Determining your office potential take several steps.

1. How long are your hygiene appointments?
   1. 30 min
   2. 60 min
   3. What production number is a 30 min appointment
   4. What production number is a 60 min appointment

Are there any associates?

1. If there are how long are there appointments?

60 min.                 40 min                  30 min.          90min.

1. What is each time allow for production?

Please list the top 6 PPO’s you participate with?

1. AETNA 2.EMPIRE BLUE CROSS 3. CIGNA  4. DELTA DENTAL

5 .GHI   6. FITZHARRIS 6. OXFORD 7.  MET LIFE  8. Sids 9.Gaurdian   10. United Concordia 11. Pomco         12. Union Plans               

List what treatments are in the doctor’s appointments for the week.

List what appointments are in the associate‘s appointments for week.

What are the hygiene programs being done?

Prophy Fluoride          Varnish           Scaling and root planning          Products

Are you using diagnostic procedures to best determine the patients’ medical necessity?

Are you focused on health history and family history?

Have you used narratives for billing?

A narrative allows you to have the ability to tell the insurance company important information that the code cannot provide.