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Membership Benefits

PAGD is pleased to offer benefits exclusive to our members. In addition to a preferred rate for all of our continuing education, PAGD has arranged for discounts on products and services to help your business.

Darby Dental Supply
PAGD has joined with Darby Dental Products to give you a discount on products you order. Each member who participates will receive additional discounts of 10-17 percent on select products off of published Darby Dentalog prices.

In addition, Darby has agreed to give PAGD members a rebate on the products you purchase. Once you enroll in the program, you will receive a monthly rebate of 2 percent of total Darby purchases. This rebate will be placed on a reloadable Visa card. The Visa card will be sent to members once they send acknowledgement of their participation to Darby. You can use this debit card to pay for anything, including PEAK events.

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PNC Merchant Services
PAGD has endorsed PNC Merchant Services® (PNCMS) for processing Visa®, MasterCard® and Discover® Network transactions. PNC Merchant Services brings solutions that will help your practice provide patients with several payment options and gives you the ability to manage your receivables cash flow more efficiently and effectively.

For PAGD members only, take advantage of PNCMSs’ special pricing of 1.77% + $.19 transaction fee . PNCMS brings these additional benefits to your practice:

  • PNCMS is confident that they can beat your current provider’s program costs or give you a $300 Visa Gift Card .
  • One rate, statement and funding for all Visa, MasterCard and Discover Network transactions.
  • Next day funding is available when depositing into a PNC Business Checking account .
  • Customer service help desk and support is available 24 hours a day/ 7 days per week.

PNCMS also offers a gift card program for specialty services in your practice as a creative marketing program.

Transitioning your payment processing to PNCMS is easy. If you own equipment, PNCMS will reprogram your terminal free of charge or you can lease or purchase the latest and most secure equipment at special PAGD rates. PNCMS has a full array of equipment and peripherals designed to meet your practice needs.

We are very pleased to have PNCMS assume the role of our endorsed payment processor and encourage you to take advantage of their services. If you have any questions, please contact a PNCMS representative at 888-562-2300 or visit pnc.com/merchantservices.

Care Credit
With CareCredit, patients have more ways to say "Yes".

Often, it is not the total treatment fee that concerns patients, but how to fit the fee into their budget. With CareCredit's convenient monthly payment plans, including popular No Interest options, patients get the dentistry they want and need, without the need to delay or phase treatment. Use our online payment calculator today to help present treatment to your patients.

AGD BENEFITS PLUS

AGD Platinum VISA Card
800.767.7218
Flexible Rewards Redemption
800.603.2265
  • Low interest rates
  • Optional Value Miles feature to earn travel miles on every purchase
  • Value Miles are good on major U.S. air carriers, with no blackout periods
  • Expanded destinations include Hawaii, Alaska, and Europe

Dentist's Advantage
www.dentists-advantage.com
866.219.6533
  • Discounts on professional liability insurance
  • 10 percent to Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) members
  • 15 percent to Fellows
  • 20 percent to Masters
  • New dentists (graduates) discounts
  • Claims-free discounts
  • Risk management discounts
  • Property, general liability, workers' compensation, and a range of other coverage is available.

Student Liability Insurance

  • Student/resident members are eligible for student liability insurance to cover them during board examinations. Available to recent graduates AND non-students on a case-by-case basis
  • Click here to purchase Dentist's Advantage Student Liability Insurance for $25
  • Covered for one full year from your certificate date
  • Coverage is $1,000,000 per incident/$3,000,000 aggregate

More member benefits are available at:
http://www.agd.org/membership/benefitsplus/

Merchant Services provided by PNC Merchant Services Company and are subject to credit approval.

Pricing based on annual volume of $200,000. Other pricing may apply if volume exceeds $200,000. For more information please contact PNC Merchant Services at 888-562-2300.

Merchant processing cost comparison is based on all Merchant Services processing charges shown in recent processor merchant statement. Merchant with all-inclusive or flat-rate packaged monthly processing over $2 million in Visa and MasterCard processing volume annually and not available to businesses currently processing with PNC Merchant Services Company. Merchants will all-inclusive, flat rate packaged monthly or franchisee program processing fees are not eligible for this offer. Limit one Visa gift card per merchant, regardless of the number of locations. Gift cards will be issued within 60 days of expiration of the offer. Other fees may apply.

Next-day funding on Visa, MasterCard and Discover Network payment processing transactions valid only when processing is provided by PNC Merchant Services and funds are deposited into a PNC Bank business checking account. Next-day funding for Discover Network transactions available for new accounts only.

 

 
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