Dental Sleep Medicine: From Getting Started to Billing. Filmed Live at Townie Meeting

Credit Details
This electronically delivered self-instructional program is designated for 2.5 hours of CE credit by Farran Media.
AGD Code: 160.

The fee to view this course is $36. This cost includes the fee to take the exam and claim your CE credits.

The fee to view the entire series is $295. This cost includes all fees to take all exams and claim your CE credits.

Synopsis:

This course will survey the current landscape of medical and dental treatments for sleep apnea to help you decide how and if to evolve into this life-saving arena. The overview will cover marketing, physician communication, basic treatment philosophies, appliance choices, medical billing and the financial and emotional impact on your practice and team. Sleep medicine has progressed in diagnosis and treatment protocols and outcome predictability. It is estimated that 25 percent of the population is at risk for this life-threatening condition, and dentistry is at the front lines. Mark will help you begin to chart a course into the various aspects of this treatment construct. This course will help you determine if you want to treat these patients.

Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• General understanding of the sleep-related conditions and the role of the dental team.
• Effective communication with the physicians and their offices.
• Develop a matrix for marketing sleep appliance therapy to current patients and prospects.
• Overview of the medical billing process and the financial and emotional impact on your practice.

Description of Speaker:
Mark Murphy is the principal of Funktional Business Consulting, lead faculty for clinical education at ProSomnus, a member of the guest faculty at the University of Detroit Mercy and is a regular presenter on business development, practice management and leadership at the Pankey Institute. He has served on the boards of directors of the Pankey Institute, Identalloy Council, the Foundation for Dental Laboratory Technology, St. Vincent DePaul’s Dental Center and the Dental Advisor. He lectures internationally on leadership, practice management, communication, case acceptance, planning, dental sleep medicine, occlusion and TMD. He has a knack for presenting pertinent information in an entertaining manner.

Disclosure:
The speaker declares that neither he nor any member of his family have a financial arrangement or affiliation with any corporate organization offering financial support or grant monies for this continuing dental education program. He does declare that he does have a financial interest in consulting and educating dental professionals on the topics that he lectures on as well as a financial interest in a product that he mentions.

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Licensure:
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CE Contact
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