Delta Dental of New Jersey's In-Net Program  provides discounts for participating dentists on many items your practice may need - from dental supplies and equipment, to practice management software and hardware. Utilizing our In-Net Program could save your practice thousands of dollars each year, while improving office efficiency so you can spend more time on patient care and less time managing the business aspects of your practice.

When you contact these vendors, please identify yourself as a Delta Dental of New Jersey participating dentist. They will lead you through the enrollment process.

Please note that these vendors will deal directly with you. Delta Dental will do its best to maintain these vendors and add new vendors to provide even more value to you. However, Delta Dental cannot guarantee the performance or continued participation of these vendors.

This program has been designed to provide savings opportunities to our participating dentists. Delta Dental of New Jersey does not receive any compensation from any vendor under this program.

For more information about Delta Dental's In-Net Program, please call 888-396-6641 to speak with a Dental Network Coordinator.

The In-Net Program currently offers Delta Dental participating dentists ten ways to save:

1. MVP Practice Management Discount Program
2. CPRofessionals
3. Steri Check Sterilizer Monitoring Service
4. HealthFirst Medical Emergency Products
5. Profit Finder Price Comparison Shopping Service
6. Lexi-Drugs Online

Delta Dental's MVP Practice Management Discount Program

For new systems, Delta Dental's MVPs (practice management vendor participants) offer participating dentists in New Jersey and Connecticut discounted pricing on some or all of the following:

• Hardware
• Base practice management software
• Add-on software
• Training
• Service
• Electronic claim submission costs

Here are Delta Dental's MVPs, and their contact numbers:

• BRS Computing, Inc., 914-747-0201
• PracticeWorks,  800-426-8927
• Health-Tech Systems, Inc. (Dentech), 800-288-7691
• Professional Software Solutions (SoftDent)
  In NJ for 07 zip codes and all zip codes in CT, 800-724-5758 or 800-724-5809
• Suzy Systems, Inc., 800-345-5782

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CPRofessionals

CPRofessionals, Inc. will provide instructors and materials necessary for all training classes. Training classes will take place at Delta Dental affiliated dentist offices at dates and times to be determined. Certification cards will be awarded upon successful completion of the course taken. All cards will be sent to the dentist offices within two weeks of completion.

Course Name	Price per person*	CEUs
BLS for Healthcare Providers	$75	4
Heartsaver CPR-Adult	$45	2
Heartsaver CPR/AED	$75	4
Heartsaver AED	$50	2
Heartsaver CPR-Pediatric	$45	2
Basic First Aid	$65	4
Bloodborne Pathogens	$35	2
Hepatitis B Vaccine	$250	0

*Fees collected do not represent revenue for the American Heart Association or the National Safety Council

Delta Dental of New Jersey affiliated dentists agree to pay the invoice upon receipt. Minimum on location fee of $650 or eight participants. Each office will provide ample space with tables and chairs and a TV with VCR or DVD for use during the training class.

For more information, or to schedule your classes, please call 1-888-4 CPR PROS (1-888-427-7776) or e-mail CPRofessionals@aol.com. VISA/Mastercard accepted.

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Profit Finder Price Comparison Shopping Service

Profit Finder services include:

• A listing of more than 20,000 brand-name and generic dental supplies and equipment with detailed descriptions and manufacturer names and numbers. Next to each item is the dealer's name with the lowest printed price in the country.
• Pricing information is available in catalog format or online. (CD-ROM format is no longer available.)
• Updated pricing online every six weeks and a new catalog mailed every three months (if there is a dramatic price change, the Web site is updated right away).
• Use of Profit Finder's personal shopping service at no additional cost.
• Profit Finder uses one master supplier who has already agreed to match Profit Finder prices. The master supplier of choice is Darby Dental Supply.

Profit Finder offers a substantial discount off its annual membership fee for Delta Dental participating dentists (normally $375/only $299 for you)!

To enroll, contact Profit Finder at 800-443-5095 or visit their Web site at www.profitfinder.com 

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Steri Check Sterilizer Monitoring Service

Steri Check Systems, Inc. is offering participating Delta Dental dentists a discount on spore testing to verify the adequacy of sterilization cycles. The routine use of biological spore tests is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

Monthly, bi-weekly, or weekly spore testing available for steam, dry heat, chemical vapor and ethylene oxide gas sterilizers.

The Steri Check monitoring service:

• Includes laboratory culturing service and free shipping
• Provides a certificate of compliance, sterilizer monitoring log and full documentation

Monitoring Frequency	Regular Rate	Delta Dental Discount Rate
Spore-Wise 52 (weekly)	$269/year	$157/year
Spore-Wise 26 (bi-weekly)	$169/year	$119/year
Spore-Wise 12 (monthly)	$79/year	$64/year

For more information, please call Steri Check Systems at 800-677-8374 and be sure to tell them you are participating with Delta Dental.

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HealthFirst Medical Emergency Products

HealthFirst Corp. provides healthcare professionals items for emergency use. Emergency kits sold by HealthFirst are color-coded for easy identification, quick symptom and antidote recognition. Color-coded pamphlets on drugs giving manufacturer’s recommendations and describing their use are included in each kit.

For more information, please call 800-331-1984.

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Lexi-Drugs Online

Delta Dental Plans Association has teamed up with Lexi-Comp to offer Delta Dental dentists a 60-day free trial to the following information products:

1. A core drug database offering over 1600 drug monographs containing up to 55 fields of information
2. Lexi-Interact, including dental alerts, for patient-specific drug interaction screening
3. 10 clinical reference databases
4. Lexi-Drug ID for medication identification
5. Adult & pediatric patient advisory leaflets in up to 18 languages
6. Web search to review other medically-based web sites

After the 60-day free trial period, Delta Dental dentists have the option to sign up for continued use at a discounted fee. To sign up, go to the Delta Dental portal site (www.deltadental.com), click on Dentists and Dentist Connection. If you are not registered, click on the Register Here link. If you are registered, enter your user name and password and sign in. In the middle of the page you will see Provider Products and Services. Click on that link for the Lexi-Drugs offer.

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