Category: ODA Today

The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation provides workers’ compensation coverage based on estimated payroll. Therefore at the end of the policy year, BWC asks employers to report their actual payroll for the prior policy year and pay any shortage (or receive a refund for any overage) in premium. This process is called a true-up. If the true-up is ... [continue reading]

The annual ODA Foundation raffle is one of the primary sources of funding for oral health-related grants and scholarships. Raffle tickets are $100 each, three for $250 or six for $500. A maximum of 700 tickets will be sold. This year’s first place prize is $10,000 cash. The second place prize is 2025 tripartite membership dues paid or the ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association Jobs & Ads Board makes it easy to find and post job listings and other advertisements. Dentists looking for an associateship position, to buy a practice, to purchase equipment, or rent space can find listings on our Jobs & Ads Board. To view our Jobs & Ads Board, visit www.oda.org/jobs-ads/. Ads are ... [continue reading]

Contact us first! The ODA is the primary resource for Ohio dentists. Most likely, we can answer your question or direct you to the appropriate source. Our staff members are experts in answering questions about insurance issues, regulatory compliance, legal issues and more. We’re available by phone or email to provide personal assistance as a ... [continue reading]

In this month’s article I am writing about the value of volunteering and actively participating at your local dental society and at the Ohio Dental Association.  Last week, we had an ODA Virtual Town Hall, where leaders of local component societies were invited by our Council on Membership Services to discuss vacancies on ODA Councils, ... [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]

This month we will continue the series of common legal issues in the dental office. Last month we discussed animals in the office and the commercial activity tax. This month we will look further into use tax, the terminal distributor of dangerous drugs license, how to interact with government agencies and patient record retention. 8.) Use ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association has called upon the Ohio Department of Medicaid to standardize the administration of the state’s Medicaid dental benefit program across the fee-for-service and managed care programs. The ODA’s move is in response to ongoing concerns many ODA members have expressed with how DentaQuest administers the dental benefit ... [continue reading]

I have a patient who is a professor of languages and I always enjoy our conversations during his appointments. Our latest discussion was regarding his current fascination with “conversational” Latin. My experience with the language regards the static form, as a written method of communication and the foundation of the romance languages, which ... [continue reading]

I have been accused more than once of publishing academic piddly pooh not of much clinical utility and readily admit that I have, at least a few times, resorted to the CNN – and Fox News – tactic of info-flation. So I thought I’d provide some really useful advice to any grandparents my age, either to-be or considering more active engagement ... [continue reading]