Practical education for OMSs and the entire practice team – from front office to operatory.
Why Attend
Three focused courses. One high-impact weekend.
- Safeguard your practice with real-world strategies for risk, crisis and continuity planning.
- Improve coding accuracy and compliance to reduce denials and strengthen financial performance.
- Advance emergency readiness with protocols that support safer office-based anesthesia care.
Train as a team so clinical and administrative sides of the practice perform better – together.
Who Should Attend
OMSs, Dentists and Practice Managers
Strengthen business resilience, team preparedness and operational performance.
Insurance Coordinators and Coding Professionals
Get practical coding and billing guidance across the OMS scope of practice.
Anesthesia Assistants
Build confidence recognizing distress early and responding with life-saving interventions.
Front Office and Clinical Team Members
Align the entire workflow – from scheduling and documentation to chairside readiness.
Choose Your Course
Practice Priorities: Safeguarding Your Practice
Strategies to Prepare, Protect and Persevere Through Any Challenge
- Designed for OMSs, dentists and practice managers
- 10.0 CDE available
Learn strategies to prepare, protect and persevere through challenges – plus actionable business strategies and team management tools to boost operational efficiency, financial performance and teamwork.
Session topics include:
- Preparing for Disasters: Liability, Loss and Coverage Considerations
- When HR Disaster Strikes: Losing Key Personnel
- Prepare Your Practice: Strategies for Disaster and Crisis Management (including run-hide-fight training framework)
- How to Excel at Cybersecurity: A Self-Defense Course (includes AI-driven risk examples)
- Ouch! Needlestick and Sharps Injuries: Risks, Management and Required Safety Protocols
OMS Coding Essentials: Medical and Dental Procedures and Diagnoses
- Designed for OMSs, insurance coordinators and coding professionals
- 13.0 CDE/CME available
Explore practical solutions to common OMS coding challenges, with resources to improve billing and reimbursement. Covers the full scope of OMS coding including anesthesia, bone grafting, fractures, extractions and implants.
The course is taught by Terri Bradley, a certified coding professional and practice management consultant with 30+ years of experience working with the OMS specialty.
Includes updates on:
- Major 2026 CDT coding updates
- Medicare policy changes affecting dental coverage
- New codes for photobiomodulation therapy
- Pathology-related coding: biopsy reporting, neoplasm classification, documentation standards for medical necessity
Note: Participants must have a basic understanding of CDT, CPT and ICD-10-CM. Basic coding knowledge or completion of the Introduction to Insurance Coding and Billing and ICD-10-CM for OMS online courses is recommended before participating in this intermediate-level coding course.
Check out the Coding Certification Program Bundle.
Advanced Protocols for Medical Emergencies in the OMS Office (APME)
- Designed for anesthesia assistants
- 12.0 CDE available
Recognize that even with vigilant prevention, office-based anesthesia emergencies can occur, and a well-prepared team makes the difference. APME reinforces anatomy, assessment and response protocols that support safe anesthesia delivery and optimal outcomes.
Session topics include:
- Respiratory distress
- Cardiac dysrhythmia
- Allergic reactions
- Drug toxicity
- Crash cart organization
- Hemorrhage control
- Malignant hyperthermia management
Note: Designed for those who have taken AARC, though is not a prerequisite.
Pricing Snapshot
Registration is open. Fees for AAOMS members and AAOMS allied staff members:
- Practice Priorities: $525
- OMS Coding Essentials: $725
- APME: $525
Location and Hotel
Wyndham Grand Orlando Resort Bonnet Creek, Orlando, Fla.
Discounted group housing: Available through March 20.
Make a weekend of it!
Enhance the AAOMS Educational Weekend at the Wyndham Grand Orlando Resort Bonnet Creek by exploring a variety of local activities before or after sessions, including:
- Blue Harmony Spa (on-site)
- Deep Blu Seafood & Grille (on-site)
- Walt Disney World
- Lake Fairview Marina (boat rental/sailing lessons)
- Kennedy Space Center
- The Orlando Eye, a 400-foot observation wheel
- Universal Orlando Resort’s newest Universal Epic Universe theme park
- Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Discover what adventures await in Orlando, Fla. Check out VisitOrlando.com.
