Getting ready to launch your dental career? Don’t let insurance be the part that holds you back - it can shape everything from how you build your patient base to how your practice gets paid.
Join Humana’s Michelle Hart, RDH, MBA, Jennifer Bincarousky, and Becky Benincasa, for a practical breakdown on what you really need to know about dental insurance before entering or starting a practice. Michelle, Jennifer and Becky will give you the 101 on different insurance models, how to choose the right networks for your practice and how to avoid common payment headaches.
Whether you plan to join a group practice, open your own, or just want to feel confident when talking insurance with patients, this session is for you.
You know how to do the dentistry, now learn how to get paid for it.
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Understand the major types of dental insurance plans, including PPO, HMO, EPO, and Medicare Advantage, and how they work in everyday practice
- Learn how to evaluate insurance plans based on the factors that really impact success, like patient demographics, location, reimbursement rates, administrative support, plan reach and service support
- Discover what most new dentists get wrong about claims and how to get paid faster and avoid unnecessary delays from day one.
Jennifer Bincarousky
Manager, Provider Contracts, Dental Networks
Jennifer Bincarousky has been in the dental industry for over 30 years. Her beginning years include EFDA certification and working in private dental practices while getting her degree in Communication Sciences with a focus on Speech Pathology and Audiology. The last 25 years have been spent building and retaining dental provider networks as well as managing teams of provider contracting specialists for various carriers. She has been with Humana for over four years and is responsible for network expansion, collaboration with Group Benefits and Medicare teams as well as identifying potential partnerships that add value to the member and provider experience.
Becky Benincasa, MAOM
Manager, Provider Contracts, Dental Networks
Becky Benincasa, MAOM has been in the healthcare industry for 25 years with 15 of that in dental. She started out as a Compliance Manager with an MCO that provided care to Medicaid recipients and their families. She then moved into Provider Relations, Network Recruitment Management and Contracting.
She has been in her current position at Humana for the past four years. Her current role manages a team that supports network expansion efforts for Humana’s growing clients, employees and individual members.
Michelle Hart, RDH, MBA
Associate Vice President, Dental Networks
Michelle Hart, RDH, MBA, has been in the dental industry for over 35 years. She started out in the clinical practice setting as a Registered Dental Hygienist before expanding her education and entering the payor side, serving in capacities including Professional Relations, Network Expansion, Recruiter, Quality Management, and Credentialing.
She has been in her current role as Associate Vice President, Dental Networks with Humana for the past seven years, where her responsibilities include dental network expansion/retention and credentialing/compliance.
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