Insurance Verification Overload? Full Breakdown vs. Targeted Approach

Why Full Breakdowns Aren’t Always Smart—Try Targeted Instead

Is your insurance verification process leaving you overworked and underpaid?

In this first of a two-part deep dive, Sara Baker and LaRae McMullen unpack one of the most overused, misunderstood, and inefficient processes in dental billing: the Exhaustive Full Breakdown. If your team is spending 30 minutes gathering insurance info before every new patient visit—only to get burned later—you’re not alone.

But there’s a smarter way: the Targeted Appointment Approach (TAA).

This episode covers:

• Why full breakdowns feel safe—but often waste time and payroll
• What actually goes into a targ ...