 Hello, everybody. Andrew Myeski here with Dental L Mobile Hygiene. So let's talk about why I accept assignment from my clients, why I now do my charting on the computer. So I have a software, no longer paper, and just kind of how I go about doing all of that for my dental hygiene business, okay? So I use a software called Dome Track. They are amazing. They are for dental hygienists and dentists as well, I believe, but it is very cost-effective. So I pay approximately, and don't quote me, but it's under $4,000 for the whole program, and then for their support it is about, and don't quote me either, but something like $800 per year. You don't have to pay that if you don't want to. I think it's a great idea to do that because if the system has any changes, if the system has any updates, if you need help, they are literally a phone call or an email away. So they are amazing. So this is just kind of the software. You can see the lovely teeth here, but I want to talk to you guys about how this has really changed things for me. So when I first started my dental hygiene practice, you, and you're the same way probably. If you're looking into starting your own practice too, as you probably are since you're watching this, you want to not spend things that you don't have to. Like you want to save the money. It's going to be expensive to start your own business. So if you don't really have to do something, if you're not really sure how many clients you're going to get, you want to save the money there. And I was the same way. I started paper charting right away. I didn't think anything of it. I just printed off medical history forms. I printed off the odontogram, the peri-o chart. I did all of my notes, not on paper, but on the computer. And then I printed them out for a paper chart. So you have to buy things like labels. You have to buy lots of file folders. You have to buy paper. This stuff isn't expensive, of course, but it kind of takes up room and who wants all of that paper everywhere. But that's not why I had switched over to Adental Software. I did it because I was spending way too much time doing paperwork. A lot of us don't go to Adental Software right away because we don't know how many patients we're going to get. We don't know if our business is going to work. But I'm the type of person where having the business not work wasn't an option. It was going to work. But I just didn't know how many patients I would get. Would it be one a day? Would it be one a week to a month? I didn't know. So them doing Adental Software just didn't make sense to me. But I quickly changed that. So I would say about six months in, I had quickly changed to Adental Software as I had shown you guys where I can now submit claims. I can submit claims electronically and or for sunlight and manual life, at least around here, plus a couple others, we do still have to mail in claims. But it's still so much easier than if I did it by paper. So I'm going to show you. I wish I could share my screen just to make it easier, but I really can't. So I don't even know if I can show you guys. But inside my software, so I'm just going to do it this way and then I'm going to flip this over. Okay. Actually, I wonder if I can take my webcam and do it. Maybe I'll try that in another video. But for now. So all I do you guys is I go up to claim forms. Okay. So then I just go up to. Oh, okay. So this is a test account. So I would pretty much enter in all of the codes here and then it will process a claim form for me. So I'm just going to show you what a blank claim form looks like. Oops. So this is what it looks like. So here in Ontario, we use the CDHA. So this is exactly what it looks like. It will enter in all of the codes for me. It will do all of that. So all I have to do is print it out and the patient signs done and done. Whereas before I would have to print out a blank claim form, put in all the codes, put in everything. But now it's all in the computer already. It is in the patient file. So that has saved me hours and hours of work. So this is why I do feel it's a great investment to go to a dental software right away. Thank me later, honestly. And just make sure that your business takes off. But what I want to talk about to you guys is why I do accept assignment. I'm doing a video on this because I was in a Facebook group like chat the other day where a lot of hygienists were saying, like, don't accept assignment. It's a lot of paperwork. It's too much work. You need to train your patients to pay right away. And I initially thought the same thing. I am a mobile dental hygienist primarily. So it's a lot of work. I do offer what I consider is a specialized service. So I thought if patients don't want to pay me upfront, then too bad, you know, they can go to a dental office and they can deal with it. Plus, there's a lot of dental offices that don't offer that don't offer assignment anyway, because it is a lot of paperwork. So why do I now offer assignment? I do it because I can see a lot more patients. I went to seeing maybe two to four patients a week to seeing two to four patients a day, where I could even see more than that if I wanted to because people like assignment, they might have the money, but they have other things to spend the money on. They are so happy like 99.9% of my patients are so happy when I tell them, you don't owe me any money right away. I will send everything through to you and then I will let you know what you do owe. How I was doing it before was, yes, I would still accept assignment, but I would ask them to look up their coverage info for me. So I have never, ever done that just because I don't have time. And they can at least do that because typically all they have to do is log in. There you go. So I would ask them to look up their coverage info. So I would ask them what their percentages, what their maximum is, what they're covered, how many units of scale, if they're covered for a new patient exam, if they're covered for a polish and fluoride, if that's needed, right? So I would ask them to tell me that and then I would do the math after their appointment, let's say they're 80% covered. I would do the math and then I would have them pay me the difference not covered that day. But what ended up happening was I would get the check back from the insurance about two weeks later, and either they had paid me too much or not enough. So then I would have to go back to them and say, actually, you owe like six more dollars, or you actually overpaid me. So I need to give you back $20 or whatever. It was just kind of a pain, not the end of the world. But I do feel a little bit that that looks unprofessional. So what I tell my clients now is I will send everything through for you, you just have to sign your claim form. And I should hear from them within about two weeks, sometimes three weeks, sometimes a month, but you know, I will hear back from them and then I will let you know how much you do owe at that time. Every time I say that every single client has said, Oh, that's so easy. So you don't want me to pay you now. They can if they want to. But I just feel it's just easier for me to keep track if I do it that way. But that's just me, you guys. So that's why I accept assignment. Yes, it's a lot of paperwork. But having this dental software has saved me hours of time. So yes, it's paperwork, but this is a business. If it gets too hectic, I can hire somebody to do it for me. And I am seeing a lot more patients that way. I don't have dental insurance. I don't have insurance. But when I did okay, I had loved it when like I would see a chiropractor and a massage therapist, I would always look for those ones that did assignment so that I didn't have to worry about paying them and then insurance pays me back. It's not the end of the world. But you know what? It's just nice to not have to worry about it. So that is why I accept assignment. You guys don't have to but it seems to really help my clients. So I hope this helps you guys let me know if you have any questions. And I'll see you guys in the next one.