Guides & Checklists

Guides & Checklists | Free Resources for Healthcare Practices

Actionable Tools to Strengthen Your Billing, Compliance & Revenue Management

At Claims Esquire, we believe knowledge empowers practices.

Here you’ll find free downloadable guides, checklists, and templates designed to help U.S. healthcare and dental practices improve financial performance.

Available Downloads

Medical Billing Startup Checklist for New Practices

Perfect For: Primary care, specialists, dental, behavioral health

Includes:
  • Credentialing steps
  • Payer enrollment requirements
  • Necessary forms & documents
  • EHR setup checklist
  • First 90-day revenue plan

Insurance Verification Checklist (Front Desk Edition)

What’s Inside:
  • Eligibility steps
  • Patient responsibility checklist
  • Pre-authorization requirements
  • High-risk payer rules
  • Front desk scripts

Clean Claim Submission Guide

Covers:
  • Error-proof charge entry
  • Coding accuracy steps
  • Documentation requirements
  • Best practices for claim scrubbing

Denial Management & Appeal Guide

Includes:
  • Top 20 denial reasons
  • Root-cause analysis template
  • Appeal letter templates
  • Payer escalation steps

AR Management Tracking Template

Excel + PDF format.

Includes:
  • 0–30, 31–60, 61–90, 91–120, 120+ aging categories
  • Payment follow-up logs
  • Weekly AR monitoring sheet

Credentialing & Enrollment Guide

Covers:
  • Provider setup
  • CAQH checklist
  • Payer enrollment timelines
  • Required documents
  • Revalidation reminders

Dental Billing SOP (Standard Operating Procedure)

Contains:
  • Verification workflows
  • ADA coding basics
  • Claim creation steps
  • Insurance follow-up templates

HIPAA Compliance Checklist

Includes:
  • PHI protection steps
  • Staff training guidelines
  • Security rule checklist
  • Breach protocol

Why These Resources Are Free

Because we want every practice—big or small—to have the tools needed to thrive.

These guides are built from real industry experience and proven results.