Mastering Medical Billing for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the Healthy Airway Practice
On-Demand Webinar Presentation
1 CE Unit | AGD Code 550
Enrollment: $32
Basic Medical Billing in the Healthy Airway Practice & Medical Billing Beyond the Basics
Dr. Chris Farrugia bridges the gap between dentistry and medicine, showing providers how to confidently integrate medical billing into their airway and TMD care. Drawing from real-world experience, Dr. Farrugia demonstrates how understanding medical necessity and documentation—not just billing codes—can transform both patient outcomes and practice profitability.
Through practical examples, Dr. Farrugia reveals how dentists can bill medical insurance for a range of procedures, including exams, imaging, sleep appliances, and TMD therapies, while maintaining ethical, patient-centered care. This course redefines dentistry as an essential branch of medicine—empowering providers to elevate their clinical impact and financial sustainability.
Through practical examples, Dr. Farrugia reveals how dentists can bill medical insurance for a range of procedures, including exams, imaging, sleep appliances, and TMD therapies, while maintaining ethical, patient-centered care. This course redefines dentistry as an essential branch of medicine—empowering providers to elevate their clinical impact and financial sustainability.
Course Highlights
In this course, you will:
- Learn how to bill medical insurance confidently and compliantly.
- Understand how medical necessity drives successful reimbursement.
- Discover how airway and TMD care fit within medical frameworks.
- See real examples of reimbursed procedures and documentation strategies.
- Shift your mindset from restorative dentistry to whole-patient medicine.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
- Explain the relationship between dentistry and medicine as it applies to airway and temporomandibular disorders (TMD).
- Identify procedures and treatments that qualify for medical insurance billing in a dental setting.
- Define the concept of medical necessity and its role in compliant, successful reimbursement.
- Apply proper documentation and diagnostic protocols to support medical billing claims.
- Recognize how to position airway and TMD care within a broader medical framework.
- Recognize how to position airway and TMD care within a broader medical framework.
- Evaluate real-world examples of medical billing success and translate them into practical office workflows.
- Develop strategies to communicate the medical relevance of dental treatments to both patients and insurers.
- Adopt a new clinical mindset—seeing dentistry as integral to systemic health rather than limited to restorative care.
Chris Farrugia, DDS
Dr. Chris Farrugia is a nationally recognized speaker, teacher, and leader in the areas of medical billing and digital dentistry. An early adopter of digital CAD/CAM technology, Dr. Farrugia added CT to his practice in 2011. He then spent two years developing, implementing, and mastering medical billing protocols for services rendered in his practice. This culminated in 2013 with the completion of the first installment of his five-book series, Successful Medical Billing.
Since then, Dr. Farrugia has been a speaker or featured presenter at numerous events and meetings across the country. He teaches dentists nationwide who want to advance their practices with CAD/CAM digital restorative techniques and digital imaging and successfully access medical benefits for their services. Dr. Farrugia is a diplomate of the American Board of Sleep and Breathing and is the past medical director of Pensacola Imaging. He currently practices digital restorative dentistry, TMD, and dental sleep medicine in Destin, Florida.