Contingency-Based Insurance Recovery

Send Us the Claims Nobody Else Could Collect

$2.5M+

recovered for dental practices like yours

$1.2M denied claims $850K underpayments $450K aging AR

Denied. Underpaid. Sitting past 180 days. Hand us the insurance AR your team has already worked without success — we go after the carrier directly until it is resolved.

We don’t just prepare appeal letters. We get on the phone with the carrier, challenge the payment decision, demand reconsideration and reprocessing, and follow through until the claim is resolved.

Keep your existing team or billing company — we’ll take only what is stuck. Or hand us the day-to-day as well: claims submission, payment posting and ongoing AR follow-up.

No recovery, no fee — we are paid a percentage of money we actually get back

Trusted by dental practices nationwide

$2.5M+

Revenue Recovered

500+

Stuck Claims Resolved

94%

Denial Overturn Rate

$0

Owed If We Recover Nothing

Is Your Practice Leaving Money on the Table?

Most practices lose thousands every month to claims that were denied, underpaid, or simply aged out — usually after somebody already tried once to collect them.

10%

Claims Denied on First Submit

One in ten dental claims gets rejected outright. Each denial costs $25–$50 in staff time to rework — if it gets reworked at all.

Up to $50K/year lost for a typical practice

30%

Underpaid by Insurers

Insurance companies routinely pay below contracted rates using outdated fee schedules. Most practices accept it without question.

$15K–$30K left on the table annually

<20%

Collection Rate After 90 Days

Claims older than 90 days rarely get collected. That aging AR on your books? It’s revenue that’s already gone.

Every month you wait shrinks recovery odds

20+ hrs

Weekly Staff Time on Follow-ups

Your front desk spends half the week chasing insurers instead of caring for patients. That’s burnout waiting to happen.

Over $26K/year in admin costs alone

None of this has to be written off. A claim that was worked once and abandoned is still collectable — it needs somebody willing to keep pushing the carrier until it pays.

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What we do

We Recover Stuck Claims — and Keep the Rest From Getting Stuck

Most practices start with the claims nobody could collect. Plenty hand us the day-to-day as well: submitting the claims, posting the payments, and working the AR before it ever ages into a problem. Take one, take both.

Claim Recovery

Contingency — 20–40% of what we recover, nothing if we recover nothing

Denial Appeals & Carrier Escalation

We pull the EOB and the chart, find the real reason the claim was denied, and take it to the carrier by phone — escalating past the first-line rep when that is what it takes.

Underpayment Recovery

Paid, but paid short. We check each EOB against your contracted rate and pursue the shortfall. Our fee applies only to the additional dollars we get released — never to what the carrier already paid you.

Aging Insurance AR

The 90, 180, and 365-day buckets your team stopped opening. We work them claim by claim rather than writing them off, and we tell you honestly which ones are past saving.

Reconsideration & Reprocessing

When the payment decision is simply wrong, we request reconsideration and push the claim back through for reprocessing — then keep following up until it actually moves.

Timely-Filing & Deadline Rescue

Claims running up against a filing or appeal deadline get triaged first. These are the hardest to win and the most expensive to lose, so they go to the front of the queue.

Contracted-Rate & Fee Schedule Audits

When a carrier is paying an outdated schedule, the shortfall repeats on every claim. We prove the discrepancy against your contract and pursue the back balance, not just the next one.

Denial Root-Cause Review

Every recovery ends with a plain answer to why the claim failed — coding, documentation, or payer policy — so your team stops re-creating the same denial next month.

Medical-Dental Cross-Coding Appeals

Sleep apnea, TMJ, oral surgery and trauma denied by dental are frequently payable by medical. We re-route those claims to the correct payer and appeal them there.

Ongoing AR & Billing

Flat monthly or per-item — never charged at recovery rates

The day-to-day work that keeps claims from becoming recovery cases in the first place. Take the whole thing, or just the pieces your team is drowning in.

Insurance Claims Submission

Claims go out clean the first time — correct CDT codes, the attachments that payer actually wants, and the narrative that stops the denial before it happens.

Payment Posting & Reconciliation

Every insurance and patient payment posted and reconciled against the EOB. Shortfalls get flagged as underpayments the day they land, not eighteen months later during an audit.

Ongoing AR Follow-Up

Your AR worked on a schedule instead of whenever the front desk finds an hour. Claims get chased at 30 days, not written off at 180 — which is the whole point.

Insurance Verification

Eligibility, benefits and coverage limits confirmed before the patient sits down, so treatment is planned against what the plan will actually pay.

Provider Credentialing

Enrollment and re-credentialing paperwork, submitted and followed up. A lapsed credential turns a month of perfectly good claims into denials.

Monthly Reporting

A plain-English monthly picture: claims submitted, what got paid, AR by aging bucket, and where the denials are clustering.

Not sure what is recoverable, or which of the day-to-day work you want off your desk? Send us the AR report and we’ll tell you — free.

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How a Stuck Claim Gets Paid

No disruption to your practice, no upfront cost, and nothing owed unless money actually comes back. Three steps, and the rate is agreed in writing before we touch a claim.

Send Us the Stuck Claims

Your aging AR report and the denials your team has already worked. We tell you what is realistically recoverable, what is not, and the exact rate for the claims we take — at no cost.

Takes just 5 minutes

We Take On the Carrier

Calls, escalations, reconsideration and reprocessing requests, formal appeals — then follow-up until the claim is resolved. Not a letter mailed into a void.

Zero effort from your team

You Get Paid, Then We Invoice

The carrier pays your practice directly. Afterwards we invoice the agreed percentage of what actually landed. Recover nothing, owe nothing.

Results in 30 days or less

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No contracts. No upfront fees. Nothing owed unless we recover.

Our Results Speak for Themselves

Every figure below came out of claims a practice had already worked and stopped chasing. No fluff — just money that was not going to arrive on its own.

$48K

Avg. Recovery per Practice

94%

Denial Overturn Rate

21 Days

Avg. Time to Resolution

Recent Recovery Highlights

$23,400

Denied Crown & Bridge Claims

Solo practice in Phoenix, AZ. 34 denied claims overturned via targeted appeal documentation in 6 weeks.

$24,800 denied → $23,400 recovered 94% recovery

$41,200

Aging AR Over 90 Days

2-dentist group in Nashville, TN. Recovered from 147 aging claims across Delta Dental and MetLife in 8 weeks.

$57K aging → $41.2K recovered 72% collected

$18,750

Systematic Underpayments

Pediatric dental office in Orlando, FL. A contracted-rate audit uncovered 18 months of underpaid D2740 and D2750 claims. The $18,750 is additional money released on top of what the carrier had already paid — and the only amount our fee applied to.

Avg. $127/claim recovered on top of paid +43% per claim

Individual recovery amounts vary. Results shown are representative of actual client engagements.

Before & After: AR Aging Transformation

Before Apex DR

After Apex DR

+180%

Current AR (0–30 days)

25% → 70%

−87%

Overdue AR (90+ days)

30% → 4%

−78%

Aging AR (61+ days)

55% → 12%

Average AR aging distribution across practices before and after partnering with Apex Dental Recovery.

Ready to see what we can recover for your practice?

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Pricing

Contingency on Recovery. Flat Rates on Everything Else.

Two models, kept strictly apart. Claims that already failed to pay are worked on contingency — a percentage of what we get released, and nothing if we get nothing. Day-to-day submissions, posting and AR follow-up are billed flat or per item.

No Hidden Fees — No setup costs · No monthly minimum · No long-term contract

Claim Recovery

Paid only out of what we recover

Contingency recovery fee

20–40%

of amounts recovered, based on claim age, complexity and volume. The rate for your claims is agreed in writing before we start work — and it never changes mid-engagement.

No recovery, no fee Invoiced after the carrier pays you Rate fixed in writing up front

What sets your rate

Older, harder, and already-refused claims cost more to recover, so they carry a higher percentage.

  • Recent claims, 30–90 days

    Straightforward denials and payer errors that simply need to be worked properly.

    20–25%

  • 90–180 days, or denied once already

    Requires direct carrier intervention — calls, escalation, reconsideration, reprocessing.

    30%

  • 180+ days, repeat denials, underpayments

    Claims your team has appealed unsuccessfully, or balances already treated as written off.

    35–40%

  • Against a timely-filing or appeal deadline

    Exceptionally difficult recoveries where the window is closing. Priced per claim so nobody is guessing.

    Case by case

Sending a larger batch of AR at once lowers the rate. We will tell you where your claims land before you commit to anything.

What “recovered” means

Recovered means the incremental dollars we cause to be paid. It is never your total collections, and never money the carrier had already released before we touched the claim.

Worked example

A $1,000 claim was paid $600 and closed. We challenge the underpayment and the carrier releases another $300. Our fee applies to that $300 only — not to the $600 you already had, and not to the $900 total.

What this looks like on real AR

Say you hand us $40,000 of denied and underpaid claims your team has already worked without success, at a 35% rate.

$20,000

recovered from the carriers

$13,000

kept by your practice

$7,000

our fee, invoiced after you are paid

If we recover $0, you owe $0. That is the entire downside.

Ongoing AR & billing

Day-to-Day Work, Priced Like Day-to-Day Work

Claims submission, payment posting and ongoing AR follow-up are billed flat or per item — contingency rates never apply to them. Pick the level that matches what you actually want off your desk.

Per Item

Best for: one job off your desk

$2.75–$12.50

per eligibility check

  • Insurance verification & benefit breakdowns
  • Credentialing, quoted per application
  • No monthly commitment
Ask About Per-Item

Full-Service Billing

Best for: no in-house biller at all

5–6%

of insurance collections

  • Everything in Hybrid, no monthly base
  • Provider credentialing & re-credentialing
  • Medical-dental cross-coding on live claims
  • 5% over $100K/mo in collections
Ask About Full-Service

Where the two models meet: if we are already running your submissions and posting, the claims we collect through the normal cycle are covered by the fee above — no contingency on top. Contingency applies only to claims that had already failed to pay, and only to the incremental dollars we get released.

No Recovery, No Fee — Guaranteed

We carry the entire risk of working your worst claims. If nothing comes back, that cost is ours.

No setup or onboarding costs
Rate agreed in writing before we start
No long-term contract required

Want to know where your claims land? Send us the AR report and we’ll quote the rate before you commit.

Why Practices Trust Us

Dental-specific expertise, HIPAA-compliant processes, and a performance-based model that puts your revenue first.

Desiree, Your Dental Recovery Specialist

Meet Desiree

Your Dental Recovery Specialist

10+

Years Experience

94%

Overturn Rate

150+

Practices Served

With over a decade of hands-on experience in dental insurance recovery, Desiree has helped solo practitioners and small group practices reclaim millions in denied claims, underpayments, and aging accounts receivable. Her clients consistently see 94%+ denial overturn rates and significant reductions in aging AR within the first 90 days.

What she does that most billing services will not: get on the phone with the carrier and argue the claim. Challenging a payment decision, demanding reconsideration and reprocessing, escalating past the first-line rep, and staying on it until there is a resolution — that is the work, and it is the work Apex is built around.

  • 10+ years specializing in dental insurance claims and appeals
  • Deep expertise in CDT coding, EOB forensics, and carrier escalation
  • Trusted by solo and small group dental practices nationwide
  • Pure contingency — nothing is owed unless money is recovered
  • Medical-dental cross-coding expertise for eligible procedures (CPT/ICD-10)
  • Works alongside your existing biller — never in place of them
HIPAA Compliant

HIPAA Compliant

All patient and insurance data is handled in full compliance with HIPAA privacy and security standards.

Certifications & Credentials

Secure Data

Your patient and insurance data is encrypted, access-controlled, and handled under strict HIPAA protocols.

Dental Expertise

CDT coding specialist with deep knowledge of dental payer contracts, EOB analysis, and cross-coding (CPT/ICD-10).

Transparent Reporting

Weekly recovery reports with full visibility into claim status, amounts recovered, and AR aging progress.

No Contracts

Month-to-month flexibility with no long-term commitments. Cancel anytime — we earn your business every month.

BAA-Ready

Signed before any PHI access

Encrypted Comms

All PHI over secure channels

E&O Insured

Professional liability coverage

Verified Client Outcomes

Recent Recovery Case Studies

Real outcomes from active client engagements. Practice details kept confidential — results are documented and on file.

Denied Claims Appeal

$67,000

Recovered in 90 Days

“We had over $80K in denied claims we’d basically written off. Apex recovered $67,000 of it in under three months. Their team knew exactly which appeals to file and how to document everything. It’s money we never thought we’d see again.”

Solo GP Practice

Southwest US • General Dentistry

AR Aging Cleanup

45% ↓

Aging AR Reduced

“Our aging AR over 90 days was out of control. Apex cleaned up six months of backlog and cut our aging AR by 45%. My front desk staff can finally focus on patients instead of chasing insurance companies all day.”

3-Provider Group Practice

Mountain West • General & Specialty Mix

Fee Schedule Audit

$32K/yr

Additional Annual Revenue

“I didn’t realize how much we were being underpaid until Apex audited our fee schedules. They found systematic underpayments across three insurers and recovered the difference. Now we’re collecting $32K more annually — on claims we were already filing.”

2-Location Group Practice

Southeast US • General Dentistry

150+ Practices Served
$4.2M+ Total Recovered
98% Client Satisfaction

Frequently Asked Questions

How contingency recovery works, what it costs, and where we fit alongside your existing team.

Still have questions? We’re happy to talk through your specific AR before you send us anything.

Get Your Free Recovery Audit

Get Your Free Recovery Audit

Tell us roughly what is sitting in denied and underpaid insurance AR. We’ll tell you what is recoverable and quote the rate — free, and with no obligation to use us.

No credit card required. HIPAA-compliant process. Written answer within 48 hours.

Get Your Free Recovery Audit

Tell us what your team has already tried to collect and given up on. We’ll tell you what can still be recovered — and what it would cost.

No credit card required. HIPAA-compliant process. Written answer within 48 hours.