Let’s be honest: once your AR backlog reaches a certain point, it’s no longer just a billing problem—it becomes a leadership problem. It affects your patients, your team, and your ability to run a healthy practice.
In oral surgery, a few missed steps can create a pile of unresolved claims faster than most teams can keep up with.
What Causes the Backup in the First Place?
We hear these common issues from specialty practices all the time:
- Documentation that’s incomplete or doesn’t support medical necessity
- Claims submitted without the correct codes or required pre-authorization
- Lack of structured follow-up (especially with medical payers)
- Front office teams stretched too thin to keep up with complex billing
If any of that sounds familiar, you’re not alone—and it’s fixable.
Where to Start When You’re Buried in AR
- Audit your AR – Sort claims by age, denial reason, and insurance type. You need clarity before you can fix anything.
- Assess your claim workflows – Are you building each claim correctly from the beginning? Are your pre-auth processes consistent and trackable?
- Decide if it’s time to get outside help – If your team is too overwhelmed to recover the backlog, bringing in specialists can save you more than time—it can protect your revenue.
How Insurance Billing Experts Can Help
We’re not here to patch holes. We help rebuild your billing systems. At Insurance Billing Experts, we specialize in surgical claims—and our community of OMFS billing professionals knows how to:
- Recover and reduce aging AR
- Identify where claims are getting stuck
- Rework internal processes to prevent the same problems from coming back
We’ve supported practices dealing with $100k+ in outstanding claims, and we know how to get the work done without overloading your staff. We chase the claims, track the progress, and help you get back in control.
You deserve billing that works. Your patients deserve answers. Your team deserves support.