Author: Todd Odenweller

Dr. Matthew Parker Dr. Parker attended The Ohio State University College of Dentistry with a scholarship from the U.S. Navy and graduated in 2000. Upon graduation, he accepted a residency position from the University of Alabama and the Birmingham Veteran's Administration Hospital. After completing his residency program in 2003, Dr. Parker served ... [continue reading]

Thanks to all the continued support and push for a publication reaching out to the younger dentist population, generationD is back! The experience and knowledge of a veteran dentist with years of practicing dentistry can provide many important lessons. Quite often, however, the stories and ideas of colleagues at a similar point in practice can ... [continue reading]

    Dental student Michael Pappas, Ohio State University College of Dentistry Class of 2014, is the recipient of the American Student Dental Association’s Ryan Turner Memorial Scholarship.      Mr. Pappas, whom ASDA called “a role model” for his peers, receives a $1,000 scholarship with an ... [continue reading]

    The U.S Food and Drug Administration is warning dental and veterinary professionals to not purchase or use certain potentially unsafe hand-held dental X-ray units. The FDA is concerned that these devices may not be safe or effective and could expose the user and the patient to unnecessary and potentially harmful X-rays. The ... [continue reading]

     On Jan. 3, the American Dental Association was alerted that many dentists across the country had recently received a fraudulent membership renewal communication via fax to their dental offices indicating payment should be sent to a post office ( P.O.) box in Brockton, Mass. This prompted the ADA to distribute an alert that ... [continue reading]

You can only change information in a PA that is in a “pending review" status. To determine if the PA is in pending status, select the specific PA and open it. If there are no external texts from a reviewer you may amend this PA (this means the reviewer has not opened or began working the PA). If there are comments from a reviewer asking for ... [continue reading]

On the month the recipient receives a Medicaid card because they have met their “spend down”, schedule an appointment. Immediately, submit a prior authorization (PA) via the MITS Web Portal for the services you are requesting. When submitting a PA through MITS you must upload an attachment, even if it is just a document that says ... [continue reading]

Members of the ODA Workers Comp Group Rating Programs may have recently received letters stating that because of a change in ownership within the Frank Gates Service Company that the stability and reliability of their Workers Comp Group Rating plan is somehow endangered. This is not true. Nothing but who owns them is changing. The Frank Gates ... [continue reading]

According to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) guidelines, providers submitting claims for the technical component of advanced diagnostic imaging services for Medicare beneficiaries must be accredited by Jan. 1, 2012, to be reimbursed for the claim if the service is performed on or after that date. CMS has approved three ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services experienced an error while processing Medicaid provider payments scheduled for December 8, 2011. Affected providers should have been contacted by an automated telephone call. Payment was expected to be processed Monday, December 12, 2011. If you have any questions, please call the IVR toll-free number ... [continue reading]