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DESCRIPTION:Location: Monterey Bay Dental Society Office\nAddress: 8 Harris
  Court\, Suite A2\, Monterey\, California\, United States\nDirections: htt
 ps://www.google.com/maps/place/Monterey+Bay+Dental+Society/@36.5781793\,-1
 21.8210923\,14.77z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x808de54ed6e2b2cf:0x83d44eb787c2fa5e!8
 m2!3d36.581345!4d-121.8190726!16s%2Fg%2F1th8250q?entry=ttu\nContact: Debi 
 Diaz\nEmail: mbds09@comcast.net\nWebsite: mbdsdentist.com\nPhone: ‭(831) 6
 58-0168‬\n\n2 C.E. Units 20%CLASS IS SOLD OUT! Due to high demand\, we are
  working on scheduling an additional date.Are you experiencing an increase
  in denied or downgraded claims? Is your Insurance Aging report getting lo
 nger? Are you and your billing team prepared for or already being negative
 ly impacted by the 2024 American Dental Association's Current Dental Termi
 nology code changes? Do you have new team members who need to become more 
 familiar with dental billing? Are you writing off denied or downgraded cla
 ims costing you hundreds or thousands of dollars?Whether your team members
  are seasoned dental billers or new to their roles\, we invite you to join
  us for a two-hour course collaboration session where your team will learn
  the following objectives:The 2024 ADA CDT code edits\, deletions\, and ad
 ditions.How is the ADA coding system designed and maintained to ensure cor
 rect billing and reduce denied claims?How to identify misinterpreted eleme
 nts on ADA dental claims to reduce denials and plan audits while ensuring 
 proper coding.How to present a complete story to dental plans to reduce de
 nials and down coding of claims.SPEAKERCindy Hartwell\, Premier Dental Con
 sultingCindy has over 25 years of experience in the dental industry. After
  a career as an RDA and office manager in private practice\, she joined a 
 large dental benefit organization where she worked for 16 years in both co
 mmercial and state government divisions. She held customer service\, claim
 s processing\, administration\, training\, and professional relations role
 s.Following her years in the dental insurance industry\, she used that exp
 erience while working for the California Dental Association. She consulted
  with dentists and their teams on dental benefit plans\, helping them navi
 gate the ever-changing dental marketplace while advocating for them as a d
 ental benefits analyst.
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LOCATION:8 Harris Court\, Suite A2\, Monterey\, California\, United States
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SUMMARY:In-Person — Dental Billing Made Easy
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong>Location:</strong> Monterey Bay Dental
  Society Office<br><strong>Address:</strong> 8 Harris Court\, Suite A2\, M
 onterey\, California\, United States<br><strong>Directions:</strong> <a hr
 ef="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Monterey+Bay+Dental+Society/@36.5781
 793\,-121.8210923\,14.77z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x808de54ed6e2b2cf:0x83d44eb787c
 2fa5e!8m2!3d36.581345!4d-121.8190726!16s%2Fg%2F1th8250q?entry=ttu">https:/
 /www.google.com/maps/place/Monterey+Bay+Dental+Society/@36.5781793\,-121.8
 210923\,14.77z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x808de54ed6e2b2cf:0x83d44eb787c2fa5e!8m2!3
 d36.581345!4d-121.8190726!16s%2Fg%2F1th8250q?entry=ttu</a><br><strong>Cont
 act:</strong> Debi Diaz<br><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:mbds09@
 comcast.net">mbds09@comcast.net</a><br><strong>Website:</strong> <a href="
 mbdsdentist.com">mbdsdentist.com</a><br><strong>Phone:</strong> ‭(831) 658
 -0168‬<br><br><p>2 C.E. Units 20%</p><blockquote><p><strong>CLASS IS SOLD 
 OUT! Due to high demand\, we are working on scheduling an additional date.
 </strong></p></blockquote><ul><li>Are you experiencing an increase in deni
 ed or downgraded claims?&nbsp\;</li><li>Is your Insurance Aging report get
 ting longer?&nbsp\;</li><li>Are you and your billing team prepared for or 
 already being negatively impacted by the 2024 American Dental Association'
 s Current Dental Terminology code changes?&nbsp\;</li><li>Do you have new 
 team members who need to become more familiar with dental billing?&nbsp\;<
 /li><li>Are you writing off denied or downgraded claims costing you hundre
 ds or thousands of dollars?</li></ul><p><span style="background-color: rgb
 a(0\, 0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transfo
 rm: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: inhe
 rit\; font-weight: var(--bs-body-font-weight)">Whether your team members a
 re seasoned dental billers or new to their roles\, we invite you to join u
 s for a two-hour course collaboration session where your team will learn t
 he following objectives:</span><br></p><ul><li><span style="background-col
 or: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-
 transform: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-spac
 e: inherit\; font-weight: var(--bs-body-font-weight)">The 2024 ADA CDT cod
 e edits\, deletions\, and additions.</span><br></li><li>How is the ADA cod
 ing system designed and maintained to ensure correct billing and reduce de
 nied claims?</li><li>How to identify misinterpreted elements on ADA dental
  claims to reduce denials and plan audits while ensuring proper coding.</l
 i><li>How to present a complete story to dental plans to reduce denials an
 d down coding of claims.</li></ul><strong>SPEAKER<br><img src="https://sit
 efinity.ada.org/images/librariesprovider190/default-album/hartwellcindy.jp
 g?sfvrsn=80aaf8a_1" data-displaymode="Original" alt="Cindy Hartwell" title
 ="HartwellCindy"></strong><br><strong></strong><p><strong>Cindy Hartwell\,
  Premier Dental Consulting</strong></p><p>Cindy has over 25 years of exper
 ience in the dental industry. After a career as an RDA and office manager 
 in private practice\, she joined a large dental benefit organization where
  she worked for 16 years in both commercial and state government divisions
 . She held customer service\, claims processing\, administration\, trainin
 g\, and professional relations roles.</p><p>Following her years in the den
 tal insurance industry\, she used that experience while working for the Ca
 lifornia Dental Association. She consulted with dentists and their teams o
 n dental benefit plans\, helping them navigate the ever-changing dental ma
 rketplace while advocating for them as a dental benefits analyst.</p>
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