Register for the Second Annual
Dental and Medical Insurance Extravaganza
for the Modern Wellness Practice
October 17th and 18th, 2019
Palms Casino Resort
Las Vegas
Exclusive Two-Day Hygiene Track
Presented by Janet Press, RDH
This program will address the consultative approach of taking our patients down the path of discovery into new treatment discussions that meet the challenges of implementing these required Classifications/diagnostic changes in your practice. Learn communication strategies directed at the patient creating a total “value” proposition making it easier for the dental provider to discuss and for the patient to accept treatment that will increase production and profitability through your hygiene department.
Enjoy sessions from dynamic speakers and companies. With topics ranging from Billing, Insurance, Marketing, and Medicare... Earning your CE has never been so much fun. From round table discussions to getting your specific questions answered one-on-one.

Read Between the Lines to Improve Your Bottom Line
Find out how certain contract provisions can limit what you can expect from plan administrators and influence what your patients might expect from you. Discover how ADA resources can help you navigate contract provisions.
- Discover the real meaning of certain phrases common to many dental benefit contracts
- Understand EOB language and how to write an appeal
- Learn about ADA resources and information to keep you up-to-date
Course Overview & Speakers

CSI: Finding the Clues That You Need To Successfully Bill Medical Insurance
When you begin your journey of billing from Dental to Medical, you have to learn to think like an Investigator. You are telling a story and notating on behalf of the Patient. In this insightful course, Christine Taxin will teach you the basics of how to document, what to notate, and how to successfully being to bill your first claim.
So bring your favorite magnifying glass along to Vegas... because this Fall, YOU are putting on your sleuthing hat to learn how to be the next Sherlock Holmes of Medical Billing.
Christine Taxin

Dude, Do You Even Document? ‘Cuz That Looks Like Texting
Text messaging has become the number one communication tool used in the world. We no longer write notes, send letters, or use paper charts. We use text messages.
Let’s learn how to text message chart notes that become your letter of medical necessity.
Learn what must be in your documentation. Together we will figure out who on your team can start the process and why it’s so important. Learn how to give each patient's chart notes the individual attention it deserves, but with less work and higher results.
- Christine Taxin

Have You Ever Wondered How You and Your Team Could Have Fun While Increasing Overall Profit?
A fun course on how to properly document in today's fast-paced world.
Lois Banta is CEO, President and Founder of Banta Consulting, Inc., a company
that specializes in all aspects of dental practice management. Lois has over 45
years of dental experience and consults and speaks nationally and internationally.
She is the owner and CEO of The Speaking Consulting Network, and a member of
several professional organizations.
- Lois Banta, Keynote

Implementing Dental Sleep Medicine Into Your Practice: The ABC’s
This course will help the participants better understand their responsibilities with Medicare, the enrollment options and responsibilities, even of they choose not to enroll.
We will review options on
participation, types of policies and related options for provider enrollment along with an
overview on policies.

This Ain’t Your Grandma’s Medicare
Medicare started as a socialized medical plan concept in 1912 by Teddy Rosevelt. It started in 1965 with basic hospital and doctor office visits. Did you know it was never actually a part of dental {and most of the dental world is part of Medicare!
Learn the types of Medicare coverage the baby boomers asked for so you can choose to work with the latest group of patients that you are not targeting. Because the Medicare of today... simply ain't your Grandma's Medicare she knew.
- Christine Taxin & Jan Palmer

Making Smart Plan Participation Decisions
We'll review the most common claim denial issues and how to handle them. Buildups, periodontal services and extractions are among the topics but we'll discuss more. Conversations with patients will also be addressed.
It is possible to be profitable in today’s insurance environment with efficiency and proper positioning. This interactive workshop will help you to decide your insurance participation and profitability comfort level.

Dental Hygiene Practice Expansion
This program is designed specifically for your Hygiene Team to learn the structure of the “New” American Academy of Periodontology Classification System that confronts our professional responsibility for medical risk, diagnosis and therapeutic treatment of Gingivitis, Periodontitis, and Implantitis in support of the Periodontal Medical Model (oral systemic link). This program will address the consultative approach of taking our patients down the path of discovery into new treatment discussions that meet the challenges of implementing these required Classifications/diagnostic changes in your practice. Learn communication strategies directed at the patient creating a total “value” proposition making it easier for the dental provider to discuss and for the patient to accept treatment that will increase production and profitability through your hygiene department.

Should It Stay or Should It Go? Dental Records
The patient’s dental record is a vital and living history that recaps more than just the patient’s dental oral health presentation and medical history. It also provides a legal record of how the practice has managed the provision of care to each patient.
- What belongs in a dental record and which business records need to be kept
- How to document informed consent/informed refusal; how to handle records requests
- Understand proper record destruction

Medicaid Rules + Compliance
- Is your office in compliance? Find out how to keep within the complex rules of compliance while enjoying Duane's easy-going lectures than make learning FUN!
- Duane Tinker, CEO of Dental Compliance Specialists, also known as “The Tooth Cop” is one of the top compliance experts in the country. His experience working for the government gives him a unique perspective and a huge advantage for his clients. Duane’s presentations are always well attended and relevant.

From Vinyl to Spotify; How to Engage Our Multi-Generational Patients
- When you sit down to speak with a patient, who are you addressing? It turns out that different generations (Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z) have been raised in such distinct environments that they approach things very differently. In this session, Margy will explore the language, learning styles, motivators and perceptions for each of the 4 generations and together, we will come up with ways to communicate with patients in a way that will gain their trust and motivate them to act.
Margy is an international facilitator, speaker, author, consultant and coach. As a communications expert, she has engaged groups in learning powerful ways to identify their purpose and achieve their goals. She has a particular passion for using neuroscience principles to uncover barriers and facilitate new behavioral choices. As a result of working with her, people often say they have more confidence and get better results in communicating with almost anyone.Margy lives in the Seattle area and enjoys art projects and finding ways to repurpose almost anything!
2018 Extravaganza Highlights





