to the new 5010 version on January 1, or will we have to select it from a menu?
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sun Oct 23, 2011 6:01 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Version 5010 of the X12 Standard
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3970
Version 5010 of the X12 Standard
I just learned from my clearinghouse (Inmediata) that there's a new version of x12 we have to use starting Jan 1, 2012. Are we ready for that? Any information on this?
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:21 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Post It Notes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4268
Re: Post It Notes
You could either use the note area under the chart or use the draw feature to draw an arrow or some other symbol directly on the tooth in the chart.
Jorge Bonilla DMD
Jorge Bonilla DMD
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:42 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Any way to format text in Sheets?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6124
Re: Any way to format text in Sheets?
To make a text bold, go to the sheets setup and double click on the sheet you want to edit. Then double click on the text and a window will come up where you select the font and a checkbox where you select Bold.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:02 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Any way to format text in Sheets?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6124
Re: Any way to format text in Sheets?
You can only select normal or Bold, but nothing else.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:08 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Version 11.1 crashing on startup
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6625
Re: Version 11.1 crashing on startup
Eureka! I found what the problem was. I went into safe mode without network and Open Dental ran fine. No errors at all. Then I tried Safe mode with networking and the errors came back. So I hit CTRL ALT DEL and made a list from the task manager of all the services and processes that ran while in Saf...
- Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:00 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Version 11.1 crashing on startup
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6625
Re: Version 11.1 crashing on startup
I'm getting another error message:
Application: OpenDental.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an internal error in the .NET Runtime at IP 6F63F750 (6F160000) with exit code 80131506.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Application: OpenDental.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an internal error in the .NET Runtime at IP 6F63F750 (6F160000) with exit code 80131506.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:35 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Version 11.1 crashing on startup
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6625
Re: Version 11.1 crashing on startup
This is the information that shows up in the computer management event log when Open Dental crashes. I tried to find information on the internet, but after trying a lot of the recommended solutions, the only thing left to do is reinstall Vista. So I decided to not do that and will continue to use th...
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:14 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Default Procedure Note
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7194
Re: Default Procedure Note
I guess the preferred method will depend on the particular dentist's habits or workflow. At our office we make changes to the appointment and procedures while we treat the patient. When we finish, we make sure that what's yellow is what we did and we set the appointment complete. Later on I sign the...
- Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:48 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: How to hide unused labs?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4964
Re: How to hide unused labs?
In version 7.9, go to Setup, Laboratories. Then double click on the lab and select Delete.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:09 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Version 11.1 crashing on startup
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6625
Re: Version 11.1 crashing on startup
More info: The problem happens inmediately after the splash screen appears. I have all the dotnets up to date and I have the arial font. I tried solving by disabling the aereo theme and going back to the Vista Basic theme, but that did not help. It can be solved by going to the properties in the pro...
- Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:36 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Version 11.1 crashing on startup
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6625
Re: Version 11.1 crashing on startup
If anybody has this problem, right click on the Open Dental icon. Then go to properties and in the compatibility tab select "Disable visual themes". Open Dental will then startup without problems.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:26 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Version 11.1 crashing on startup
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6625
Version 11.1 crashing on startup
I downloaded version 11.1 at home and had problems on startup. Most of the time it would stop and a message would say "Open dental has stopped working, searching for solution to problem". After some investigating I found that the problem happens only when running in the Aereo theme (Windows Vista). ...
- Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:39 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: OT: Laptop broke
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4679
Re: OT: Laptop broke
I have some Dells that have that feature. It can be deactivated in the Bios Setup. Look for a message on startup that says Press Fsomething to enter Bios Setup.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sat Sep 24, 2011 8:00 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: 32 bit or 64 bit OS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4885
Re: 32 bit or 64 bit OS
I have some computers that are 32 bit and others that are 64 bit. they both work fine.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:55 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: microsoft infopath
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7888
Re: microsoft infopath
It would be easier to import from the patient's images module. Just save the document normally, then go to the patient's images module and click the import icon.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:08 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: How to apply insurance check with added interest payment?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3862
Re: How to apply insurance check with added interest payment?
In our office we see it differently. We consider that the interest is a kind of finance charge for not paying on time, so we just enter what the insurance paid on the claim, including the interest. Then we add an adjustment as "Finance Charge" for the amount of interest paid. We don't assign it to a...
- Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:28 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Dental software
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4534
Re: Dental software
You could make it point to Open Dental's main page.
- Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:21 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Ins Benefits
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11300
Re: Ins Benefits
If you added the span correctly, go to the "edit insurance plan" window by double clicking on the plan in the family module. Now double click in the box where the insurance percentages show and a window called "edit benefits" will come up. This is where you enter percentages for most categories. The...
- Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:09 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: need to add address info to a query
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4286
Re: need to add address info to a query
You have to add the address fields to the query as follows: /*Treatment planned work totalled by patient with annual ins max, ins used and name of carrier*/ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tempused; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tempplanned; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tempannualmax; CREATE TABLE tempused( PatPlanNum mediumin...
- Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:02 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Need help with queries
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3073
Re: Need help with queries
There are some manuals you can get in a bookstore such as Border's. You can also google some websites that are helpful. The Open Dental website has hundreds of queries that you might find useful or may even edit to suit your needs. Go to the OD main page, click on the Search icon and enter Query exa...
- Wed Jun 29, 2011 3:39 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Query to select patients by date last visit
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3257
Query to select patients by date last visit
July is coming soon and that's when we inactivate old physical records and store them away to make space in our office. We still don't have digital x-rays so we have folders to file away the patient's radiographs. After five years we make a list, remove them, and store them in boxes a closet. I came...
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:46 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: image display in chart module
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7773
Re: image display in chart module
You could go into the setup/definitions menu and mark those folders to be viewable in the chart module.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:02 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Scanners
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2683
Re: Scanners
I can scan in color, Grayscale or B&W. The scans come out perfect. This may be an issue with your scanner software. I have an HP multifunction printer/scanner/copier. I scan directly from the images module and select the TWAIN compatible scanner. The HP software then opens up and scans the document....
- Sat May 14, 2011 6:36 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: EHR questions
- Replies: 16
- Views: 13358
Re: EHR questions
I was reading up on the criteria we would have to meet in order to qualify as "meaningful EHR users" and maybe get some of the incentive money. Everything was fine until I got to #8: (8) Record and chart changes in the following vital signs: (A) Height. (B) Weight. (C) Blood pressure. (D) Calculate ...
- Sat May 14, 2011 4:23 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Hello, Hello! Newbie here!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4992
Re: Hello, Hello! Newbie here!
Use the button labeled B/F.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Thu May 05, 2011 10:18 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Pre authorization Electronic Claim's unable to send
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2736
Re: Pre authorization Electronic Claim's unable to send
Double click on the procedure and see if you checked that it's an initial prosthesis or if it's a replacement.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:47 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: DirectX Hardware compatibility list
- Replies: 21
- Views: 30373
Re: DirectX Hardware compatibility list
These work for me, all of them on Windows 7:
Nvidia GEForce 7300SE/7200GS
ATI Radeon HD 4350
ATI RS880 (integrated)
Then I have a Dell with an integrated Intel 4 series that will let me see the perio chart, but the image is choppy.
Jorge Bonilla DMD
Nvidia GEForce 7300SE/7200GS
ATI Radeon HD 4350
ATI RS880 (integrated)
Then I have a Dell with an integrated Intel 4 series that will let me see the perio chart, but the image is choppy.
Jorge Bonilla DMD
- Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:20 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Printing clinical progress notes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6211
Re: Printing clinical progress notes
What version are you on? Do you have an "ADD" button in the "SHOW" tab to add different chart views?
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:29 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Printing clinical progress notes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6211
Re: Printing clinical progress notes
Yes. In the chart module, go to the "Show"tab in the upper right hand side. Create a chart view that does not include "Amount" and then use that view to print the notes.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:28 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: version 7.6
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7136
Re: version 7.6
Too bad about the search patient new feature. I liked it better the way it was. It's more logical to get fewer results when you add more letters.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:09 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: version 7.6
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7136
Re: version 7.6
Anybody else having problems with the change in the SELECT PATIENT search?
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:11 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: version 7.6
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7136
Re: version 7.6
It happens only with some patients that have several pages of notes. The last note in one of the pages either prints with the bottom part of the letters cut off or doesn't print the line at all. Jordan tells me that the bug was fixed for 7.8, so the problem is only temporary until you update. Jorge ...
- Thu Mar 03, 2011 2:08 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: version 7.6
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7136
version 7.6
We updated to version 7.6.26 and my front office is telling me that the behavior of the SELECT PATIENT window has changed. They tell me that now the search results include more patients because when they enter a name or last name it will find anyone with the same letter combination anywhere in the n...
- Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:36 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: sheets
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12544
Re: sheets
I read your post and started looking for an utility that would convert text files to image files and found a free software program called Unicode Image Maker. I played with it a while and it works pretty good. For best results, you should first save your text document as a .rtf file. You then import...
- Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:12 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Medical hx sheet
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2503
Medical hx sheet
In the registration sheet we automatically get any information that was entered in the Family module into the sheet, but in the medical hx sheet I can't see any interation between what we enter in the medical part of the Chart module and the sheet. Is there a way to do this, or is this still in the ...
- Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:31 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: e-mail signature and picture
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2383
e-mail signature and picture
I would like to send a logo or picture along with my name and address at the end of the e-mails that we send our patients from Open Dental. We use Gmail. Has anybody done this or know how?
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:01 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Help on insurance est
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5053
Re: Help on insurance est
Go to Setup and then Insurance Categories. Now double click on the gray line that says "adjunctive". Verify that it says 100 for Default Percent.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:35 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Recall after inactive patient "reappears"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4108
Re: Recall after inactive patient "reappears"
The only reason we set them to inactive is to let us know that the patient's old things (x-rays, documents, etc) have been stored away. Maybe we could leave them as active and add a field in the family module where we can mark them as "long time no see".
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:08 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Recall after inactive patient "reappears"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4108
Recall after inactive patient "reappears"
My front desk people tell me they have a situation with the recalls. I don't know if this qualifies as a bug, an annoyance, or a request. They noticed that patients that had been inactive and then came back after a few years would have their recalls disabled. OD normally disables recalls for inactiv...
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:26 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: host not allowed to connect
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12555
Re: host not allowed to connect
Can you access the server from Windows (network neighborhood) from your computers and see shared folders and files?
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:27 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Outstanding insurance claims report
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2424
Outstanding insurance claims report
The new report is a great improvement over the old one. Just one thing that I think should be changed, the way it orders the outstanding claims. Right now it lists the claims by insurance company, but in random order. It would be nice if it was ordered by date of service or date of claim within each...
- Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:05 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Patient Classifications - Categories
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2416
Re: Patient Classifications - Categories
I don't think OD can do #1, but you could request it as a new feature. Number 2 and 3 can be done. You would have to make a fee schedule for each of the patient categories. I would recommend naming each schedule something descriptive (such as VIP). Then you select the fee schedule you want to assign...
- Fri Dec 24, 2010 3:38 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Questions about "edit Insurance Plan" window
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4598
Re: Questions about "edit Insurance Plan" window
The "pending" checkbox is used when you have entered part of the insurance definition but still have things you have to check with the insurance company or the patient. It doesn't do anything other than to let you know that you have something to do about the insurance definition. There's information...
- Wed Dec 22, 2010 7:11 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Questions about "edit Insurance Plan" window
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4598
Re: Questions about "edit Insurance Plan" window
Some insurance companies have both a subscriber ID for the main subscriber and individual patient IDs for the dependent family members. The e claims format sends both numbers when they exist. The paper claim only has a space for the primary subscriber ID, but the Insurance companies that use depende...
- Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:43 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Awesome AIO touch screen deal and touch screen signing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7285
Re: Awesome AIO touch screen deal and touch screen signing
Yes, I use a Wacom tablet to sign progress notes. It's not useful for patient's signatures because you have to get used to signing on something were you don't see any ink and the area for signing is small. For a patient I would prefer one of the topaz pads that show what you write as you sign on it....
- Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:37 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: PSR records
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6680
Re: PSR records
Right.
- Fri Dec 10, 2010 5:32 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: PSR records
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6680
Re: PSR records
I place it in the box under the chart and in the progress note for the exam. I like to have them in the box so I can see if there's any change from one visit to the next.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Fri Dec 10, 2010 5:10 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Awesome AIO touch screen deal and touch screen signing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7285
Re: Awesome AIO touch screen deal and touch screen signing
To sign with a pen tablet or a computer that has a pen or stylus, just use the pen as a mouse and move the cursor over the box where the signature goes. Do not select the SIGN TOPAZ button. Just write with the pen inside the box. You can see how this works with your regular mouse, but it's not easy ...
- Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:50 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Query Change?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13269
Re: Query Change?
OK, I got it now. It works.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:41 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Query Change?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13269
Re: Query Change?
I have the same problem but can't get it to work. Here's a query I used to make a list of patients not seen in five years. How would I need to change it to make it work? SET @pos=0; SELECT @pos:=@pos+1 as 'Number Of Patients', patient.LName,patient.FName, Date_Format(MAX(procedurelog.ProcDate),'%m/%...
- Mon Nov 15, 2010 3:41 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: [OT] How many PCs do you have in your office?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6299
Re: [OT] How many PCs do you have in your office?
Total PCs: 6
Distribution: 2 Front office, one each op (3), and one Dr's office.
Number dentists: 1 full time
All hard wired
Distribution: 2 Front office, one each op (3), and one Dr's office.
Number dentists: 1 full time
All hard wired
- Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:28 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Requested Features
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4622
Re: Requested Features
Feature 511 would be a great addition to OD. If anybody has any votes left they should consider this.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:27 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Tooth numbers missing on scheduled procedures
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5211
Re: Tooth numbers missing on scheduled procedures
Is this something that can be fixed with the database maintenance tool? I'm waiting for a fix on this before I update to 7.3.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:07 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Electronic Health Records
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5788
Re: Electronic Health Records
I have my doubts on the acceptance this will have among dentists. It looks like having access to the information will not be free for us providers. I think dentists will not have a good enough incentive to participate in this unless we are mandated by the federal government or the insurance companie...
- Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:30 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Recall postcard printing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4583
Re: Recall postcard printing
Yes, they come microperforated so it's easy to just pull them apart.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Edit: the printer is an HP, not a Brother. The Model number is P2035n
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Edit: the printer is an HP, not a Brother. The Model number is P2035n
- Mon Oct 11, 2010 10:55 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Recall postcard printing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4583
Re: Recall postcard printing
I use recall cards from www.mbsdental.com, 4 per page. We've also used some from Medical Arts Press. We print them on a Brother Laserjet p2035n printer. They come out beautiful and all you have to do is stick the postage stamp on them and send them out.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sun Oct 03, 2010 11:16 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Electronic Health Records
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5788
Re: Electronic Health Records
I went to a continuing ed on the topic a few days ago. The parameters that the federal government set to be a meaningful user and thus qualify for funds are basically impossibe for the average dentist to meet. Seems like nobody thought about dentists when they wrote this law.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Fri Oct 01, 2010 8:58 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Chart tabs
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4786
Re: Chart tabs
Go to Setup, Definitions, Image Categories and double click on the folder you want to appear in the Chart Module. Put a checkmark in the appropriate box.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:59 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Electronic Health Records
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5788
Electronic Health Records
Jordan, has there been any news on this topic and what a dental practice management software must do to be certified by the federal government?
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sat Sep 25, 2010 10:36 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: A to Z Image File Path
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10613
Re: A to Z Image File Path
Have you tried doing the following to avoid looking in the A-Z folder: Scan document into the "My Documents" folder from your non twain scanner, then import from the image module in Open Dental. If you ever need to find a document in the A-Z folder, select one of the patient's documents in the image...
- Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:25 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Importing PDF's
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8707
Re: Importing PDF's
Are you using the Alt-PrtScn key combination to copy the screen image from the insurance company website? If you do that, all you have to do is paste it into the images module for the patient and it is copied as a JPG.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Mon Aug 23, 2010 4:28 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Patient does not read English
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4332
Re: Patient does not read English
I'll send you my e-mail address in a private message and then you can e-mail it to me.
Jorge Bonilla DMD
Jorge Bonilla DMD
- Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:07 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Patient does not read English
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4332
Re: Patient does not read English
I can translate your favorite form for you if you post it.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:05 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Setting up new scanner
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2717
Re: Setting up new scanner
Scan from Open Dental by going to the patient's image module and click on the icon for scan. Then select the scanner and scan the document. It will prompt you to select the images folder you want the document to be in.
Jorge Bonilla DMD
Jorge Bonilla DMD
- Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:08 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Treatment Estimate for Onlays Incorrect
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3381
Re: Treatment Estimate for Onlays Incorrect
Go to the main menu and look under Setup / Insurance Categories. You should find that onlays fall under restorative. That's why it gets calculated at the restorative percent. If you have an insurance plan that covers onlays at less than other basic restorative procedures, you have to decide on one o...
- Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:58 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Charting conditions
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17790
Re: Charting conditions
Using the conditions option the way you describe is too much work. We just chart existing dental work and needed dental work. If there is anything I would like to add like open margin or whatever, it becomes part of the note for the procedure. For example, if a patient comes in with a fractured rest...
- Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:30 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Use security in opendental or not?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6153
Re: Use security in opendental or not?
Well, the way we have it worked out is my wife makes all the day to day decisions, and I get to decide on the important stuff like the war in Afghanistan, the trade deficit, and global warming.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:00 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Use security in opendental or not?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6153
Re: Use security in opendental or not?
I have an even smaller office. Just me, my wife, and two employees. I have admin rights for my wife and I, and employee rights for the others.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sun May 30, 2010 5:37 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: outstanding insurance vs aging
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3040
Re: outstanding insurance vs aging
I think the difference is because the outstanding insurance report gives you the amount that was billed instead of the amount they really owe you. In most cases if you bill your regular fees to insurance, that amount will be higher than what they will pay you.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sun May 23, 2010 10:28 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: pontics not showing for teeth when missing {PICNIC}
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5759
Re: pontics not showing for teeth when missing
I have version 7.0.32 at home and it works normally.
- Sat May 08, 2010 1:15 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: CLM01 in eclaims
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12318
Re: CLM01 in eclaims
I copied and pasted this from the Cigna D837 Companion Guide: "2. CIGNA limits the characters that are allowed in data elements to the following: The letters A through Z (upper case only) The digits 0 through 9 Spaces Decimal points in numeric fields defined with the decimal attribute A hyphen in da...
- Sat May 08, 2010 7:27 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: CLM01 in eclaims
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12318
Re: CLM01 in eclaims
Thanks Jordan. The patient number/claim number combo should work. I'm not sure if the clearinghouses accept the foward slash though. I guess it would be simple fix to remove it if they didn't.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sat May 08, 2010 5:53 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: CLM01 in eclaims
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12318
Re: CLM01 in eclaims
I keep thinking about this and the more I think the more problems I find. Imagine if after some time of using OD you want to look up claim number 5678. You may find that patient number 5678 has had forty claims, all with the same number. It doesn't help in making queries and reports and it makes it ...
- Sat May 08, 2010 5:10 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: CLM01 in eclaims
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12318
CLM01 in eclaims
Jordan, I was reading the webpage and noticed that you are now using the the patient number for field CLM01 in eclaims. That got me to thinking because I know that many inscos use that number to identify claims when you call them to inquire about any problems with the claim. So I looked up Cigna's c...
- Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:24 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Expertise needed, shared database multiple clients
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2580
Re: Expertise needed, shared database multiple clients
The install program that comes with Open Dental will help you do this easily. Read the instruction manual in the website as it will explain everything you need to do to have this type of installation.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:43 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Unable to Restore from a Flash Drive backup
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4146
Re: Unable to Restore from a Flash Drive backup
Right click the Open Dental program icon and select "run as administrator" to open the program when you are going to do a restore.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:27 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Production summary report
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2967
Re: Production summary report
Click on reports in the main menu and try out the report called "procedures" under the Daily group. You can select the range to include the time period you want and then group by procedure codes. The resulting report may be what you need.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:07 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: "Ins Rem" not update?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7877
Re: "Ins Rem" not update?
It's working fine in version 7.0.3. Maybe the difference from version 6.3 to the present versions is that you need to move the mouse and place the arrow over the Ins Rem box to get the numbers.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:42 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Sold my dental practice
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12202
Re: Sold my dental practice
I'm green with envy!
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Wed Mar 03, 2010 2:10 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Child Fluoride
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6536
Re: Child Fluoride
Make it with a global default age in the recall setup, but have it so the plan definition in the family module can override the default. Maybe add something in the plan definition where we can enter the age at which the plan says we should start billing adult fluoride if it is covered. Jorge Bonilla...
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:49 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Windows 7 64bit workstation
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5755
Re: Windows 7 64bit workstation
I added a windows 7 64 bit computer on my XP pro network. It works fine, except for scanning directly from the images module (version 6.7, I don't know about newer versions). When you set it up don't set it as a Homegroup. Those are for all windows 7 networks. You have to set it up to join your XP w...
- Sun Feb 14, 2010 4:46 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Backup on home computer
- Replies: 30
- Views: 29558
Re: Backup on home computer
Using GotoMy PC or similar software is fine, but it's important that all OD users learn how to backup and restore their databases. It trains you for when your office server crashes and you need to get some other computer to take over as the server.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:04 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Backup on home computer
- Replies: 30
- Views: 29558
Re: Backup on home computer
Congrats. I'm glad you finally got it to work at home.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:51 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Backup on home computer
- Replies: 30
- Views: 29558
Re: Backup on home computer
To see what version you have go to the main menu and click Help, then click Update. The version will show in the update window. If the version you have at home is older than the one at the office, you can update at home or you can install the newer version using the Setup.exe in the AtoZ folder from...
- Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:16 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Phasing out backup/restore?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 27025
Re: Phasing out backup/restore?
I have version 6.7.30 and windows 7 64 bit in one of my machines. I can do the backup from that machine without problems. One thing I did do that could be different was that I did the backup on an empty USB drive, so it was a completely new backup.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:05 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Help with query for inactive patients
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3326
Re: Help with query for inactive patients
I would also add that to get the correct date of the patient's last visit, you should make a small change in the SELECT line as follows: SELECT patient.LName, patient.FName, patient.Address, patient.Address2, patient.City, patient.State, patient.Zip, Date_Format(MAX(procedurelog.ProcDate),'%m/%d/%y'...
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:49 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Problem with Importing PDFs
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3961
Re: Problem with IMPORTING PDFs
I think your problem is in the correct setup of data paths. I think you better have OpenDental support have a look at your setup.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:52 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: 6.9.3 Direct X bug
- Replies: 34
- Views: 27328
Re: 6.9.3 Direct X bug
I got a new server that's a windows 7 desktop. No problems at all. I have XP on the other computers. I find windows 7 to be probably the best version of windows I've seen.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:16 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Backup on home computer
- Replies: 30
- Views: 29558
Re: Backup on home computer
Jordan, This is the type of backup problem that worries me and that I mentioned in another thread. For those of us that have restored from backup, the process might seem logical and simple, but this is not the case of the average user. From what I gather the problem seems to be in entering the corre...
- Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:17 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: software backup to external drive
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3392
Re: software backup to external drive
I've been testing backup software for the past couple of weeks. The one I like the most is Backup4all. The professional version has about every feature you can think of. It costs about $50. It works on all versions of Windows, 32 and 64 bit. It also backs up open files, so that would solve your prob...
- Thu Dec 31, 2009 5:14 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Phasing out backup/restore?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 27025
Re: Phasing out backup/restore?
Just one thing I didn't like, when you restore at home you have to restore everything instead of only the files that changed.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Thu Dec 31, 2009 4:57 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Phasing out backup/restore?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 27025
Re: Phasing out backup/restore?
OK, I backed up from my office server and then restored to my home laptop using Idrive software. It took a pretty long time since it was the first time. It should go faster when it backs up only the changed files. The restore was a bit tricky since the software assumes that you will be restoring to ...
- Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:24 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Phasing out backup/restore?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 27025
Re: Phasing out backup/restore?
I'm trying out the IDrive software that is recommended on the web site. Should I stop the MySQL service when I restore at home?
Jorge Bonilla
Jorge Bonilla
- Mon Dec 28, 2009 4:00 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Phasing out backup/restore?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 27025
Phasing out backup/restore?
I read in the online manual that the backup/restore feature might be phased out because it doesn't have encryption. That's too bad, it's really nice to use for take home backups and it's very easy to restore at home. Other backup software would require that you manually stop the MySQL service before...
- Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:59 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: What multifunction printer do you use?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7357
Re: What multifunction printer do you use?
To scan directly into Open Dental you go to the images module and click on one of the three buttons on top for either documents, x-rays , or pictures. If the scanner is TWAIN compliant, it should scan and the image will go in whatever category you choose. I learned the hard way that scanners can be ...
- Sat Dec 12, 2009 12:40 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: What multifunction printer do you use?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7357
Re: What multifunction printer do you use?
Have you tried to scan from Open Dental with the Brother MFC7550?
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sat Dec 12, 2009 9:35 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: What multifunction printer do you use?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7357
What multifunction printer do you use?
I need to buy a new multifunction printer because my old HP 7210 is not working right any more. I tried a Lexmark professional X7675 but the scanning was awful. It was real slow to scan and it would not scan in color from Open Dental, only in B&W and the image was terrible (faint). The only workarou...
- Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:35 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Recall Disabled Query
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6203
Re: Recall Disabled Query
Try query 146 from the query examples.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:55 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Staying Logged on
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9460
Re: Staying Logged on
BINGO!!! I found the problem. I had the opendental forum on my favorites menu and it would take me to http://70.90.133.65 instead of the new server address at opendentalsoft.com. To fix the problem just delete the old open dental forum entry in the favorites menu and enter the forum through the main...
- Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:43 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Staying Logged on
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9460
Re: Staying Logged on
I also have IE 8. I tried setting everything in the security tab and the privacy tab to default and it didn't solve the problem. I then went into the advanced tab and tried the reset button to bring all of Internet explorer's settings back to their original defaults. That didn't work either. Jordan,...
- Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:21 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Staying Logged on
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9460
Re: Staying Logged on
I find that it stays logged in on my Windows XP computers, but not in my Vista computers. I have thenm set up exactly the same. The only difference is that Vista has an "enable protected mode" option in the internet security options.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:04 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Fluoride to age 19
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2745
Fluoride to age 19
In the insurance plan definition window you can enter the age limit for fluoride to whatever age the plan says, but when I do that, it automatically enters a limit for the code for adult fluoride (1204). Shouldn't it be a limit in the age for child fluoride (1203)? The plans we see here usually limi...
- Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:12 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: new patient entry warnings?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4898
Re: new patient entry warnings?
Vote for feature request 721, "Warning when entering a duplicate patient". Right now it only has one vote.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:30 am
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Crash in workstations on uprade
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3440
Crash in workstations on uprade
I was having problems with the internet at the office so I have been updating at home and then taking the update program in a flash drive to the office and updating by running it in the server, and then running Open Dental in each workstation to update each one. This time, I upgraded from version 6....
- Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:34 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: How do you do it??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4535
Re: How do you do it??
We click on "Break Appt" so it makes the entry in the Account module, then we delete the appointment and make a patient note that will appear in the progress notes.
- Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:40 pm
- Forum: Advanced Topics
- Topic: Electronic Health Record
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16357
Electronic Health Record
I received some information today about the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act" that has as one of its provisions something called the "Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health act" (HITECH Act) that promotes the use of electronic medical and dental records. It says that t...
- Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:12 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: CDT Compliance
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4450
Re: CDT Compliance
Make sure you send the form to those of us that don't get billed through the mail. I get my monthly fee charged automatically to my credit card.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:09 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Patient Signature
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4721
Re: Patient Signature
If you have to print the claim form and you can't always use signature on file, then the best thing would be to edit the claimform (or better yet make a copy of the claimform so you don't loose it). Delete the signature fields on this copy and your claimform will print with those fields blank. Your ...
- Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:59 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Completed feature request
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2380
Completed feature request
I see feature 261 has been completed. This was to add a breakdown of the insurance and patient portions at the procedure level. What version was this added to? I'm on 6.6.28 but don't see it .
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:51 am
- Forum: Developers
- Topic: Submit new Language
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8237
Re: Submit new Language
I tried to download a spanish translation but I get a message that says there is no translation available (version 6.6.28). I checked with the regional settings in Spanish for Mexico and Spain.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:16 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Insurance claims showing outstanding on report
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5556
Re: Insurance claims showing outstanding on report
Have you tried running the Database Maintenance?
- Fri Aug 21, 2009 3:32 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Was this bug fixed?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9813
Re: Was this bug fixed?
I think that I know what's happening because we had the same problem. The sequence of events is: 1. You make a planned appointment at the chair. 2. The front desk gives the patient an appointment for the same procedure, but doesn't choose the planned appointment line item, instead they go to "Create...
- Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:40 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Box under the chart
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2957
Re: Box under the chart
I keep tooth shades and PSR scores.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:34 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Supernumerary Ext
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10774
Re: Supernumerary Ext
I believe the correct way to designate supernumeraries is by adding 50 to the tooth number. So a supernumerary wisdom tooth beside tooth 1 would be tooth 51.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:42 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: What to do with secondary claims when they aren't needed
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5029
Re: What to do with secondary claims when they aren't needed
You can also double click on the procedure and in the "insurance estimates and payments" box, double click the line for the secondary insurance and then click on "do not bill to this insurance".
Jorge Bonilla
Jorge Bonilla
- Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:37 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Can't hide failed implants on 3D chart
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3036
Re: Can't hide failed implants on 3D chart
The feature request for hiding graphics is number 182. It requests to bring back the "hide graphics" checkbox that we use to have in each procedure. Right now it only has two votes.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:20 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Paint Types
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5219
Re: Paint Types
You really don't need codes for multiples of the same thing. Just select all the tooth numbers that will have an implant and choose the implant code. If what you mean is if you can select a few numbers and have OD place the graphics for implant, abutment, and crown in one click, then you need to set...
- Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:43 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: How "paperless" are you?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9092
Re: How "paperless" are you?
Yes, they work fine. I use an older model Wacom tablet with pen and mouse with the computer on my desk. I sign progress notes and draw on the tooth chart with it.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:38 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Bridge left after teeth are extracted
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5027
Re: Bridge left after teeth are extracted
The hide graphics feature is a checkbox in each procedure. We used to have it a few years ago when the chart wasn't as advanced as it is today. If selected, it would hide the graphic for the bridge only. All other graphics that you add such as implants and such would show. Please vote for this featu...
- Sat May 30, 2009 4:58 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Spam attacks our forum
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6661
Spam attacks our forum
Jordan,
Is there anything that can be done to get rid of all the spam that sprung up today on this forum?
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Is there anything that can be done to get rid of all the spam that sprung up today on this forum?
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Fri May 29, 2009 4:15 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: signing chart notes
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2629
Re: signing chart notes
In OD, once you write a note and click OK, it's going to stay there forever. Even if you "delete" or "edit" a note, OD keeps all your notes forever (hidden) and even datestamps it. You can see that if you click on the Audit feature in one of the tabs on top of the progress notes. So, it's impossible...
- Tue May 12, 2009 1:15 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: procedure Icons
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12676
Re: procedure Icons
Yes, I had posted various icons that you can use at http://70.90.133.65/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=947&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=icons . This is what I use for implants: http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i77/jorgebon/th_Prefababutment.jpg http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i77/jorgebon/th_ImplantCr...
- Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:04 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Printing the patient's record
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3256
Re: Printing the patient's record
In the Setup menu you select Display Fields, and a window will come up for you to select the progress notes. Select it and then click on the line that says amount and then click on the arrow pointing to the right. This will remove that field from view. After you print out the progress notes you can ...
- Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:31 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Installing Open-dental Version 3.8 on Home Computer
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5882
Re: Installing Open-dental Version 3.8 on Home Computer
If what you get is the choose database window, write "Localhost" in the first box (don't include the parenthesis). Leave the rest as is.
If what you get is the Edit Paths window, write "\\Localhost\OpenDentalData\" in the first box. Leave the rest as is.
If what you get is the Edit Paths window, write "\\Localhost\OpenDentalData\" in the first box. Leave the rest as is.
- Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:29 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Printing Preauth
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3229
Re: Printing Preauth
The form that Open Dental prints out is OK. You won't need any preprinted forms.
- Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:49 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: How do you handle broken appointments in OD?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8344
Re: How do you handle broken appointments in OD?
In our office we make a note for the patient that says "Patient missed appt" and after we remove the appointment from the schedule, we place the patient note where the appointment was. That way you'll have a yellow box anywhere in the schedule where a patient missed an appointment. This is an easy w...
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:36 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Archived vs. Inactive patients
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3561
Re: Archived vs. Inactive patients
Maybe a message could pop up when you enter a patient name and birthdate that coincides with an existing one. Then the user would have a choice to either "merge" both patients or tell OD to go ahead with the new patient record.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:11 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Ideas for network
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8416
Re: Ideas for network
What you're thinking is fine. RAID is when you have a computer that has two or more drives where everything that goes into one drive gets automatically copied to the other, so if your C: drive fails, you just use the other drive.
- Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:28 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: How to change the description of a code?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6133
Re: How to change the description of a code?
Sorry about the wrong version number. I should have written 6.4.12.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:18 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Medical section question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3001
Re: Medical section question
You can use them as you wish. I use the Medical Urgent box for things that directly affect treatment, such as "Anticoagulants" or "No Epinephrine" or "Allergic to Aspirin". We use the Medical Summary box to list things like "Patient had heart surgery Dec 2008", or the patient's physician, or whateve...
- Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:10 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: How to change the description of a code?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6133
Re: How to change the description of a code?
I'm on version 6.12. It works fine here. You should not delete the original "official" description under Lists/ProcedureCodes/Procedure edit. You add the layman's term and it will show in the Progress Notes and in the Treatment Plan Module. The "official term" will still show in the Procedure Edit w...
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:12 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Does OD have a billing module?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3377
Re: Does OD have a billing module?
Tesia is an electronic claims clearinghouse. They simply collect the e-claims that software like Open Dental produces and sends them to the different insurance carriers.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:25 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Good job on Mobile Version!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8654
Re: Good job on Mobile Version!
I have a Blacjack II with Windows Mobile 6.0 (not the touch-screen version) and couldn't get it to work. I think you need the Windows 6.1 Pro Mobile version which has the touch screen feature.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:12 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Income Based on Catagory of Dental Services
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4670
Re: Income Based on Catagory of Dental Services
This is a very complicated query, but fortunately there is a query in the examples page (query number 45) that could work. Set the desired date range in the first line: SET @FromDate= '2007-08-21', @ToDate='2007-08-22'; /*change dates here*/ SET @TotNum=0, @TotFee=0; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tmp1; DROP ...
- Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:51 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: small 3D tooth chart
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5041
Re: small 3D tooth chart
Try changing the graphics settings in Open Dental by going to the main menu and selecting File, Graphics. Once in that window select different options until you find the one that works.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:54 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Need simple query help
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4320
Re: Need simple query help
I'm not sure but I think this one can't be done because I believe OD doesn't set a date for when a patient is inactivated. I could be wrong. Maybe Jordan can clarify this.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:08 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Patient Picture on consent forms/Sheets
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4497
Re: Patient Picture on consent forms/Sheets
Jordan,
Have you considered the possibility of somehow having the patient's chart print in a custom sheets letter?
Have you considered the possibility of somehow having the patient's chart print in a custom sheets letter?
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:26 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Inactivate patients
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6177
Re: Inactivate patients
I have a query that I use for this purpose: SET @pos=0; SELECT @pos:=@pos+1 as 'Number Of Patients', patient.LName,patient.FName,patient.Address,patient.Address2,patient.City,patient.State,patient.Zip, Date_Format(MAX(procedurelog.ProcDate),'%m/%d/%y') as 'Date Last Visit' FROM patient,Procedurelog ...
- Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:42 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: RECALL with a hundred exclamation points
- Replies: 31
- Views: 22201
Re: RECALL with a hundred exclamation points
This sounds like more of a problem than a solution. Maybe some filters should be made available so that when we get such a big list, we can filter out patients we normally would not send out a recall notice to. Or maybe the solution would be to define different types of recall so that you can send o...
- Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:05 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Registration key
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9010
Re: Registration key
You have to edit the security settings under SETUP/SECURITY
- Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:03 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Filing code
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2493
Re: Filing code
The filing code is for electronic claims. Most insurance companies use the CI code (Commercial Insurance). Some Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies use the BL code (Blues). If an insurance company uses something other than "Commercial Insurane" they will let you know. For our purposes it has no use...
- Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:59 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Medications list
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8737
Re: Medications list
HO HO HO!!! MedicationNum MedName GenericNum Notes 1 ATENOLOL 1 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT 2 GLYNASE 2 ANTIDIABETIC AGENT 4 ROSIGLITAZONE 4 ANTIDIABETIC AGENT 5 AVANDIA 4 6 INSULIN 6 ANTIDIABETIC AGENT 7 IRBESARTAN AND HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE 7 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT 8 AVALIDE 7 9 LEVOTHYROXINE 9 FOR HYPOTH...
- Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:25 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Advanced usage "allowed":
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11504
Re: Advanced usage "allowed":
Where I practice if you are a Delta Premier provider that's non par with Delta PPO, Delta will pay you what they usually pay a PPO dentist and the patient pays the difference up to your Premier fee. Using the allowed fee schedule Open Dental will calculate the portion that Delta will pay and the por...
- Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:20 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Printer for Rx
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4551
Printer for Rx
I'm looking to buy a printer for prescriptions and referal notes. Which printer are you guys using? Are you using 8.5 X 11 inch paper and then cutting it or are you printing on pre-cut paper? I'd hate to waste paper and would like to print on a half page size or a quarter page size sheet.
- Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:21 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: How many users are there?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4694
Re: How many users are there?
You could also add that there are Open Dental users all around the world. I find it hard to believe that a sales rep for dental software hasn't heard about his competition.
- Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:38 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Order of Procedure
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3901
Re: Order of Procedure
I find that prescriptions usually get scrambled in the order of procedures in the chart module.
- Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:09 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Version
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2579
Re: Version
In the main menu select Help/Update.
- Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:25 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: I have converted!!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3526
Re: I have converted!!!
They could be hidden. When you open the Procedure Codes window, make sure you select the "show hidden" box under the list of categories.
- Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:35 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Due for...items
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3437
Re: Due for...items
That's what the Recall Types are for. You can set up recall types for whatever you want and see if it's due right from the patient's family module.
- Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:07 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: New Trial
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2613
Re: New Trial
I use it once in a while to chart things like a fixed retainer or a space maintainer.
- Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:50 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Open Dental Claims won't send
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4427
Re: Open Dental Claims won't send
This is probably because you have the webmd client program installed only in the computer that sends the claims. When you try to send from the other computers the webmd program can't be found.
- Sun Nov 23, 2008 5:01 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Query - Procedures Report
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3876
Re: Query - Procedures Report
I took query number 135 from the examples page and edited it to get the information you needed. See if it works out for you: SET @FromDate='2008-01-01' , @ToDate='2008-12-31'; SELECT CONCAT(patient.LName, ', ',patient.FName, ' ', patient.MiddleI) As Patient, patient.birthdate, pl.ProcDate, pv.Abbr,p...
- Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:37 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Edit procedure buttons
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16459
- Wed Nov 19, 2008 3:09 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Edit procedure buttons
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16459
Re: Edit procedure buttons
Glad to help.
- Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:46 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Edit procedure buttons
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16459
Re: Edit procedure buttons
These are some of the ones I have: http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i77/jorgebon/th_Prefababutment.jpg http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i77/jorgebon/th_ImplantCrown.jpg http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i77/jorgebon/th_implant.jpg http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i77/jorgebon/th_CustomAbutment.jp...
- Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:24 am
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Advanced usage "allowed":
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11504
Re: Advanced usage "allowed":
That's right. I'm using version 6.0, so I don't know how it works under 6.1 yet. You set up a fee schedule with your Delta Premier fees and use it for all Delta plans, even PPO. Then you set up an allowed fee schedule for the Delta PPOs with the PPO fees. So the Delta PPOs will use two fee schedules...
- Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:44 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Advanced usage "allowed":
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11504
Re: Advanced usage "allowed":
One of the uses we give to the allowed schedules is with Delta. I'm a Delta Premier provider and I decided not to sign up with Delta PPO. So all those Delta plans that are PPO are defined with my Delta Premier fees as the Fee Schedule and the Delta PPO fees as the Allowed fee Schedule. The patient w...
- Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:36 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Time pattern?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3418
Re: Time pattern?
X is time the dentist spends on a patient. / is time an assistant spends on a patient. Each is worth 10 minutes. So XXX is 30 minutes of the dr's time.
- Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:31 pm
- Forum: Main Forum
- Topic: Advanced usage "allowed":
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11504
Re: Advanced usage "allowed":
If you have a contract with an insurance company and it says you should accept certain fees as payment in full, then you should define a fee schedule with those fees for that insurance company. This would not be an allowed fee schedule, just a normal one. You should do the same for each insurance co...