Category: ODA Today

Day at the Statehouse, the Ohio Dental Association’s most important legislative advocacy event, is set for Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Columbus. Day at the Statehouse gives dentists, spouses and dental students an opportunity to speak one-on-one with legislators about issues important to dentistry and ... [continue reading]

Submitted by Cathy Costello, J.D. - Project Manager for Regional Extension Center Services for the Ohio Health Information Partnership I imagine that dentists, like so many other health care professionals, have been bombarded by information about electronic health records systems, Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentives and Meaningful Use (MU) ... [continue reading]

I am pleased to participate in the ODA Today’s symposium of columns related to various ethical issues confronting dentists.  The ODA regularly gets calls from our member dentists seeking guidance on how to handle specific scenarios in an ethical manner.  One of the most common questions we get is how to terminate the ... [continue reading]

By Gary Kadi, author and dental practice management advisor Editor’s Note: Gary Kadi, author of “Million Dollar Dentistry,” will be a keynote speaker and will present a breakout session at the ODA Leadership Institute on April 12 and 13. Registered attendees will receive a free copy of his book “Million Dollar ... [continue reading]

Several past attendees recently pointed out that the Ohio Dental Association’s Leadership Institute is designed to meet the needs of all dentists, regardless of their type of practice, career path or stage of their career. For example, Dr. Brittany McCarthy, a general dentist from Columbus who chairs the ODA’s Subcouncil on New Dentists, ... [continue reading]

Recently, the Ohio Supreme Court ended a decade long advocacy battle for the ODA.  In 2002, the ODA played a key role in passage of a major tort reform measure that overhauled the state’s medical and dental malpractice laws.  Among other changes, the measure placed caps on damages and allowed for the introduction of collateral source benefits ... [continue reading]

Christopher A. Moore, MA - ODA Director of Dental Services Dealing with dental insurance can present dentists with a number of situations that have legal and/or ethical ramifications. Some of the issues involved are rather obvious and well established while others are new and in some cases not quite as clear cut. Misrepresentation, AKA insurance ... [continue reading]

I hope you are enjoying our ethics issue of ODA Today as much as we enjoyed creating it.  It has been an enlightening experience to call attention to something that is so integral a part of what we do every day.  We make decisions so routinely that we often fail to recognize the ethical considerations that are involved.  I write ... [continue reading]

Ethic: A set of principles of right conduct. A theory or a system of moral values. Ethics: The rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the members of a profession. Synonyms: morals, morality. – Webster’s Dictionary I sure am glad I’m a dentist. When I look back at the time that I made that decision, it was life ... [continue reading]

I Have a Friend in Trouble: He is an alcoholic. He’s in denial. He says he can control his drinking, and sometimes it looks like he can. He can’t. He refuses help and excuses his behavior and his DUIs. He is in danger of losing his license to practice. He is in danger of losing his credibility. He is in danger of losing everything he ... [continue reading]