Speaker: Chris Earl, Chief Sales Officer, Delta Dental of Minnesota

Rising health care costs have compelled an otherwise sedentary dental benefits industry to redefine its value proposition and deliver new, innovative product platforms. This includes the introduction of consumer driven dental benefit programs as well as a new line of products linked to emerging research on a possible connectivity between an individual’s oral and medical health. This presentation will analyze and evaluate these new trends and implications for dental benefits industry.

Learning Objectives:

• History of the dental benefit industry
• Traditional dental benefit delivery models
• Influence of the health care market on ancillary benefits such as dental
• Dental marketplace’s response to the current health care situation
  • Consumer Driven Models
  • Medical-Dental Research
• Implications to the future marketplace

Meeting Specifics:
Thursday, October 4, 2007
11:30 AM Registration
11:50 AM - 1:00 PM Program

Location
The Doubletree - Park Place
1500 Park Place Blvd.
Minneapolis, MN 55416

Cost:
Members - $39
Nonmembers - $59

Registration:

MAHU Season Ticket Holders can register here.

Others can Register online or by calling the MAHU Office at (651) 917-6253 by 5:00 p.m. October 2, 2007.

Cancellation/Refund Policy:
Full refund of the monthly meeting fee will be issued, if the cancellation is at least 2 business days prior to the start of the event. If the person who registered does not show for the function, there will be no refund on pre-paid event registrations. Any person who registers and does not cancel according to the cancellation policy, and does not show for the function, will be invoiced for the full registration amount.