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title: How to use Insurance Benefits
description: Learn how insurance works with Dr. Contact Lens.
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# [How to use Insurance Benefits](https://blog.drcontactlens.com/training/insurance)

 Written by [Jennifer](https://blog.drcontactlens.com/training/author/jennifer) | Aug 13, 2020, 8:08:27 PM

 

**INSURANCE ****FEATURES**

**Add insurance benefits BEFORE inviting a patient to order from you**

This will allow the patient to checkout with the grand total after their benefit.

**Always add insurance benefits before giving out "digital prescriptions" **

This will show the patient how inexpensive & easy it is to order from you, rather than download their prescription and go through the 12 steps of ordering from another website.

 

**Inside "ORDERS" you will see all orders that require billing**

Mark them billed once finalized. If insurance benefits are not available at the time of billing, simply click "unavailable" and the patient's credit card will automatically be charged. Patients are notified of this

**Selling in office with insurance**

You can either place the order in office, OR upload insurance benefits and invite the patient to order on their own.

**The system does not do billing or verify benefits**

It just allows you to upload the benefit to a patient's portal for ordering. 

[View full post](https://blog.drcontactlens.com/training/insurance)

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