What's New With DentalWriter E4
ICD 10 Update?

ICD-10 codes added to DentalWriter. Search ICD-10 codes by code and/or description. Don’t worry, you can still view and use ICD-9 codes when necessary! Use ICD-9 codes for services performed prior to October 1st, 2015. Use ICD-10 codes for services performed on or after October 1, 2015.

Ability to choose ICD-9 or ICD-10 codes within DentalWriter Visit/Forms. The prompts will keep you on track!

The CMS1500 claim form will allow you to select the new ICD-10 codes, as well as the appropriate ICD indicator in box #21 of the claim form.

The new ICD-10 diagnosis codes and their descriptions will print in your narrative reports.

CrossCode Online Update to include ICD-10 codes.

CrossCode Online reference sheets updated to show commonly used ICD-10 codes for sleep, TMD and oral surgery services.

What's New With DentalWriter E4?

The DentalWriter update features wonderful new functionality to help you streamline your medically necessary services protocol from start to finish. Create treatment plan templates that interact with your patients visits as well as your recall, and create statements and post payments in the new patient ledger! Be sure to check out our new & refreshed QuickLetter Templates. Great news is – you can easily download and install the update (or the whole program) at your convenience! Don’t worry, we’ll send you update reminders as well.

Featuring: The New Patient Ledger & Treatment Plan

Create your own treatment plan templates (or create your patient’s plan on the fly!) using the new treatment plan in your DentalWriter patient chart. Easily plan out your patient’s treatment and track progress – it all interacts with your patients visits in DentalWriter to help automate and streamline the process. Set your recall details in your treatment plan to ensure your patients don’t fall through the cracks!

You can now select all completed services in any visit in DentalWriter all in one place! Use your treatment plans within your DentalWriter visits to easily post completed services to your patient’s ledger, or if your visit is not part of a treatment plan – you can select the completed services like you have always been able to.

The new ledger will allow you to create patient statements, create claims, track balances, and post payments! You are no longer required to create a claim for a patient in order to post services to a patient’s account and create statements. Create your populated medical claims as needed, or create patient statements for cash pay. Your new patient ledger interacts with your treatment plan as well!

We’ve revamped over 230 QuickLetter Templates found in any patient chart in DentalWriter so each letter you choose is populated with as much information as possible with a polished look. There are also some great new options for you to choose from, check out the new “request to physician for an Rx for an oral appliance for sleep apnea” and the new “GAP Request QuickLetter Templates”. In addition, Snoring Isn’t Sexy Members enjoy a new set of SIS branded letters! And remember – you can customize your very own QuickLetter Templates or customize one of ours.

Your DentalWriter Online Patient Questionnaires management portal has a fresh new look! Upload your very own logo for a branded look to your online forms and create additional links as well. Easily select what sections of information you want your patient to complete online and retrieve & send your links to your patients with our enhanced portal. You can also choose required and optional contact information, customize your HIPPA consent online message, and set e-mail addresses to receive notifications when a new questionnaire is completed.

We’ve taken the Nierman study groups to a new level to facilitate more peer to peer collaboration for both Dentists & Team members! For 2 sessions each month, active DentalWriter Users are invited to join us to discuss topics of interest to Dentists & Clinical Team, led by our Clinical Director of Education Dr. Mayoor Patel, additionally topics of interest to Dentists & Administrative Team will be led by Rose Nierman & Courtney Snow.

NPM study groups give you access to stay on the forefront of the industry with the leading experts. Dr. Patel and Rose/Courtney will be there to facilitate the discussion, offer guidance and discuss experiences. Topics will range from case studies, to daily practice topics, to research and more. We record the sessions for your convenience as well! You can already enjoy the recording of Dr. Patel’s first two sessions “Managing Side Effects of Oral Appliance Therapy – Learning by Case Studies” and “Differential Diagnosis of Orofacial Pain – Case Studies” in the DentalWriter Help Center.

Run a report across all of your patients in DentalWriter to bring all your sleep study data into one place. The report is automatically grouped by patient to you can easily see your patient’s baseline and follow up sleep study data so you can easily identify if you are achieving the desired results of your treatment.

• ICD-9 code updates
• Ability to choose default view for patient list view: All, Active or Inactive
• Direct scan into patient chart supports multiple page scan into one entry
• Sleep appliance adjustment number fields allow for negative numbers to indicate retrusive turns/adjustments to an appliance
• Selected defaults for printing options remembered when patient questionniare is imported using DW online forms
• Days since appliance insertion calculation field calculates on locked forms
• Additional clarification for importing information from previous visit/forms
• TMJ Screening Consultation printed form update to include questionnaire in the title

What's New With E3-3?

(Released December 2014)

• Protect Your Sleep Practice With Informed Consent and Release of Liability: Two QuickLetter templates have been added, compliments of dentist and lawyer, Dr. Ken Berley: Informed Consent for OAT for OSA and Release of Liability & Assumption of Risk for OSA!
• Make your own Custom QuickLetter templates to use for all patients – Easier!: Option added under each QuickLetter template that exists in DW to “double click to customize” to easily choose a QuickLetter template as a starting point, and customize it to your liking from there!
• New “create your own” TScan, Acculiner Analysis, and Craniosacral imaging forms!: Three new tabs added to “imaging forms” in DentalWriter to include TScan, Acculiner Analysis, and Craniosacral findings – you can load your own options to record your finds using the “Tools” menu and choosing your customize feature!
• Narrative Report (SOAP notes) Generation Simplicity: We’ve made it easier to select multiple recipients for your narrative reports (SOAP notes) from your patients’ visits/forms! You will find a new window when you first choose your recipients, and if you add new recipients later as well!
• Customization Help Prompt Upgrade: We’ve provided additional guidance for practice while customizing their DentalWriter software to suit their practice’s specific needs and protocols.
• Speedier Online Patient Forms Download Manager Launch: We’ve shortened the time it takes to get your patient’s intake information that they completed online through DentalWriter forms imported to your patient list!
• Patient Forms Links Retrieval Simplification: We’ve made the process to retrieve your unique online patient forms links to your registered e-mail address with just the click of the new “Send Online Form Links” button found in the “Check for software update” option!
• List of bug fixes and navigation improvements for July 2014 DW update release::
  • Claim form population bug fixes for provider and patient insurance information
  • Claim form population bug fixes for code descriptions and qualifiers
  • Contacts profile creation bug fix for saving primary credentials
  • Automated updater improvements
  • Custom modifiers for E&M codes bug fix
  • Patient search navigation improvements
  • Claim form templates carry over from previous version of DW bug fix
  • New CrossCode icons
  • Default options selection bug fixes

Previous E3-3 Enhancements

(Released March 2014)

• NEW 2014 Claim Form: As of March, 2014: DentalWriter E3-3 includes the new 02/2012 CMS Claim Form. DentalWriter has simplified the transition for your practice by automating the new requirements. Click here to see what has changed. Don’t forget about the big transition to ICD-10 codes on October 1st, 2014!
• Automated Update Notifications & Downloads: Easily Stay compliant & Up to Date in a matter of minutes!
• DentalWriter™ Benefits Calculator: The guidance your team needs to ask the right questions, estimate your patients’ benefits and out of pocket expenses and stay paperless.
• Electronic Signature Pad Integration (ePad II): Save time, stay paperless and HIPAA compliant!
• Your Practice, Your Protocol. Even More Options Available for Form Customization: Record Interproximal Contact, Expanded TMD Evaluation in Sleep Forms, TMD Pain Pattern Extended & More!
• Scan Documents Directly Into DentalWriter™ Software: Go paperless faster! Import insurance cards, sleep studies and other important documents.
• Simplified Insurance Policy Collector: Experience the ease of use of the new streamlined DentalWriter™ Insurance tab!
• Streamlined Processes to Save You Time: Create Narratives & Claims Faster, Customize YOUR forms list, Import MORE data into Follow-Up Sleep Visits and Search & Filter ICD & CPT Codes!
• Create and personalize your QuickLetter™ Templates with Even More Merge Fields: Customize your letters with over 200 templates, equipped with more than 50 field options!
• Protect Your Data, Keep Multiple Database Backups: Have peace of mind when life happens, keep up to 10 restorable databases!

(Released December 2013)

• Ability to create narratives & print sleep studies related to locked visits
• Various section sizing adjustments to avoid unnecessary scrolling
• Save additional defaults, such as Medical History print options
• Various Clearinghouse Integration Improvements Including Remittance
• Customize your DentalWriter™ Online Forms consent verbiage
• View expanded number of calendar months in your Appointment Book
• Expanded field text length in provider signatures
• Import DentalWriter™ Online form completed date
• Ability to save sleep study readings as 0.0
• Customization of narrative report default welcome messages by recipient