Billing & Coding 

Friday, October 2, 2026 |  7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Best Western Plus St. Paul North/Shoreview

Dentists, practice managers, and billing and treatment coordinators are invited to elevate their expertise at the MDA Total CE Billing & Coding Boot Camp featuring Rick Garofolo. This high-impact program is designed to sharpen your team’s performance and strengthen your practice’s financial outcomes. Space is limited so register soon! 

This immersive course delivers practical, real-world strategies to confidently navigate dental insurance and billing. Participants will build a strong command of insurance terminology, coverage structures, and benefit design, while mastering the accurate application of CDT codes for precise claim submission. The program also addresses coordination of benefits across multiple plans and provides proven approaches for resolving denials, managing resubmissions, and minimizing claim delays.

Through interactive sessions and focused small-group breakouts, attendees will develop efficient, repeatable billing workflows that streamline daily operations, accelerate reimbursement, and improve overall collections—delivering immediate value back to the practice.

Breakfast and hot lunch will be provided.

SPEAKER

 Mr. Rick Garofolo

 Rick’s realistic, informative and inspiring speaking presentations are in demand nationally and internationally at seminars, dental meeting, and conferences. His presentations concentrate not just on the requirements, but on how they actually tie into everyday life in dental offices. Rick is considered one of the nation’s top educators on dental insurance, coding, and dental business management. Rick’s unique experiences come from over 30 years of experience of successful business ownership with advertising agencies, PR firms, publishing companies, restaurants, bakeries, real estate investments and others, coupled with his years of experience as a leading consultant and dental business owner.

COST

Early Bird Pricing (Through 8/31/26)
MDA Members & Staff: $195
Non-Members & Staff: $250

Standard Pricing (Starts 9/1/26)
MDA Members & Staff: $250
Non-Members & Staff: $305

CE

6 Credits

Special Thanks to Vyne Dental for Sponsoring This Event in Part with the Minnesota Dental Association

Special thanks to Vyne Dental, for sponsoring our speaker. Vyne Dental provides end-to-end revenue acceleration by engaging practices, payers and patients via vendor-neutral connectivity, claims and attachment management, and the facilitation of secure communications solutions. Vyne Dental is part of the Vyne family, an industry leader in healthcare information exchange, revenue cycle management and communications. We are leading a paradigm shift in the dental industry toward real-time claims and payment resolution to improve provider and payer financial performance while fostering patient satisfaction and loyalty. Vyne Dental serves more than 800 hospitals and health systems, 84,000 dental offices, and 800 plans and payers across the United States. The company has been named to the Inc. 5000 annual list of the nation’s most prestigious and fastest-growing private companies for over 15 years. Learn more at vynedental.com.

If you need to register more attendees than the form allows, please call Hanna Nguyen-Dao at 612-767-4256.