Electronic Dental Services (EDS) is a dental E-Claims clearinghouse that offers claim processing, electronic billing, ERAs, and attachments.

In Clearinghouses, double-click Electronic Dental Services.

Visit their website at www.edsedi.com. EDS supplies the program and setup.

EDS also offers a medical clearinghouse, see Electronic Dental Services - Medical.

Open Dental Setup

To enable EDS as the default clearinghouse, set EDS as the Dental default in the Clearinghouses window.

In the Edit Clearinghouses window, set the following:

• Claim Export Path: Typically C:\EDS\Claims\In\ but can be edited as needed.
• Use Claim Export Path: Only available when EDS is set as the Comm Bridge. Check the box save 837 files sent with e-claims to the Claim Export Path. Uncheck to block saving the files.
• Comm Bridge: When set to EDS, send claims directly to the EDS clearinghouse. When set to None, send claims to the Claim Export Path instead.
• ERA Options: Select the preferred ERA download setting.
  • Do Not Download ERAs: Only available when EDS is set as the Comm Bridge. Do not automatically download ERAs.
  • Download ERAs: Only available when EDS is set as the Comm Bridge. Automatically download ERAs to the Report Path.
• Allow sending attachments: Determine if the practice is sending attachments through Open Dental.
  • Checked: Allow sending attachments through Open Dental. Only used when also signed up for the EDS attachment service. See EDS Attachment Service.
  • Unchecked: Do not allow sending attachments via the EDS attachment service.
• Save Attachments to Imaging Module: Only displays when Allow sending attachments is checked. Determine if attachments should be saved to the Imaging Module.
  • Checked: Save attachments to the Imaging Module. Set a default category in Definitions: Image Categories.
  • Unchecked: Do not save attachments to the Imaging Module.

Other Services

To use EDS for:

• Electronic Billing, see Billing Defaults.
• ERAs, see ERAs.
• Eligibility, see Electronic Eligibility and Benefits.

Payer IDs

The Electronic Payer IDs list is automatically updated when EDS is set as the default clearinghouse. The Open Dental Service is required.