If you haven’t heard already, Dentrix G6.4 was recently released and there are few new features that are worth bragging about. I upgraded my system a couple of weeks ago and checked out the new features in my demo database. I love how Dentrix is staying relevant to the changing industry and giving the team features that they are asking for.
There have been many improvements to the functionality of the Ledger. When you are dealing with money, insurance and A/R, it is always important to have the most efficient and user-friendly systems as possible. Here are the new highlights to the Ledger . . .
- You can now select Credit Card as a payment method for insurance payments. When you are applying an insurance payment to a claim, there is now a credit card option in the drop-down menu for payment type. Now, even though I recommend to all my offices to opt-out of credit card payments from insurance companies because you end up paying a 2.5 – 4% merchant fee which ultimately reduces your collections, Dentrix needed to add this feature to keep up with the ever-changing dental insurance landscape. I applaud them with this new feature. It will definitely help the practice balance the day sheet and keep the accounting straight. Thank you Brad!
- There is a new Payment Agreement Manager and it is located on the Ledger not the Office Manager. For the dental practice that takes a lot of payments and wants a report to only show the payment agreements in the practice, this could be helpful. If your practice is going to allow for payments, you need a way to track them. My favorite report continues to be the Collection Manager Report for managing all accounts receivable, including Payment Agreements, so I will be on the lookout for feedback on how this new report is working in the office.
- The Payment Agreement Setup has also been updated so check that out as well. In my practice, we did about 25-30% of our practice production in ortho so we had many patients on Payment Agreements for their monthly ortho payment. This worked well. I created a special instruction sheet specifically on the ortho setup in Dentrix and if you would like a copy of it, please email me directly.
There are also many fixes from previous releases and little tweaks to features that had been released previously. For the complete rundown, there is a Dentrix 6.4 release guide that I can send you or you can find it in the Dentrix Resource Center.
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Credit Card option for Insurance payments just added in Dentrix G6.4 release
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