
Open Dental 25.4 is live and packed with updates. From OCR on eClipboard that auto-fills patient insurance info, to a Clerri integration for in-house membership plans, there’s a lot to explore, including 11 features requested directly by users.

Software Update: Version 20.3 has been released as Stable, implementing some highly requested features. Watch the version highlights video and read more about the features here.

Learn more about apps from Open Dental that can help you and your staff manage your practice even more efficiently.

Insurance can throw you some pretty tricky curveballs on claims. In this post, we’ll discuss what to do when insurance pays on a different code than you billed, processing single and batch claims, posting partial or multiple claim payments, handling insurance overpayments, interest payments, and more so you can knock it out of the park!

COVID closures in the spring will compound the typical seasonal slowness. Learn the tools to start using today to mitigate severe revenue drops in the fall.
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Managing 50+ individual connections is costing dental payers more than they realize. Here’s how a single gateway changes the equation.

Many patients skip recommended dental care because of cost, not because they don’t want it. Offering flexible financing and training your team to talk about it clearly can make a real difference in treatment acceptance and patient trust.

Dental marketing ROI isn’t just about how much you spent vs. how much you made. Leads, scheduling rates, treatment acceptance, and lifetime patient value all play a role. Here’s how to connect the dots.

In multi-location dental practices, small inconsistencies in communication and scheduling add up fast. Here’s how DSOs can build standardized workflows that improve patient experience, reduce admin burden, and scale without friction.

Healthcare providers are advised to conduct monthly backup restore tests, with quarterly full-system validations and annual disaster simulations recommended for high-risk organizations. Backup monitoring alone does not ensure recoverability; restore testing is essential to confirm that clinical systems and patient data can be operationally restored within acceptable downtime.

EPCS certification isn’t just a regulatory checkbox. It’s what makes electronic prescribing of controlled substances actually safe, reducing fraud, cutting errors, and keeping providers on the right side of DEA requirements.