Check-In: 5:30 pm

Light dinner & soft drinks provided during Registration.
(For special dietary requirements please contact our Media & Continuing Education Coordinator, Meg Hamrick, admin@sdcds.org or 619-275-7188)

About Benjamin Tuinei

OWNER, VERITAS DENTAL RESOURCES
3rd party payor negotiating, more specifically Dental Insurance Fee Negotiations, is still a foreign concept to dentists nationwide. Mr Tuinei has spent the last 10 years improving and perfecting this relatively new effort for over 5000 dentist nationwide. He will be sharing a few secrets about how to effectively negotiate better fees with dental insurance companies in this exciting lecture. Mr. Tuinei is going on his 19th year as a professional public speaker. He is a PPO Expert writer for Dental Economics and is featured on nearly all major dental podcasts worldwide. He is considered the Authority on 3rd Party Payor Negotiations by over 200 Dental Associations Nationwide.”

‘The Art of War’: Reducing Time Spent on Insurance Admin.

Course Description:

The Art of War by General Sun Tzu is a must read for business and sports strategists. In learning how to better deal with insurance carriers, I have no doubt that the industry has engaged in the most impressive “War like” strategy against dental offices. This course will teach offices how they can employ some of the same tactics insurance carriers use against them in an effort to reduce insurance administration.

Course Objectives:

• The power of pre-authorizations
• California law indicates insurance carriers cannot deny pre-authed treatment
• How to effectively appeal denied claims
• Engaging the Insurance Commissioner in free legal advocacy against illegal insurance activity
• Reviewing PPO contracts and negotiating fees
• How each of the above activities contributes towards keeping insurance on their toes – abusing you less