Category: ODA Today

The Ohio Dental Association Services Corp. (ODASC) has been researching health insurance options in light of the Affordable Care Act to ensure ODA members have a quality, affordable plan available to them and their staffs. The ODASC health insurance plan, Dentist’s Choice Health Care Plan (DCHCP), has been renewed in 2014 for another year ... [continue reading]

Editor’s Note: This article is the fifth and final in a series about marketing. To see the first article click here, to see the second article click here, to see the third article click here and to see the fourth article click here. If you are still unsure about why to invest in marketing, ask yourself a simple question: "If I never ... [continue reading]

Margaret "Peg" Hinkle, MS, RD, LD passed away June 25. Hinkle was married to Dr. Robert Hinkle, a past president of the Ohio Dental Association. She was very involved in the Alliance to the Ohio Dental Association and organized dentistry. Hinkle earned her MS degree in dietetics from the Ohio State University in 1952 and worked as a consulting ... [continue reading]

Dr. Douglas Rogers Dr. Douglas Rogers is dedicated to giving back to his community. On Friday, Sept. 12, Rogers will receive the Marvin Fisk Humanitarian Award at this year’s Callahan Celebration of Excellence, held in conjunction with the 148th ODA Annual Session in Columbus. “Dr. Douglas Rogers has been giving ... [continue reading]

Dr. Jim Homon Dr. Jim Homon is founder and president of a children’s dental clinic in Columbus – KidSMILES – that serves children in need. For his efforts in improving access to care, Homon will receive the Marvin Fisk Humanitarian Award on Sept. 12 at this year’s Callahan Celebration of Excellence, held in conjunction ... [continue reading]

Dr. Mark Wenzel Dr. Mark Wenzel has spent the first 25 years of his career contributing to the well-being of his patients, treating people in need and promoting the welfare of his colleagues. Wenzel will receive the Ohio Dental Association Achievement Award for his contributions to the dental profession at the Callahan ... [continue reading]

If you read my presidential messages faithfully (don’t worry, I can get you back copies), you know that I believe access to care for all Ohioans is our biggest challenge as an association, whether we want it or not! I hope we have all moved past the cynicism that the oncologists aren’t blamed for cancer or the cardiologists for heart ... [continue reading]

Next month, the ODA House of Delegates will hold at its annual two-day meeting in conjunction with the ODA Annual Session in Columbus.  The meetings will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel near the Columbus Convention Center on Sept. 11–12.  The House of Delegates, as the legislative and governing body, is the supreme authority of ... [continue reading]

Dentists are increasingly finding themselves with patients refusing recommended treatment. In many of these circumstances, where the treatment plan is elective or alternative plans exist, dentists can easily work through those issues with patients. But what about the situation where a patient refuses diagnostic services? Periodic examinations and ... [continue reading]

Recent actions by the federal government will again impact dentists treating patients who have health care benefits through Medicare. This time it involves prescriptions for medication for Medicare Part D drug plan covered patients. As reported in the June 16, 2014 “ADA News,” “the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services [CMS] published ... [continue reading]