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It may be helpful for Ohio dentists to review some of the major dental benefits issues that confronted the profession during 2016 in order to prepare for the coming year. Medicare prescription drug rule The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has again delayed its enforcement of its new Medicare prescription drug rule until Jan. 1, ... [continue reading]

Advocacy efforts at work: A look ahead at 2017 The Legal Briefs column in the December "ODA Today" focused on the membership benefits of organized dentistry’s advocacy efforts and reviewed several pieces of legislation the ODA’s professional lobbying team worked on throughout 2016 leading up to the final weeks of the 131st Ohio General ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association has created an eBook commemorating its 150th anniversary. The eBook, "Ohio Dental Association: 150 Years of Excellence," includes a timeline plus information about advocacy, education, ethics and more throughout the association's history. To read the book, click ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association Leadership Institute will be March 17 and 18, 2017, at the Hilton Columbus Polaris Hotel. Featured speakers this year will include Attorney General Mike DeWine, Dr. Don Lewis on protecting against embezzlement in the dental office, and leadership expert and motivational speaker Dr. Nate Booth.  Leadership Institute ... [continue reading]

Membership renewal season is now under way, and dues statements were mailed and emailed in November. Members can renew online at www.oda.org/joinandrenew/, by mail to Ohio Dental Association, P.O. Box 182039, Dept 367, Columbus, OH 43218-2039, by fax at (614) 486-0381 or by phone at (800) 282-1526. Dues are due Jan. 1, 2017, for the 2017 ... [continue reading]

Most healthcare providers know that a patient's signature on an informed consent document may not automatically make the consent valid. The same is true of informed refusal. Both of these concepts rely on ethical and legal guidelines that acknowledge the right of competent adults to determine the course of their healthcare. The decision-making ... [continue reading]

Ohio Dental Association members consistently rate the ODA's advocacy efforts as one of their top membership benefits on surveys, and members often say that advocacy is one of the reasons why they choose to renew their tripartite membership. “Advocacy is the most important benefit of membership in my opinion,” said Dr. Alex Mellion, an ... [continue reading]

This year's ODA Leadership Institute will feature several opportunities for ODA members to learn about opioid and heroin addiction and ways that dentists can help curb opioid abuse. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine will be the keynote speaker on March 17, and he will speak about the heroin and opioid abuse epidemic in Ohio. Leadership Institute ... [continue reading]

Dr. Sylvia Kramer, a general dentist who provides dental services to children through Care Alliance, performs a disappearing ball magic trick to ease children's fear about the dentist and to assess their ability to follow directions before an oral screen Care Alliance Health Center, a federally qualified health center in Cleveland, is one of five ... [continue reading]

As the charitable arm of the ODA, the ODA Foundation relies heavily on the donations of ODA members to make its work possible.  “If you like the work we’ve been doing to give scholarships to dental students and grants to increase access to care in Ohio, I encourage you to donate to the ODA Foundation when you renew your ODA ... [continue reading]