{"id":23532,"date":"2025-09-02T14:11:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/?page_id=23532"},"modified":"2025-09-02T14:11:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:11:04","slug":"become-less-dependent-on-dental-insurance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/ce-courses\/mda-online-ce\/become-less-dependent-on-dental-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Become Less Dependent on Dental Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row showfor=&#8221;not_logged_in&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Recorded Seminar<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Becoming Less Dependent on Dental Insurance<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006db6;\"><strong>FOR ENTIRE DENTAL TEAM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9150 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Murphy_Mark.png\" alt=\"Dr. Mark Murphy\" width=\"155\" height=\"155\" data-id=\"9150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Murphy_Mark.png 155w, https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Murphy_Mark-150x150.png 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 155px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 155\/155;\" \/>Speaker:<\/strong> Mark Murphy, DDS<br \/>\n<strong>Fee:<\/strong> $50\/DDS and Staff; $75\/Nonmember DDS<br \/>\n<strong>CE Credits:<\/strong> 1<br \/>\n<strong>AGD Code:<\/strong> 550<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn-grn2\" href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.ada.org\/s\/community-event?id=a1q8V000005bCcoQAE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Register Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dental insurance reimbursements have been declining for over 20 years while our expenses continue to rise This has impacted the average income of dentists, their teams, their level of enjoyment and fulfillment, and the ability to operate a small business responsibly. Dr. Mark Murphy will help you first understand WHY this is happening. Then he will move to HOW you can evaluate the financial risk and reward equation. And finally, WHAT a dental practice can do to seamlessly navigate this chasm if they choose to go NON PAR or NON PPO. This webinar is not suggesting this path, rather, engaging a careful analysis to help answer the question, \u201cIs Becoming Less Insurance Dependent Right for You?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learning objectives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Survey the reimbursement landscape and its effect on dentistry.<\/li>\n<li>Measure and analyze the role of dental insurance in your practice.<\/li>\n<li>Discover sound strategies and tactics for going Non PPO or Non Par.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About the speaker \u2026<\/strong> Dr. Mark Murphy is the executive director of Restfull and the International Academy of Sleep. He was previously the lead Faculty for clinical education at ProSomnus Sleep Technologies, served on the guest faculty at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, and was a regular presenter on sleep, business development, practice management, and leadership at the Pankey Institute. Murphy lectures internationally to various organizations on the topics of leadership, business, dental sleep medicine, and TMD.<\/p>\n<p><em>Financial Support Provided by MDA Insurance and MDA Services.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row showfor=&#8221;discarded_user_roles&#8221; discarded_user_roles=&#8221;become_less_dependent_on_dental_insurance&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Recorded Seminar<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Becoming Less Dependent on Dental Insurance<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006db6;\"><strong>FOR ENTIRE DENTAL TEAM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9150 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Murphy_Mark.png\" alt=\"Dr. Mark Murphy\" width=\"155\" height=\"155\" data-id=\"9150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Murphy_Mark.png 155w, https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Murphy_Mark-150x150.png 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 155px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 155\/155;\" \/>Speaker:<\/strong> Mark Murphy, DDS<br \/>\n<strong>Fee:<\/strong> $50\/DDS and Staff; $75\/Nonmember DDS<br \/>\n<strong>CE Credits:<\/strong> 1<br \/>\n<strong>AGD Code:<\/strong> 550<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn-grn2\" href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.ada.org\/s\/community-event?id=a1q8V000005bCcoQAE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Register Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dental insurance reimbursements have been declining for over 20 years while our expenses continue to rise This has impacted the average income of dentists, their teams, their level of enjoyment and fulfillment, and the ability to operate a small business responsibly. Dr. Mark Murphy will help you first understand WHY this is happening. Then he will move to HOW you can evaluate the financial risk and reward equation. And finally, WHAT a dental practice can do to seamlessly navigate this chasm if they choose to go NON PAR or NON PPO. This webinar is not suggesting this path, rather, engaging a careful analysis to help answer the question, \u201cIs Becoming Less Insurance Dependent Right for You?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learning objectives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Survey the reimbursement landscape and its effect on dentistry.<\/li>\n<li>Measure and analyze the role of dental insurance in your practice.<\/li>\n<li>Discover sound strategies and tactics for going Non PPO or Non Par.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About the speaker \u2026<\/strong> Dr. Mark Murphy is the executive director of Restfull and the International Academy of Sleep. He was previously the lead Faculty for clinical education at ProSomnus Sleep Technologies, served on the guest faculty at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, and was a regular presenter on sleep, business development, practice management, and leadership at the Pankey Institute. Murphy lectures internationally to various organizations on the topics of leadership, business, dental sleep medicine, and TMD.<\/p>\n<p><em>Financial Support Provided by MDA Insurance and MDA Services.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row showfor=&#8221;selected_user_roles&#8221; selected_user_roles=&#8221;become_less_dependent_on_dental_insurance&#8221;][vc_column][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=volHlPa-z38&#8243; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"\/CE-Courses\/MDA-Online-CE\/Become-Less-Dependent-On-Dental-Insurance\/Quiz\">Take the Quiz<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row showfor=&#8221;not_logged_in&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Recorded Seminar Becoming Less Dependent on Dental Insurance FOR ENTIRE DENTAL TEAM Speaker: Mark Murphy, DDS Fee: $50\/DDS and Staff; $75\/Nonmember DDS CE Credits: 1 AGD Code: 550 Register Now Dental insurance reimbursements have been declining for over 20 years while our expenses continue to rise This has impacted the average income of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":3152,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","protect_children":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-23532","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2025-11-17 16:42:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23712,"href":"https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23532\/revisions\/23712"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}