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NEA Registration Promotion
National Electronic Attachment, Inc. (NEA) is offering
free registration and no monthly billing until May 2012 for
Delta Dental participating dentists who sign up with
NEA's FastAttach™.
Sign up for a Free in-office
Overview of Benefits Connection
If your
practice is in New Jersey or Connecticut, you
can sign up for a FREE in-office overview of
Benefits Connection! Please call your dental
network coordinator at 888-396-6641. For more information, read what other dental
offices have to say about Benefits Connection here
(page 2), here
(page 5), and here
(first page).
Free Flyers Promote
Oral Health...and Your Practice
Patients count on your oral health
wisdom. To help reinforce your advice, give
them our health education flyers. Each flyer
shows patients how they can care for their
oral health through nutrition, flossing, and
brushing. Plus, each flyer includes space to add contact information for your practice -
another way to reinforce the vital
relationship between you and your patients.
Participating
Dentist Handbook
Now Available
Our handbook is a valuable resource for
dental offices. It includes updated processing policies
and claim submission requirements as well as
CDT 2011/2012 code changes and other policies and procedures you should
know for participating with and submitting claims to Delta Dental.
To access the new Participating
Dentist Handbook, log onto Benefits Connection and click “Participating
Handbook” on the left navigation bar.
Electronic
Funds Transfer
(Direct Deposit) Available
to
All NJ & CT Participating Dentists
Now you can receive claim payments directly into your bank account. It's secure, fast and easy! See the links below to read our announcement, get more information from our FAQs, and sign up by simply completing the Direct Deposit Authorization Agreement. Get started today!
Radiographic
Submission Requirements
Whenever a participating
dentist submits a claim that includes any
combination of intraoral films whose combined
fee equals or is greater than a complete
series (D0210), the fee allowed will be
limited to that of a complete series. Also, a
panoramic film submitted together with
supplemental radiographs will be handled in
the same manner.
If a participating or non-participating
dentist submits eight or more intraoral films
and/or a panoramic radiograph with
supplemental bitewings or periapical films,
the dentist must submit a brief narrative as
to the reason for taking the radiograph and
also identify the tooth numbers of the
periapical films if the radiographs are not
part of a complete series or are not intended
to function as a complete series. Delta Dental
will consider that supplemental information in
determining whether the x-rays will be subject
to the limitations for individual x-rays
rather than for a complete series.
Participating
Dentist Appeals Rules
and Forms
To access the
appeals rules for participating dentists, which reflects changes in the fees charged by the
American Arbitration Association for their
external (non-binding) reviews, click
here. Or, you can call Customer
Service at 800-452-9310 for a hard copy of the
rules. NPI Information and
HIPAA
You need an NPI
number if you submit electronic claims
or attachments, verify patient eligibility
or check claim status online. To help you
understand what you need to know about
applying for and using the NPI number,
read our NPI
information. For information on our
compliance with new laws, including HIPAA, click
here.
The Federal
government required National Provider Identifier
(NPI) numbers by May 23, 2007. If you have not sent
your NPI information to Delta Dental of New
Jersey, please fax
this form to us as soon as possible to 973-285-4192.
If you have any questions, please contact your
dental network coordinator at 888-396-6641. |