KEYNOTE
Senator William H. Frist, MD

8:15-9:15

A Look into the Crystal Ball of Health Reform:
An Physician-Senator’s Inside View of Where We Are, How We Got There and Where We Are Going

An insider look at how healthcare reform was passed this year and its impact on health care delivery, with an emphasis on oral health, over the next five years. A strong advocate of oral health as an integral part of overall health and well-being, Dr. Frist will draw upon his experiences as a transplant surgeon familiar with oral health as a determinant to transplant success and as a doctor actively treating HIV patients around the world who commonly have oral lesions.

Michael Helgeson, DDS

9:15-10:15

Oral Healthcare Reform:  Older Adults and People with Special Needs

Providing oral health services to the rapidly growing population of older adults will require new models of care delivery. A promising new model, called “Community Collaborative Practice” extends the reach of dental practices and clinics by incorporating new dental team member roles and using new technologies to deliver dental care where older people and people with disabilities live, work, go to school or receive other health and social services.  Dr. Helgeson will describe how successful new models can be incorporated into state and federal health reform efforts.

10:15-10:45

Break

Douglas Berkey, DMD, MPH, MS

10:45-11:30

Enhancing Oral Health for Vulnerable Elderly through Innovative Models of Care

Oral health providers are facing an unprecedented challenge: increasing numbers of vulnerable older adults who have complex oral problems impacting their systemic health and quality of life. Dr. Berkey will discuss medical/dental interrelationships that may significantly affect the "at-risk" elderly, emphasize the need for collaboration between oral health, general health and social service professionals, identify several key policy factors that address this important challenge, and describe an innovative and comprehensive model of interdisciplinary healthcare delivery and payment endorsed by the IOM.

Terry O’Toole, DDS

11:30-12:30

The Role of Dental Electronic Health Records in Improving Performance

Healthcare reform hinges on dental providers having easy access to a patient’s medical, social, and admin information. With it, they can deliver appropriate interventions that improve care and decrease costs. As a lead for the development of VA’s integrated dental electronic health record, Dr. O’Toole will share his experience in how information technology can successfully improve organizational and individual performance and improve population health.

12:30-2:00

Lunch

KEYNOTE
Burton Edelstein, DDS, MPH

2:00-3:00

Healthcare Reform Dental Provisions: What are they and how will they impact the profession?
The "Affordable Care Act" contains 127 references to dentistry and oral health that together comprise an organized "systems approach" to improving the nation’s oral health. Yet the bill is primarily focused on providing insurance coverage for the tens of millions who are currently uninsured. Dr. Edelstein will provide an overview of the oral health provisions and consider how they may (and may not) impact the future of dentistry.

Joel Berg, DDS

3:15-4:15

Efficient Care and Training In Pediatric Dentistry in an Academic Health Center

To provide the most cost effective dental care for a large number of children, efficiencies need to be brought into practice at every level. This presentation will discuss planning and development of the Center for Pediatric Dentistry in Seattle, WA, and how the integrated plan of construction design and patient flow, all focused toward efficiency, was implemented. Dr. Berg will review methods for seeing a large number of patients in an academic health center while providing the highest level of care. The use of technology to be even more efficient will be discussed and plans for future technology will be described. Best practices developed within the Center for Pediatric Dentistry can be distributed to programs and clinics elsewhere to provide more efficient quality outcomes to children across the globe.

KEYNOTE
Shelly Gehshan

8:15-9:15

Making Coverage Matter:  Keeping the Promise of the Affordable Care Act

The Affordable Care Act will provide dental coverage for an estimated 5.3 million more children. Providing coverage is a necessary first step. But are we ready to provide access? Shelly Gehshan will speak—as a foundation executive, an advocate, and an analyst who worked for state policymakers for 20 years—about the challenges and opportunities we face in the new health care landscape.

Joseph Errante, DDS

9:15-10:15

The Oral Health and Overall Health Connection and the Possible Future of Dental Benefits

Dr. Errante will discuss the Oral Health/Overall Health Solution Value Proposition presented to the marketplace by Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA beginning in 2005. He will present a review of the evolution of the program and updated results, and highlight how Healthcare Reform may impact the focus on the integration of oral health and overall health and the implications for how dental insurance may be viewed by the marketplace in the future.

10:15-10:40

Break

Maria Ryan, DDS, PhD

10:40-11:40

To Head Off Disease Start at the Top:
An educator/clinician/researcher perspective on the need to better address oral health in people with diabetes

As clinicians are faced with making treatment decisions for millions of people with diabetes every day, prevention is key and improved strategies are essential to better manage this chronic disease. Successful medical management of diabetics requires optimal oral health. This session will highlight the impact of poor oral health on people with pre-diabetes and diabetes; review clinical, epidemiologic and basic science evidence supporting a bi-directional relationship; present clinical strategies paramount to successful dental management for diabetics; and review results of periodontal intervention studies.

11:40-12:00

Conference Wrap Up & Next Steps