How Medical-Dental Coding Can Help You Deliver More Care (and Profit)
Let’s talk about something most startup dentists aren’t taught in school but should be: how medical-dental coding can unlock better care for your patients—and a healthier bottom line for your practice.
If you're preparing to open your dental startup, you’ve probably been heads-down planning the buildout, picking your equipment, and dreaming about your ideal patient experience. But here’s the thing—strategic use of medical billing might just be one of the smartest (and simplest) tools you can bring into that startup.
And today’s podcast episode with Christine Taxin breaks it down.
Christine is one of the top minds in medical-dental coding and she’s on a mission to help dentists like you do two big things: improve patient health and increase profits. This isn’t about “gaming” the system. It’s about understanding how medical necessity intersects with oral health—and how to ethically, confidently, and efficiently code for it.
When you’re just getting started, every patient interaction counts. Medical-dental coding gives you more tools to:
Offer expanded services to your patients
Increase the perceived value of your care
Reduce out-of-pocket costs for patients
Capture reimbursement for medically necessary procedures
In other words, this isn't a “maybe someday” kind of skill—it's a competitive advantage you can apply from Day One.
Christine walks through real-world examples and practical advice for startup owners. Highlights include:
The biggest shift in dental coding today: from treatment to reason
What legal considerations to keep in mind when crossing into medical billing
How a simple case of dry mouth can lead to better health and better outcomes
The ethical path from a $50 extraction to a $500 medical-coded case
Her personal story of helping a loved one through oral-systemic care
It’s eye-opening stuff—and it’s all wrapped in Christine’s deep passion for empowering dentists to do more.
If you're gearing up to open your own dental practice, don’t miss these resources we mention in the episode:
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