Benefits conference set for Aug. 15-16 at ADA headquarters

The National Dental Benefits Conference will convene Aug. 15-16 at ADA Headquarters in Chicago.

Sponsored by the ADA Council on Dental Benefit Programs, the meeting is for dentists and their staff who have concerns with third party payers, constituent and component society staff involved in dental benefits issues (including direct reimbursement), chairs of constituent and component society council on dental benefit programs or dental care councils, insurance brokers, employee benefit consultants and third-party administrators.

Meeting highlights include:

• A panel discussion about the differences in how evidence is used for clinical recommendations vs. benefit plan design;
• What major carriers are doing in response to the rising numbers of U.S. citizens crossing U.S. borders for dental treatment;
• News on national health care reform and how it may impact organized dentistry;
• Experts on the rationale behind dental network development.

Visit www.ada.org/goto/benefitsconf for registration information or call CDBP toll-free, Ext. 2746. There is still time to register for this free conference.