5th Annual Insurance Extravaganza 2024
THE Dental Revenue Cycle Conference
Everything you need to know about both Dental and Medical Billing. All new coding changes for 2024. Two full days of FANTASTIC information, LIVE!
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February 9-10, 2024 in Nashville, Tenessee
Join us for the 5th Insurance Extravaganza
This event will be held at Gaylord Hotel in Nashville, TN
Live Courses
The 5th Annual Insurance Extravaganza brings more tracks, more breakouts, and more bleeding-edge information from the leaders in medical billing. Program to follow – enjoy the pictures from last year in the meantime!
Platinum Sponsors
Speakers
Christine Taxin
It takes a special talent to make billing and insurance issues interesting and understandable, and Christine Taxin has that talent. A visionary leader in the field of billing and dental wellness, Taxin has educated and inspired teams across the country to increase production, improve collections, and most importantly, revolutionize their approach to patient health and wellness. Taxin has over 40 years of experience in medical offices, dental offices, and dental education. A frequent speaker at conferences, she’s authored and published 15 detailed manuals on how to navigate medical conditions and medical billing in dental practices.
Teresa Duncan
With over 20 years of healthcare experience, Teresa addresses topics such as Insurance Coding, Office Manager Training and Patient Conversations. Her memberships include the National Speakers Association and the National Association of Dental Plans. She has been named one of the Top 25 Women in Dentistry and is the author of Moving Your Patients to Yes: Easy Insurance Conversations as well as a contributing author to the ADA’s annual CDT Companion Guides. Her podcast “Nobody Told Me That!” provides regular coding and management updates. Teresa received her Master’s Degree in Healthcare Management.
Jan Palmer
Practicing dental sleep medicine is a goal for many, but a reality for few. The complexity of the reimbursement process has provided enough frustration that many dental offices abandon the potentially lifesaving and profitable area of practice. Medical insurance education is often last picked for the proverbial dodge ball game however, all medical billing for dental sleep medicine is can be learned. If you looking to implement dental sleep medicine into your practice, are struggling with workflow of dental sleep medicine or have an established practice that needs to advance to the next level, she has established highly effective processes to share.
Nicholas Partridge (Five Lakes)
Nick Partridge is the founder and President of Five Lakes Dental Practices Solutions, a consulting and technology firm helping dental practices develop, implement and manage a PPO participation strategy to attract and retain patients. Five Lakes has helped over 3,400 practices nationwide. The company is a 4-time Inc. 5000 honoree as one of the fastest growing private companies in the US. For nearly 15 years, Mr. Partridge has been an industry leader in understanding and analyzing the impact of dental insurance networks on the financial health of a dental practice. He has been featured as a guest speaker and columnist for many events and publications on the topic of dental insurance and dental benefits.
Steve Parker (The Profitable Dentist)
Steve Parker is the President/CEO of The Profitable Dentist, LLC and Editor-In-Chief of The Profitable Dentist Magazine, where he brings a renewed energy to continuing the work of founder, Dr. Woody Oakes. For over 30 years, TPD Magazine, Conferences, CE Courses, Newsletters, MasterMinds and Networking events have helped tens of thousands of dentists become better practice owners. TPD has awarded over 1 million hours of CE credit, and nearly every notable lecturer, industry leader, and dental education expert has spoken at a TPD Conference or been published in The Profitable Dentist magazine. Building on Woody’s vision, Parker has dramatically expanded the TPD Network of resources that allows practice owning dentists, industry experts, and key opinion leaders to collaborate and share ideas, experiences, and best practices.
Olivia Smith
Olivia has been in the dental industry for 7 years, and has experience in practice management, operations, business development, marketing, financial and annual planning, training, team development, systems implementation, and practice consulting. Prior to joining dentistry, Olivia received her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administrative from Indiana University. Olivia received her fellowship from the American Academy of Office Managers in 2018, and was honored as a Dentrix Practice of the Year nominee. Olivia joined Links2Success in 2021 after attending many of their courses over the years, and developing a passion for assisting offices in implementing medical billing processes to best serve their patients and help practices reach new levels of success. Olivia resides in Indiana, and enjoys spending time with her husband and son.
Colleen Huff, FAADOM
Colleen has been in the dental field for 27+ years. Starting as a dental customer service representative, she has worked/managed dental offices for 27+ years. Her experiences span managing multi location practices to growing a practice from the ground up. Colleen began full time speaking and consulting in 2021. She helps dental practices around the country improve their Dental Insurance knowledge and administrative systems, as well as traveling the country speaking at national conventions as well as local AADOM Chapters on a variety of Dental Insurance topics. You can find her Insurance Mastery course at Front Office Rock.
Lynne Leggett
Lynne Leggett BS, founder and CEO of Victory Dental Management, is a dental practice management speaker, coach, and author with over 25 years of business experience. She is passionate about helping doctors and their teams reach their full potential, increase their productivity and profitability while enabling them to deliver the best patient experience. As a speaker, she teaches doctors and their teams on how to take their practice to the next level and improve their leadership capability. Being a seasoned basketball coach, she understands what it means to have a true team working together, not just employees working at your practice.
Ashley Tapp (M.A., PhD)
Ashley Tapp (M.A., PhD) is the Director of Payer Relations at US Oral Surgery Management, a specialty services organization based in Irving, Texas. During her 5-year tenure with USOSM, Ashley has served in various business development, operational, and revenue cycle leadership roles. Prior to entering the oral surgery space in 2013, Ashley worked in higher education.
Robin Morrison
Robin Morrison’s passion for dentistry and health care, combined with her entrepreneurial spirit, lead her to become the founder of two successful companies. She is the president of RLM Healthcare Marketing & Consulting, Inc., founded in 1997, and Dental Consultant Connection, founded in 2011. Robin recognized more business opportunities and needs, and couldn’t resist launching her second business, Dental Consulting Connection (DCC). DCC connects dental consultants & dentists to ensure the practice selects the right consultant to fit their needs. DCC has formed a dynamic team of 30 dental consultants who specialize in dentistry niches.
LaMont Leavitt
LaMont has gained extensive experience over 30 years as an information management specialist and computer technologist. He focuses on creating industry disruptive products and solutions. His industry experience includes building computer systems, networks, support, product delivery, and training testing and development teams in Hyderabad and Bangalore, India. He has also collaborated with development teams in Germany and the United States. He has received many awards over the years including Novell (President’s Award in 2000 and Employee-of-the-Year Award in 1997). These were awarded in recognition of his ability to bring products to market and promoting excellence in product quality and communication. Currently, he is serving as a member of the ELC (Entrepreneur Leadership Council at Southern Utah University).
Gerald Benson
Gerald Benson is a dentist, dynamic national speaker, storyteller, and collector of NFTs. His experience across a wide spectrum of dental environments during his 15 year career lends unique perspective to his talks on team building, leadership, and clinical dental topics. Gerald learned the value of dedication at an early age growing up in Savannah, GA, the product of a dental home (One Dentist, One Hygienist). Gerald’s dedication, hard work, and determination inspired him to earn a congressional nomination to the United States Air Force Academy which lead to a lifelong interest in the study and application of leadership and an accomplished military career. An avid believer in lifelong learning, Gerald has completed curriculum at Pankey Institute, LVI, and is a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry.
Kelly Hemrich, RDH
Kelly Hemrich RDH has served the dental industry for nearly 30 years as a clinical hygienist and total practice coach. Kelly brings to Inspired Hygiene a vast knowledge for blending practice management and clinical systems. She has guided teams across the US to implement effective dental hygiene operations that impact the entire practice as well as the overall health of patients. She fully believes in total body health and dentistry’s role in preventing disease. She always looks for the positives in life and that is consistently reflected in her training style.
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Where to Stay?
February 9, 2024 @ 8:00 am – February 10, 2024 @ 5:00 pm EST
We are partnering with the Gaylord Opryland Resort by Marriot and we encourage all attendees to stay there! Click the link below to claim your exclusive room rate today.
Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville.
Special Offers
- Early Bird: only $775 per ticket!
- MEMBERSHIP SAVINGS: all Dental Medical Billing members instantly save 10% on all Extravaganza tickets. Discount automatically applied!