Extend Ortho Staff Appreciation and Bring Your Team to Amelia Island for Learning, Networking and Fun!
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Our combined Annual Session takes place October 26-28, 2023, at the Omni Amelia Island Resort, Fernandina Beach, Florida. It is the perfect destination for team learning, networking, and fun!
You won't want to miss the great courses and valuable CE, as well as over three days of fun activities for the whole family. Enhance your practice as you create a perfect opportunity for your team to learn industry best practices and build trust and camaraderie. There is something for everyone, including a luau dinner and dance party, sunrise yoga on the beach, mini golf, a golf cart scavenger hunt, and 18 holes of some of the most beautiful golf in the world! Visit us online to learn more about the meeting's agenda of speakers and fun.
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Finance Your Team's Annual Session Trip with the AAO Credit Card |
Controlling costs and reducing them where possible is just smart business. As you consider your expenses, thinking about how you pay for them is also a good exercise. There are a variety of business credit cards with different types of perks, including cash-back offers.
If you have not already compared your current card to the new AAO business credit card, it may save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars. The AAO Business credit card was designed specifically for orthodontists and offers several benefits, including 5% cash back on AAO purchases, including AAO dues and AAO endorsed and affiliate partners, 2% on all dental category purchases, and 1% on everything else.
To understand your potential savings, review your past purchases and do the math.
With AAO membership renewals and upcoming AAO meetings, now is the perfect time to compare. Learn more at aaocard.com. |
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The Digital Transformation of Orthodontics (8:30 am – 9:30 am)
Michelle Shimmin
Michelle Shimmin is an international lecturer, trainer and consultant who has been in the field of orthodontics since 1990, working as a Registered Dental Assistant, teaching orthodontic assisting, marketing, financials, treatment coordinating and practice management.
At this session your team will:
- Learn the systems, modalities and tools needed for maximum efficiency and profitability.
- Understand how to implement these successfully into your existing workflows.
- Know the importance of your team’s buy-in as educators and influencers to your patients.
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Insurance & Receivables – Anything BUT
Business as Usual (9:30 am –10:15 am)
Tina Byrne
With 40 years of experience working and consulting in the field of orthodontics, Tina has gained success and recognition for her well-founded proficiencies in clinical, business, and administrative functions.
At this session your team will:
- Identify trends by insurance carriers that are affecting both out-of-network and in-network providers.
- Establish delinquent communication timelines to maintain on-time payments from patients and carriers.
- Provide tips for claim submissions to reduce the amount of discounts affecting in-network providers.
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Team Building, Networking & Family Fun! |
Afternoon free time and extra social/
team building activities:
- Golf Tournament
- Golf Cart Scavenger Hunt
- Mini Golf Tournament & Yard Games
- Happy hour in the Exhibit Hall
- Beaches & Buyouts for residents and those looking to network with them
- S’mores by the firepit
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Day Two Keynote Address:
I Can’t Feel My Face (8:00 am – 8:50 am)
Josh Mancuso
Financials — Systems for AR/Collections (9:30 am - 10:30 am)
Michelle Shimmin
In this course we will cover how to ensure you have the proper systems in place within your practice to be able to setup, account for and collect all monies owed to you. We will cover how to put safeguards in place to ensure that the proper checks and balances exist to not let anything fall through the cracks as well as how to setup effective follow up processes to keep your delinquencies to a minimum. Most practices do not know how much revenue is left on the table. Through this lecture, you will know how to identify and resolve for maximum profitability and growth!
Breakout Session: “Stop The Scroll” (11:00 am –12:00 pm)
Josh Mancuso
Social media is a crazy world, and navigating it can seem impossible. In this important session, actor and comedian Josh Mancuso will show you the value of building a social media presence you can be proud of, and how to engage your audience with unique and engaging content.
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Inside, Outside & Online: A 360° Plan to Level Up Your Marketing Game (1:00 pm - 2:00 pm)
Dr. Sejal ‘Sej’ Patel
As the founding #bossbabe of OMFG! (Orthodontic Marketing Feel Goods!), Sej has curated a small business to give ortho practice relationships a glow up! After the colossal success her marketing efforts have had on her and her husband's mom & pop start-up, SmileOn Orthodontics, friends and colleagues from all over the country have hit Sej up to pick her brain and get fresh ideas. Sej has put her 22 years of schooling and 9+ years of orthodontic administration together to create OMFG!, offering her clients the ability to look like the rockstars they are... with minimal effort.
At this session your team will:
- Walk away with a killer plan in place for hitting up all the ways in which new patients find you 🙋♀️
- Learn how to simultaneously build relationships with everyone that's already in your practice, outside your practice, and online.
- Level-up your marketing game.
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Business Management: Trends, Innovations, & Insights (2:30 pm - 3:30 pm)
Chris Bentson
Chris Bentson is a partner of Bentson Copple & Associates, LLC based in Greensboro, North Carolina. The company serves the orthodontic community by performing practice valuations, providing recruiting services, and negotiating transactions with both buyers and sellers. Chris has been working with orthodontists regarding the business aspects of their practices for over thirty years, and was recently awarded the "Outstanding Contribution to the Specialty Award by a Non-Orthodontist" from the AAO. He spends much of his time working within the orthodontic industry. He currently serves as President of the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation (AAOF).
At this session your team will:
- Identify how current market trends have already affected your business model and their future effects.
- Recognize growth opportunities in today’s orthodontic landscape.
- Understand the difference between disruption vs. innovation.
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Join Us Friday Night for the Luau! |
Say ALOHA to your friends and colleagues in a fun and laid back atmosphere. Take in the tropical paradise with food, fun and entertainment as well as a traditional hula dance team. |
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Pediatric Sleep Studies and Working with Sleep Physicians (8:00 am - 9:00 am)
Dr. Judith Owens
Dr. Judith Owens is senior faculty in the Pediatric Sleep Center at Boston Children’s Hospital in Boston Massachusetts and a Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. She is an internationally-recognized authority on pediatric sleep and the author of over 175 original research and review articles in peer-review journals, chapters, and books on the topic. Her particular research interests are in the neurobehavioral and health consequences of sleep problems in adolescents and the role of school start times, sleep health education, and cultural and psychosocial issues impacting on sleep. She was the lead author on the AAP 2014 Policy Statement on healthy school start times and is on the Board of Directors of national non-profit Start School Later/Healthy Hours. She is currently President of the International Pediatric Sleep Association (IPSA).
In this session you and your team will learn:
- Present a brief overview of childhood disordered breathing from a pediatric sleep medicine perspective.
- Describe the key elements of optimal pediatric sleep clinical care.
- Summarize the results of the Pediatric Craniofacial Sleep Disordered Breathing Screening tool (PCSS) in routine dental practice study.
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Sterilization: The Orthodontic Challenge
(9:00 am - 10:00 am)
Jackie Dorst
From the AIDS Pandemic to the COVID Pandemic, Jackie Dorst has helped AAO members provide safe care for patients and the orthodontic team. Jackie understands the infection control challenges that the Orthodontc Team faces everyday with busy schedules, changing guidelines and limited staffing during the Pandemic and now for the New Normal. Her goal is to provide orthodontists with accurate information and practical methods for compliance with CDC, State Dental Board, and OSHA Standards.
In this session you and your team will learn:
- Orthodontic plier sterilization that meets the current “Standard-of-Care”.
- How an orthodontic practice can replace a dry heat sterilizer with an autoclave and protect orthodontic pliers.
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Orthodontics for Sleep Disordered Breathing:
Past, Present and Future (10:30 am - 11:30 am)
Dr. Audrey Yoon
Dr. Audrey Yoon is a dual-trained orthodontist and pediatric dentist who specializes in sleep medicine. She has established World Dentofacial Sleep Society and serves as a founding president. She is also a diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine and a diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics.
She practices the full scope of non-surgical and surgical orthodontics from pediatric to geriatric population for airway management including growth modification, pediatric palatal expansion, customized Miniscrew-Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion (MARPE), Distraction Osteogenesis Maxillary Expansion (DOME), Orthodontic treatment for Maxillomandibular Advancement ( MMA ), clear aligner therapy and oral appliances for sleep apnea.
In this session you and your team will:
- Understand the orthodontist’s role in identifying airway disorders in everyday practice.
- Learn the screening protocols and spectrum of available therapies
- Comprehend tongue posture and craniofacial development.
- Integrative and functional approaches to craniofacial structure modification: an interdisciplinary approach.
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Helping the Modern Orthodontic Practice
Recognize Legal Issues (11:30 am - 12:30 pm)
Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy currently serves as the CEO for the Harris County Medical Society (HCMS), the country's largest county medical society, representing approximately 13,000 Texas physicians in the Houston area. In this role, Sean works with the 24-person HCMS team to provide advocacy, financial savings, informational resources, continuing education, and valuable benefits to Texas physicians and their practices. Prior to joining HCMS, Sean worked at the Arizona Dental Association (AzDA) and the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) and brings with him a wealth of association and advocacy experience. As an attorney, Sean’s responsibilities included managing the AAO’s legal and advocacy department, overseeing the AAO’s regulatory and legislative priorities, administering the AAO’s state Component Legal Support Fund, assisting with AAO governance, and handling the AAO’s legal issues.
In this session you and your team will:
- Discuss some of the common legal issues currently facing orthodontic practices, including options for dealing with: difficult patients, divorced parents, requests for treatment refunds, and third-parties and contractors who work with your practice.
- Learn how to obtain legal counsel.
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To see a full line-up of our educational sessions, and activities please visit the 2023 Annual Session site and register today! |
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