Dental EOB extraction · Built for Open Dental
Dental EOB extraction
ends here.
Argus is dental EOB extraction and payment-posting software. It turns paper and PDF explanation-of-benefits documents into reviewed, balanced payment data—then posts to Open Dental only when a human says go.
DELTA DENTALExplanation of Benefits
PatientM. Thornton
Member ID•••• 5410
CodeBilledPaid
D2750$1,200$400
D0120$85$0
D0210$145$116
Check total$516.00
Audit passedBalanced to the penny
D2750 · Tooth 19Crown
- Billed
- $1,200.00
- Write-off
- $350.00
- Plan pays
- $400.00
- Patient
- $450.00
350 + 400 + 450 = 1,200 ✓
Live product concept Hover or tap the panel to inspect the workflow.
01 / The overlooked gap
ERAs solved most of payment posting.
Most is not all.
Even efficient practices still receive a stubborn remainder of insurance payments as paper or PDF EOBs. Each one has to be read, interpreted, balanced, and keyed into the practice management system.
Estimates reflect the operating context Argus is being designed around; results vary by payer mix, enrollment, and workflow.
02 / One document, five stages
Eyes. Calculator.
Judgment. Keyboard.
Argus separates the work into deliberate stages. Extraction and auditing remain read-only. Posting is a distinct, human-triggered act.
Upload
Bring in a PDF, scan, image, pasted text, or structured 835.
Document enters ArgusExtract
AI reads unstructured documents; structured 835 files take a deterministic path.
Data is organizedAudit
Exact decimal math re-derives line totals and reconciles the check.
Every dollar accounted forReview
A person inspects the source beside the extracted fields and can correct anything.
Human judgment stays centralPost
Only an explicit click begins the Open Dental posting workflow.
Human-triggered write03 / The calculator
AI reads it.
Math proves it.
Extraction can be probabilistic. Financial reconciliation should not be. Argus uses exact decimal arithmetic to test the accounting identity for every service line and the payment as a whole.
LIVE BALANCEPassed
Billed fee$1,200.00
$350+$400+$450=$1,200 ✓
Contractual adjustment + plan payment + patient responsibility = billed amount
04 / Designed for caution
Automation with
a hard stop.
The central design rule is simple: nothing is written to Open Dental until a human explicitly chooses to post.
Human-in-the-loop
Source document and extracted data stay together for fast, accountable review.
Duplicate defenses
Argus checks its event history and Open Dental payment records before posting.
Rollback-aware posting
A failed multi-step post can be safely restored—no partial writes left behind.
Tamper-evident history
Every transition is recorded in a tamper-evident audit history with strict PHI retention.
05 / What exists today
A working prototype.
Not a finished promise.
Argus is running in a secure cloud environment, connected to an Open Dental development system, and backed by an extensive automated test suite. It has not yet processed real patient EOBs.
DocumentPDF · scan · 835
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ARGUSExtractAuditReview
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Humanexplicit approval
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Open Dentalreviewed payment
Purpose-built foundation
Cloud-hosted, access-controlled, and designed around the sensitivity of dental payment workflows.
Extensively tested
Backed by an extensive automated test suite covering extraction, auditing, and posting safety.
Real-world validation
Extraction accuracy, production Open Dental credentials, and carefully supervised pilot data.
06 / Questions
Dental EOB extraction, answered.
The questions dental teams ask most about extracting EOBs and posting payments to Open Dental.
What is dental EOB extraction?
Dental EOB extraction reads a dental Explanation of Benefits—paper, PDF, or scan—and turns it into structured data: patient, member ID, provider, claim number, date of service, procedure (CDT) codes, billed, allowed, write-off, plan-paid and patient-responsibility amounts, denial codes, and the check total. Argus extracts these fields with AI and verifies them with exact-decimal math before anything is posted.
Does Argus work with Open Dental?
Yes. Argus is built specifically for Open Dental. After extraction and auditing, a person reviews the results and posts reviewed, balanced payments into Open Dental. Nothing is written to Open Dental until a human explicitly approves it.
What EOB file formats does Argus support?
Argus accepts PDFs (including scanned PDFs), images such as PNG and JPG, and pasted text for AI extraction. Structured 835 / ERA files take a separate deterministic parsing path rather than AI extraction.
How does Argus handle denied claims and denial codes?
Argus captures adjustment and denial reason codes during extraction, so denied lines are visible during review alongside the billed, allowed, write-off, plan-paid, and patient-responsibility amounts for each service line.
How accurate is the EOB extraction?
Extraction is probabilistic, so Argus does not trust it blindly. Every extracted line is checked with exact-decimal arithmetic that re-derives line totals and reconciles the check, and a person reviews the source document beside the extracted fields before posting. AI extraction, deterministic math, and human review together are how Argus keeps posting accurate.
Is Argus secure and HIPAA-aware?
Argus runs in an access-controlled cloud environment designed around the sensitivity of dental payment data, with duplicate-payment defenses, rollback-aware posting, a tamper-evident audit history, and strict PHI retention.
For dental operators who still touch paper EOBs
Help shape
what comes next.
We’re looking for thoughtful conversations with practices and dental groups that understand this workflow firsthand.
Discuss an Argus pilot Prototype only · Not currently offered as generally available software