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Insurance Untangled Live: Breaking Boundaries in 2026

FRIDAY, November 14th, 2025

12 PM – 3 PM Eastern

The new year is right around the corner, and with it comes changes, challenges, and new opportunities. Insurance Untangled Live: Breaking Boundaries in 2026 is your chance to get ahead of what’s coming in 2026 and learn strategies that can make a real difference in the way you grow and manage your practice.

Here’s what’s on the agenda:

  • Marketing Q&A - Your Marketing BluePrint to Make 2026 Your Best Year Yet
  • Insurance Panel - Do the Impossible: Negotiate With the Non-Negotiable
  • Business Panel - Standing Out and Creating an Advantage
  • Insurance Presentation - Where PPO Fee Percentiles will land in 2026

You’ll also have the chance to join a live Q&A and walk away with 3 CE credits.

Spots are limited! Register now for free to secure your place.

Robert Spiel
Robert Spiel
Founder of Spiel & Associates Consulting
Bob Spiel’s mission is to build high-performance practices that deliver exceptional service while doing more in less time and with less stress. His firms, Spiel Consulting and Dentist Partner Pros transform general and specialty practices by building leaders at all levels — with a special focus on building leaders among owners and associates. Bob had over twenty-five years of business experience before getting into dentistry, including being a hospital and surgical center CEO, as well as an operations director for two mid-cap firms. This taught Bob to see each need in a practice with a “systems orientation”, with an emphasis on teamwork and leadership to make the human systems happen. He is a popular speaker, Co-host of the podcast Just Say No to the DSO, faculty member for Dr. Gordon Christensen, where he teaches a breakthrough course on leadership, as the author of Flip Your Focus — Igniting People, Profits and Performance through Upside-down Leadership. Bob and his bride Judene live in Lindon, Utah. They are the parents of 6 children and 18 grandchildren.

Main Speakers

CEO of Ekwa Marketing
Naren Arulrajah
CEO of Ekwa Marketing
President of Veritas Dental Resources
Benjamin Tuinei
President of Veritas Dental Resources

Panelists

Tessina Bullock
Tessina Bullock
Dental Consultant- Insurance Expert
Alvin Uta'i
Alvin Uta'i
Founder & CEO of Elite Dental Force
Angie Catmull
Angie Catmull
Insurance Consultant
Allen Schiff
Matalena Ve'e
Insurance/Billing Specialist
Curtis Brimley
Curtis Brimley
Endodontist
Wendy Reifer
Wendy Reifer
VP of Client Management

Course Description

Join us for a one-hour live panel with the dental industry experts. You’ll hear about teamwork, new ideas, and how to make a difference. Plus, you’ll earn 1 CE Credit and learn helpful tips you can use in your own career.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Maintain profitability while managing insurance participation
  • Know the key numbers every dental practice should track in 2025
  • Learn what efficient scheduling and team management look like today
  • Know how technology is changing the business side of running a practice
  • Identify real-world strategies for scaling or streamlining your practice

Continuing Education Credits

1 hour worth of CE Credit will be awarded to attendees who successfully complete this Event.

Tuition

FREE Event

Earn CE Credits While You Grow Your Practice

All speakers must disclose to the audience any proprietary, financial or other personal interest of any nature or kind, in any product, service, source, and/or company, or in any firm beneficially associated therewith that will be discussed or considered during their presentation. The Thriving Dentist Inc does not view the existence of these interests or uses as implying bias or decreasing the value to participants. It is important for the participants to form their own judgment about each presentation, and you are cautioned about the potential risks of using limited knowledge when integrating new techniques into your practice.CE Verbiage

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