Category: Advocacy, ODPAC & Legislation

As 2024 exited on Dec. 31, so did the 135th Ohio General Assembly. A General Assembly that ushered one of the most successful legislative agendas ever for the Ohio Dental Association. During the past two years, the ODA was able to finalize a new law that increased the reimbursement rates for dental Medicaid procedures by an average of 93%, join ... [continue reading]

Registration for the ODA Annual Session includes access to up to 24 hours of online CE, free with the cost of registration. Online CE will be available until Dec. 31, 2024. Plus, our virtual Exhibit Hall features more than 150 vendors where you can browse online listings. Didn’t register for the in-person event? No problem, you can still ... [continue reading]

The 135th session of the Ohio General Assembly will draw to a close at the end of December 2024. Each legislative session in Ohio lasts for a two-year period or biennium, and 2024 is the second year of the current legislative session biennium. The 135th session of the General Assembly will go down as one of the most successful legislative sessions ... [continue reading]

On July 24, 2024, Gov. Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 40, which contained language that would eliminate the requirement for dentists to accept a fee schedule for services that the insurance companies do not even cover. This was the result of many years of advocacy from the ODA on the topic. But now that it has passed what does this mean for dental ... [continue reading]

Gov. Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 40 into law on July 24. This important legislation prohibits dental insurance companies from setting fees for non-covered services and improves professional practice portability by entering into the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Licensure ... [continue reading]

This afternoon, Governor Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 40 into law. This important legislation includes two ODA priorities – the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact and dental non-covered services reform – both of which will benefit dental patients and dentists across Ohio. Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact The ODA has a long ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association has long had policies in support of dental licensure reform and freedom of movement for dentists between states. In fact, when I was first hired at the ODA way back in 1994 as the director of legal and legislative services, the ODA hosted a national symposium on dental licensure reform that included leaders from ... [continue reading]

Legislation that would prohibit insurance companies from setting fees for non-covered services and improve licensure portability by entering into the Dentist and Dental Hygienist ... [continue reading]

New Ohio dental Medicaid fees went into effect on Jan. 1. The new fees come to an average of a 93% increase over the previous fees, which had not seen any significant increase in over 20 years. “The new reimbursement rates are having a positive effect across the board,” said Dr. Jennifer Kale, chair of the ODA Medicaid Working Group. “Many ... [continue reading]

Let’s all be clear about the 93% fee increase that started Jan. 1, 2024 for Ohio dental Medicaid. It would never have happened without the efforts of the Ohio Dental Association. Individual dentists in the state could not have done it. Small group practices would have failed and certainly, large DSOs could not have gotten this fee increase ... [continue reading]