OHT DIRECTED The Numbers Game - How to Play it Safely

Course Overview

This presentation is designed for OHT’s, dental hygienists and dental therapists as a guide to how to use the ADA Schedule appropriately. Most dental practitioners will be using ADA item numbers on a daily basis, when a health fund or Medicare CDBS conducts an audit of your practice, which item numbers are the most common ones investigated and why? Learn from the mistakes of other dental practitioners how best you can bullet proof your practice to avoid the pain of a health fund audit. OHT’s, dental hygienists and dental therapists are all able to bill through health funds and the CDBS using their own Provider numbers now, learn what your professional obligations are regarding the use of your own provider number, and what are the risks to you personally.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the ADA Schedule so you are using item numbers appropriately
• Learn why health funds audit dental practitioners
• Identify which item numbers are frequently the subject of health fund audits
• Understand what a Medicare CDBS audit involves and why they are conducted
• Identify the benefits and risks of claiming for treatment under your own provider number

Presenter/s biography

Dr Martin Webb

BDSc (HONS) Qld 1990  FICD FPFA FADI  MAICD

Dr Martin Webb is a dentist in private practice on the Sunshine Coast. He was appointed recently as an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney School of Dentistry, and as an ATH Lecturer at the University of Queensland School of Dentistry. Dr Webb works at the Australian Dental Council as an examiner, and conducts final year dental student viva examinations at UQ.

He has served in the past as the ADA Federal Vice President, the ADAQ State President, is currently the Vice Chair of the ADA Schedule and Third Party Committee. He has conducted CPD lectures and webinars for over 10 years for ADAQ and ADA Federal, and recently for ADA Victoria, University of Western Australia, University of Sydney, University of Newcastle, Curtin University, University of Adelaide, University of Queensland, CQU, Charles Sturt University, DHAA and ADOHTA.

Dr Webb acts as an AHPRA auditor, mentor and educator to assist dentists with conditions on their registration. As a member of the ADAQ Peer review panel, he provides advice to ADAQ staff working to assist dentists with health fund audits, AHPRA complaints and Professional Indemnity insurance legal claims. Dr Webb serves on the Australian Government Professional Services Review Panel, to review inappropriate Medicare billing under the CDBS. Dr Webb works as an assessor for QCAT, to assist the Judge with Professional misconduct court trials where dentists are charged by the OHO or DBA. He provides expert opinion reports for professional indemnity insurance lawyers, and has worked in the past as a clinical expert for OHO, the co- regulators in Qld. Dr Webb is a Fellow of the International College of Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry International and the Pierre Fauchard Academy.

Event Pricing

ADA Member Dentist - FREE
ADAQ Member Practice Staff* - $FREE
Non-Member Dentist - $55
Non-Member Practice Staff - $55

*Practice Staff includes OHT's, hygienists, and dental therapists. Practice staff must be signed up to ADAQ Dental Team Access to receive discounted pricing. 

CPD Points

1.5 Scientific hours

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