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Provider Tools makes the day-to-day of running a practice easy, so you can focus your time and attention where you want it to be — on your patients. Read on to learn more about how you can use Provider Tools to streamline scheduling, billing and patient management to improve your practice’s efficiency.
 

Practice smarter, not harder

As you likely know, when your practice is running smoothly and efficiently, it’s a win for everyone. It allows dentists to focus on treating patients, makes office staff’s jobs easier and helps ensure that patients have a great experience when visiting your practice. It also helps your practice increase productivity, so it can be the best that it can be. With Provider Tools, things like submitting claims, checking patient benefits and referring patients are easier than ever before, simplifying your practice’s daily tasks.
 

What can you do with Provider Tools?

Here are just a few Provider Tools features that can help you maximize efficiency in your practice:
 

• My Patients: Access a comprehensive list of your Delta Dental patients for whom you’ve submitted claims.
• Submit Claims: Submit real time claims and pre-treatment estimates at no cost. For claims that don’t require clinical review, you’ll often see Delta Dental’s payment and the patient’s payment portion within minutes.
• National Search: Check a patient's eligibility, benefits and claims history from any of the 39 Delta Dental member companies.
• Reference Library: Access your Dentist Handbook and other resources to help answer all your questions.
• EFT and ERA: Sign up for direct deposit (electronic funds transfer/EFT) on all your Delta Dental payments. You can also sign up for electronic remittance advice (ERA).
• Perks at Work: Get discounts and special offers on products and services for Delta Dental PPO™ and DeltaCare® USA dentists.
• Eligibility & Benefits: Obtain summaries and benefit details per procedure for the network(s) in which you participate.
• My Claims: See your electronic and paper claims from receipt to completion.
  
• My Documents: Review your claim statements (including details of each processed claim) and pretreatment estimates.
• My Profile: Go paperless by selecting "Online with email alerts" in the Preferences menu within your profile.
• Treatment History: View procedures provided for your patients from claims we’ve processed from any dentist.
• My Payments: Access your Delta Dental payments listed by payment date. See whether the payment has cleared your account or is outstanding.
  
  

Ready to streamline your day-to-day? You can get started with Provider Tools by logging in or registering for an account. Here’s to a happy, efficient and productive dental practice!