Author: Amy Szmania

With the changing dental practice environment, new dentists face unique challenges. Dr. Charles Blair, one of dentistry’s leading authorities on practice profitability, fee analysis, insurance coding strategies and strategic planning, will present the course "Start Smart, Stay Smart" at the 2015 ODA Annual Session focusing on some issues many ... [continue reading]

Several dentists have reported receiving a "2015 – Safety Compliance Solicitation Form" for an OSHA safety manual. The form asks for $375 in order to receive a customized written manual. The company sending the solicitation is not a government organization and does not have a contract with any government organization to provide this service. ... [continue reading]

The deadline for all eligible professionals (including dentists) who prescribe part D covered drugs to either enroll in Medicare, register as an ordering/referring provider or opt out of Medicare has been pushed back to June 1, 2016. Dentists who do not enroll, register as a referring provider or formally opt out of Medicare will likely see their ... [continue reading]

2015 ODAF scholarship and grant applications are now available. The deadline to apply is July 6. Second, third and fourth year dental students who are Ohio residents and have financial need are eligible to receive an ODAF scholarship. ODAF grants are open to qualified Ohio community dental care and oral health projects. More information and ... [continue reading]

All eligible professionals (including dentists) who prescribe part D covered drugs must either enroll in Medicare, register as an ordering/referring provider or opt out of Medicare by June 1, 2016. Dentists who do not enroll, register as a referring provider or formally opt out of Medicare will likely see their patients’ claims for medication ... [continue reading]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a rule that requires all eligible professionals (including dentists) who prescribe part D covered drugs to enroll in Medicare, to register as an ordering/referring provider or to opt out of Medicare by Jan. 1, 2016. Dentists who do not enroll, register as a referring provider or ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association is excited to announce new resources for membership recruitment and retention. Dentist-to-dentist contact is the proven, most successful form of outreach. In order to help facilitate dentist-to-dentist outreach, the ODA has created a toolkit of resources for members to use when contacting non-members and non-renewed ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association is again receiving calls from dentists upset about the discounts they're being asked to give certain patients. A common theme among the callers is that the dentist has been directed to discount his/her fees for patients of plans the dentist has not signed a contract with. How can this be? What’s the payer’s ... [continue reading]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC as we know them, in between scrambling to prevent Ebola’s establishment on our shores and searching for dusty vials of anthrax in its labs, has begun to release new data on early childhood caries (ECC). This new information points to a 180 degree turn for a dental condition that just 10 ... [continue reading]

Volunteers from the Stark County Dental Society and Mercy Medical Center general practice resident program provided free screenings to about 200 students from Gibbs Elementary at the Give Kids a Smile Ohio kickoff event. Volunteer dentists from the Stark County Dental Society provided free dental care to nearly 200 children ... [continue reading]