Dental insurance claims audits are on the rise, and one look at the landscape indicates the trend will continue.
Consider that, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, healthcare spending reached approximately $3.3 trillion in 2016. Roughly 4 percent, or $124.4 billion, of that $3.3 trillion was spent on dental services. Expenditures on dental services exceeded the amount spent on home health services, and was more than double the amount spent on durable medical equipment.
Source: Is Your Practice Prepared for a Dental Insurance Audit? / Dentist’s Money Digest