Author: Todd Odenweller

The Ohio State University chapter of the American Student Dental Association received the ASDA Gold Crown Award for Advocacy in 2015. Catherine Kim, a third year dental student at Case Western Reserve University, received the Gold Crown Award for District 6 Delegate of the Year. ASDA Gold Crown Awards are presented to an individual or chapter in ... [continue reading]

"A health record has everything — financial account information, Social Security number, health information," said Al Pascual, a senior analyst at Javelin Strategy & Research. In today’s litigious world, however, it is important that you protect your patients, your practice and yourself.  You must strive to ensure that your ... [continue reading]

On Feb. 25, 2015, the United State Supreme Court issued a ruling in the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission case that could have significant ramifications for professional licensing boards across the country, including here in Ohio. As regular readers of this column know, I have written multiple columns in ... [continue reading]

Starting April 1, certain business entities, including some dentists, will be required to hold a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs license in order to possess, have custody or control of, and distribute dangerous drugs that are compounded or used for the purpose of compounding. In accordance with a recent legislative change, entities ... [continue reading]

Ohio Dental Association membership dues must be paid by March 31 for the 2015 membership year in order to continue receiving exclusive member benefits. Any member who did not pay their dues by Jan. 1, 2015, is considered past due. Dentists who have not already renewed their membership should do so as soon as possible so that membership benefits, ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) needs your input! ODH would like to know about your experiences with and opinions about tobacco cessation strategies in dental practices so ODH can better understand what dentists know about tobacco cessation strategies, and if/how these strategies are being implemented in dental offices. Your responses will be ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) continues to post information about ICD-10 implementation on its website at  http://medicaid.ohio.gov/providers/billing/icd10.aspx. ODM has posted its third and fourth billing guidance documents, located under ICD-10 TIPS (Billing Guidance) along the right. New International Classification of Disease ... [continue reading]

The 2015 Ohio Dental Association Leadership Institute – Learn, Lead, Succeed – will feature several opportunities for new dentists. This year's Leadership Institute will be March 27-28 at the Hilton Columbus Polaris Hotel and will feature keynote speakers, panel discussions, updates on organized dentistry, breakout sessions and a ... [continue reading]

Do you even know what these mean? Hint: these are a few of the latest developments in the credit card processing industry and you WILL need to know them. Apple Pay is Coming Your Way. Previous solutions for storing credit cards on mobile phones have failed to make much headway, but Apple Pay seems to be a different story. Introduced last October ... [continue reading]

As many of you know, we regularly gather information from our members about all of the ODA’s activities, events and programs so we can continually evaluate our performance and better meet our member dentists’ expectations. Our 2012 membership survey revealed that “the provision of information” is one of the most valued ... [continue reading]